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The Matilda Effect (Paperback): Fiona Crawford The Matilda Effect (Paperback)
Fiona Crawford
R395 R336 Discovery Miles 3 360 Save R59 (15%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Matilda Effect is the exciting, inspiring, sometimes infuriating and always colourful story of the Australian women's football (soccer) team, the Matildas, and their ultimately successful struggle, alongside other women from around the world, to compete in World Cup football. From the 1980s, when women had to pay to participate in the pilot Women's World Cup, to 2019, when the principle of equal pay for women players was finally accepted amid surging interest in their game, the voices of key figures emerge. A book at once about and not about sport, and with a throughline of human rights and gender equality history, The Matilda Effect takes the reader out of the stands and onto the pitch, into the team's hotels, buses, boardrooms and social media universe, where positive change has been wrestled into being.

Unpacking Depth Sport Psychology - Case Studies in the Unconscious (Paperback): Tom Ferraro Unpacking Depth Sport Psychology - Case Studies in the Unconscious (Paperback)
Tom Ferraro
R1,117 Discovery Miles 11 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book utilizes a wealth of case studies to demonstrate the importance of using depth sport psychology to explore and understand athletes’ unconscious feelings and fears, and provides the knowledge needed to help athletes deal with pressures faced throughout their sporting career. Applying the theories of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Carl Jung, Margaret Mahler, Melanie Klein, Heinz Kohut, Donald Winnicott, and Christopher Bollas to explain the dynamics within the athlete’s mind, this useful resource will help develop a better understanding of athlete’s repressed feelings and psychological states. It looks past the cognitive behavioural techniques currently used to aid athletes, and instead focuses on the many ways the unconscious subtly influences athletes, offering an important a paradigm shift. Covering a range of different athletes within various sports, each chapter demonstrates how the psychoanalytic techniques of free association, the working alliance, analytic interpretations, confrontation, dream analysis, transference/counter transference and resistance analysis are used with athletes. Case studies cover such topics as the treatment of anxiety, yips, anger, guilt and perfectionism in the athlete, the influence of birth order, psychological defences used by athletes including gamesmanship, dissociation and humor, and the psychology of injury. Unpacking Depth Sport Psychology is the ideal resource for students, the educated athlete, parents, professors, sport psychologists, and coaches who hope to improve the athletes’ performance.

Liverpool Magnificent Number 7s (Hardcover): Rob Mason Liverpool Magnificent Number 7s (Hardcover)
Rob Mason; Illustrated by Daniel Brawn
R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Liverpool's magnificent number 7s is 112 pages full of everything a football fan could ever want to know about the most iconic players to have not only worn the Number 7 shirt, but to have played at one of the most iconic clubs in the world. Packed with features, including a detailed account of their time at the club. Also included are in-depth statistics, facts, trivia, most memorable games, and an unmatched historical account of the famous Number 7s to have elevated the club.

Tottenham 'til I Die (Paperback): Tottenham 'til I Die (Paperback)
R210 Discovery Miles 2 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Cricket's 300 Men and One 400 Man (Paperback): Christopher Hilton Cricket's 300 Men and One 400 Man (Paperback)
Christopher Hilton
R464 R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Save R85 (18%) In Stock
Adventure Psychology - Going Knowingly into the Unknown (Paperback): Paula Reid, Eric Brymer Adventure Psychology - Going Knowingly into the Unknown (Paperback)
Paula Reid, Eric Brymer
R1,130 Discovery Miles 11 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

It is an emerging field and already proving impactful across adventure, broadly across psychology and applicable to business leadership Explores a very popular and growing area of interest - adventure Establishes coping with adversity strategies throughout and will appeal to post-Covid recovery regarding 'how can I be stronger?' and 'how can I cope better?'

Back Rehabilitation - Core Stability Re-examined (Paperback): Christopher Norris Back Rehabilitation - Core Stability Re-examined (Paperback)
Christopher Norris
R1,190 Discovery Miles 11 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Low back pain affects most of us at some time, and exercise is key to both its prevention and treatment. Critically appraising work from several approaches to produce an integrated, practical approach suitable for day-to-day clinicians and personal trainers, this essential guide looks at the science and practice of designing and teaching the best exercise programmes for this common condition. Learn: vital client assessment skills, which exercises to use and why, the most effective teaching methods, how to structure and progress a full backpain management programme. Aimed at student therapists and clinical exercise teachers, as well as trainers planning exercise programmes for subjects recovering from low back pain, Back Rehabilitation is essential reading for Therapists and Exercise academics and professionals of all types.

Sustainable Football - Environmental Management in Practice (Paperback): Luca Marrucci, Tiberio  Daddi, Fabio  Iraldo Sustainable Football - Environmental Management in Practice (Paperback)
Luca Marrucci, Tiberio Daddi, Fabio Iraldo
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental strategies adopted in the football world to foster sustainability. The authors lay out useful insights, both for scholars and practitioners, to improve good governance in football organisations by empowering environmental organisational and operational actions. As well as examining practical methods of implementing green initiatives, the book discusses their added value from different perspectives including football fans, football managers and policymakers. By identifying the most important green actions for the dissemination of environmentally friendly behaviours at both individual and organisational levels, the book demonstrates how football organisations can use operational and organisational methods to develop an environmental sustainability strategy. The book contributes to developing the role of the football world by covering different facets of sustainability such as the circular economy, climate change, green marketing, fans engagement and more. It will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of environmental management, sustainable business and corporate social responsibility, as well as professionals working in the football industry.

Luka Modric - My Autobiography (Paperback): Luka Modric Luka Modric - My Autobiography (Paperback)
Luka Modric
R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For the first time, Real Madrid galáctico and Croatian legend Luka Modric tells the story of his journey from a childhood in his war-torn homeland to becoming a serial UEFA Champions League winner and one of the most celebrated footballers in the world.

Regarded as one of the great midfield players of the last 20 years, Luka reveals the difficulties of growing up during the Croatian War of Independence and his beginnings as a footballer. The FIFA World Cup finalist sets the record straight regarding key moments at Dinamo Zagreb, Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid; he gives us intimate insights into his treasured home life; and he brings us his personal account of his career peak - Croatia's dramatic path to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final.

What were his thoughts during decisive matches? What was his relationship with key players and coaches? What is the inner determination that keeps him on the pitch? What does it take to become the best footballer in the world?

Luka was consistently underestimated in his early career, but through grit and determination he has defied the expectations of everyone who doubted him, and reached the ultimate heights of world football. This is Luka Modric in his own words.

Think You Know It All? Liverpool FC - The Quiz Book for Football Fans (Paperback): Max Wadsworth Think You Know It All? Liverpool FC - The Quiz Book for Football Fans (Paperback)
Max Wadsworth
R230 R184 Discovery Miles 1 840 Save R46 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Put your Liverpool knowledge to the test with the ultimate quiz book for Reds fans. Do you think you know it all about Liverpool? Could you name the starting line-up in 2005 Champions League final? The most decorated player in the club's history? Do you know which sides Liverpool have beaten most, and vice versa? Or which game drew the Reds' biggest-ever crowd? Whatever your area of interest or depth of knowledge, this expertly assembled quiz will have some testing questions for you. From the club's earliest days to the glory years of Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, the renaissance under Jurgen Klopp and beyond, Think You Know It All? Liverpool will challenge your knowledge of the iconic team's players, managers, records and more. Featuring an entertaining mix of questions and puzzles, this is the perfect test for new and veteran LFC fans alike. Proving you know it all about your club has never been such fun - or so tricky.

FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023: The Official Guide (Paperback): Catherine Etoe, Natalia Sollohub FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023: The Official Guide (Paperback)
Catherine Etoe, Natalia Sollohub
R335 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R67 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The definitive illustrated guide to FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023 that no football fan should be without. The most high-profile event on the women's football calendar, the FIFA Women's World Cup will take place between 20 July and 20 August 2023, at venues across Australia and New Zealand, with 32 teams competing for the most prestigious international prize in world football. FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023: The Official Guide covers every aspect of the tournament, from the host cities to full profiles of all 32 qualified teams, along with features on the star players due to light up the competition and magic moments from FIFA Women's World Cups past. Packed full of facts and statistics, and beautifully illustrated with a superb collection of photographs, FIFA Women's World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023: The Official Guide is suitable for fans of all ages and is the perfect accompaniment to the year's biggest football event.

Boleyn Boy - My Autobiography (Paperback): Mark Noble Boleyn Boy - My Autobiography (Paperback)
Mark Noble
R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton Park and became ‘Mr West Ham’: a one-club man who lived the dream. A modern footballing legend, Mark Noble is the embodiment of what it means to be a Hammer, pouring his heart and soul into the club he supported as a boy. Born and raised in Canning Town, Mark joined the West Ham youth squad in 2000 and made his senior-team debut aged just 17. Now, after over 20 years, with a wealth of memories and more than 500 appearances for his boyhood club under his belt, Mark finally looks back at his remarkable career, reflecting on his journey from boot boy to club captain, bossing the midfield, scoring pressure penalties and becoming an inspirational figurehead on and off the pitch. This is the story of a brilliant footballer, a genuine ambassador and a local legend. This is the unforgettable autobiography of Mark Noble.

The Boys in the Boat - Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover): Daniel James Brown The Boys in the Boat - Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Hardcover)
Daniel James Brown
R917 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R215 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit" and "Unbroken," the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics
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"Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he can call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach and mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is their trust in each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls together--a perfect melding of commitment, determination, and optimism.
Drawing on the boys' own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, "The Boys in the Boat "is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times--the improbable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant. It will appeal to readers of Erik Larson, Timothy Egan, James Bradley, and David Halberstam's "The Amateurs."

Sunderland Player of the Year 1976-2011 (Hardcover): Rob Mason Sunderland Player of the Year 1976-2011 (Hardcover)
Rob Mason
R91 Discovery Miles 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a collection of short biographies on the great Sunderland players named as Player of the Year who helped to define the club's image and set the standard for its future stars. It is a must-have for any true fan interested in the history of their beloved club. Each chapter is illustrated and gives season by season stats and total appearances. The list of names featured in the book will bring back many great memories. As well as focusing on the individual, the chapters seek to tell the story of the season - be it one of delight or disaster - in an attempt to put the Player of the Year's contribution into context. Most of the Players of the Year have been tracked down and interviewed specifically for this book. Where individuals were impossible to locate then their contemporaries have remembered them or I have researched their thoughts of the time from programme interviews that they did with me. What was consistent in the recollections of all the players spoken to was how much being Player of the Year meant to them. Once the boots are hung up for the final time, regardless of whether the player has a cupboard full of medals and caps or none, if they have been Player of the Year it shows how much the fans have appreciated their efforts. Enjoy the memories.

Molecular Exercise Physiology - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd edition): Adam Sharples, James Morton, Henning Wackerhage Molecular Exercise Physiology - An Introduction (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Adam Sharples, James Morton, Henning Wackerhage
R1,807 Discovery Miles 18 070 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Second edition of the only comprehensive and student-friendly introduction to molecular exercise physiology available 12 chapter structure around which a complete single-semester course can be built Explains the concepts of exercise physiology at a molecular level in clear, accessible language and relates them to real practical and applied outcomes Covers applications in both sport and health-related physical activity Includes new chapters on the molecular aspects of exercise and cancer, and exercise and metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Every chapter includes useful features such as learning objectives, summaries, structured guides to further reading, review questions, overviews of work by key researchers and box discussions of important contemporary debates

The Importance of Recovery for Physical and Mental Health - Negotiating the Effects of Underrecovery (Paperback): Sarah... The Importance of Recovery for Physical and Mental Health - Negotiating the Effects of Underrecovery (Paperback)
Sarah Jakowski, Jurgen Beckmann, Michael Kellmann
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers a thorough and accessible look into the importance of recovery in both staying healthy and performing well, and highlights the detrimental effects of underrecovery on physical and mental health. Internationally renowned experts from psychology, physiology, sport medicine, health, and sport science offer interdisciplinary analysis of the effects of underrecovery as well as the use of applied intervention and prevention strategies. Over the last few decades, research in sports has provided numerous studies showing the importance of addressing recovery to find recovery-stress balance and build resources that help prevent illness and promote healthy living and well-being. Each chapter of this volume discusses a specific area of recovery, providing a collection of useful and practical lessons athletes and non-athletes can take forward in their training and beyond. Focusing on both research and applied counseling techniques to discuss recovery as an underestimated factor in physical and mental health, the book aims to enlighten readers on ways to incorporate recovery into their everyday lives to reduce stress and prevent injury. The book is written for the scientific community, applied health scientists, students, and interested readers. It draws on experiences and scientific findings from the field of sport to make them usable for an expanded understanding of recovery in the field of health and related areas such as the workplace.

The Who's Who of Colchester United - The Layer Road Years (Hardcover): Jeff Whitehead, Kevin Drury The Who's Who of Colchester United - The Layer Road Years (Hardcover)
Jeff Whitehead, Kevin Drury
R323 Discovery Miles 3 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

After 71 years at their dilapidated Layer Road Ground, Colchester United are set to move to a brand new 10,000-seater, expandable to 18,000, stadium for the 2008 season. "The Who's Who of Colchester United" celebrates the players who played first-team football during the Layer Road years. Every player has their appearance and goal statistics listed, along with a career history and many previously unseen photographs. From the 1930s goalkeeper Ronnie Dunn, who 'bugled' his teammates onto the pitch with 'The Post-Horn Gallop', to surprise wartime guest internationals and products of the present day youth scheme who have progressed to the Premiership, they are all included."The Who's Who of Colchester United" is a must for all U's fans and is a valuable resource for football followers and statisticians alike.It details every player to appear for the team during the Layer Road years. It is officially backed by Colchester United Football Club. It includes features and reviews in the local press; as well as strong support from Colchester United FC.

Social Issues in Sport Communication - You Make the Call (Paperback): Terry L. Rentner, David P. Burns Social Issues in Sport Communication - You Make the Call (Paperback)
Terry L. Rentner, David P. Burns
R1,375 Discovery Miles 13 750 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Combining theory with practical application, this collection of real-life, provocative case studies on social issues in sports provides students with the opportunity to make the call on ethical and professional dilemmas faced by a variety of sport and communication professionals. The case studies examine the successes and failures of communication in the corporate culture of sport intersecting with social issues including race, gender, religion, social media, mass media, public health, and LGBTQ+ issues. Topics include the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, sexual abuse scandals, domestic violence, cultural appropriation, and mental health. Each chapter contextualizes a specific issue, presents relevant theory and practical communication principles, and leads into discussion questions to prompt critical reflection. The book encourages students to view the evidence themselves, consider competing ethical and professional claims, and formulate practical responses. This collection serves as a scholarly text for courses in sport communication, business, intercultural communication, public relations, journalism, media studies, and sport management.

Show Me the Way to Plough Lane - The Remarkable Story of Wimbledon FC's Return Home (Hardcover): Gary Jordan Show Me the Way to Plough Lane - The Remarkable Story of Wimbledon FC's Return Home (Hardcover)
Gary Jordan
R527 R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Save R95 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Show Me The Way To Plough Lane is the ultimate story of football fan power. It is the story of how Wimbledon reclaimed its football club and brought it back to the heart of its community after years of nomadic existence. It retraces the club's history from its genesis on Wimbledon Common to Plough Lane, the place Wimbledon FC called home for the best part of a century. After rumours of mergers and relocations, the club ground-shared after the Taylor Report. A decade passed with the fans sold lie after lie until the club was ripped from its community and re-sited many miles away. Not only was the club homeless, it was now dead. A group of fans who were at the heart of protests against the move decided to start again - from the very bottom if necessary. And they vowed to bring football back to Wimbledon, to where it all started. After an absence of almost 30 years, the side finally returned home - just a long ball away from where the original ground sat, in Plough Lane.

Red on Red - Liverpool, Manchester United and the Fiercest Rivalry in World Football (Paperback): Phil McNulty, Jim White Red on Red - Liverpool, Manchester United and the Fiercest Rivalry in World Football (Paperback)
Phil McNulty, Jim White
R231 Discovery Miles 2 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The untold story of the most contested fixture in world football ‘A must read.’ Henry Winter 'Superb.' Daniel Taylor Liverpool and Manchester. Two gloriously independent-minded, eclectic, culturally vibrant places. Yet the inhabitants dislike each other with a passion that is visceral. It is a divide that spans generations, across class, gender and ethnicity. And it has grown over the years, largely driven by one thing: football. The dark, malignant loathing shared by the followers of Liverpool and Manchester United has seeped into every aspect of life in the two cities. Football is not a barometer of disdain, as it is in places like Glasgow or Istanbul or Moscow. In northwest England, it is the engine of animosity. How did it come to this? Why did things turn so nasty? And what does it say about the two cities in which the clubs are based? Written by a Scouser and a Manc in a rare collaboration, Red on Red addresses the divide by talking to those involved in ten seminal football matches. It speaks to the characters who patrolled and provoked the rivalry: Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish, Steven Gerrard and Gary Neville, among many others. Also questioned are the fans, the administrators, the referees, the police, and politicians. And through each legendary game, its authors tell the full story of the most extraordinary division not just in football, but in modern Britain. This is Red on Red, a rivalry like no other.

1923 - The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession (Hardcover): Ned Boulting 1923 - The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession (Hardcover)
Ned Boulting
R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathe news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story. In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathe news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge. Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence - studying each frame, face and building - until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story - to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film. Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI - meeting characters like Henri Pelissier, who won the Tour that year but who would within the decade be shot dead by his lover using the same pistol with which his wife had killed herself. And Theophile Beeckman - the lone rider on the bridge.

Restoring Trust in Sport - Corruption Cases and Solutions (Paperback): Catherine Ordway Restoring Trust in Sport - Corruption Cases and Solutions (Paperback)
Catherine Ordway
R1,163 Discovery Miles 11 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In this solutions-focused collection of sport corruption case studies, leading researchers consider how to re-establish trust both within sports organisations and in the wider sporting public. Inspired by the idea of 'moral repair', the book examines significant corruption cases and the measures taken to reduce further harm or risk of recurrence. The book has an international scope, including case study material from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and covers important contemporary issues including whistleblowing, bribery, match-fixing, gambling, bidding for major events, and good governance. It examines the loss of trust at both national and international levels. Drawing on cutting-edge research, the book includes both on-field and off-field examples, from Olympic, non-Olympic, professional and amateur sports, as well as diverse academic and practitioner perspectives. Offering an important contribution to current debates and a source of reflection on best professional practice, Restoring Trust in Sport helps us to better understand why corruption happens in sport and how it can and should be addressed. This is invaluable reading for all advanced students, researchers, managers and policy makers with an interest in integrity in sport, sport ethics, sport management, sport governance, sports law, and a useful reference for anybody working in criminology, business and management, law, sociology or political science.

The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports (Paperback): Daniel Plumley, Rob Wilson The Economics and Finance of Professional Team Sports (Paperback)
Daniel Plumley, Rob Wilson
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The most up-to-date and in-depth book on the business of professional team sports Pro team sports are the biggest and most important sector of international sport business Strong focus on applied analysis and performance measurement, invaluable real-world skills Covers sports, teams and leagues all over the world from the EPL to the NFL Addresses key themes from ownership and competitive balance to media revenue and the role of agents

Gender Equality and the Olympic Programme (Paperback): Michele K. Donnelly Gender Equality and the Olympic Programme (Paperback)
Michele K. Donnelly
R1,118 Discovery Miles 11 180 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This innovative study examines the Olympic programme from a critical feminist perspective, to shed new light on the issues of gender and inclusion at the Olympic Games and in the Olympic Movement. Incorporating both quantitative and qualitative data, the book identifies and analyzes the changes - and remaining gender differences - made on the Olympic Programmes for London 2012, and each of the subsequent Summer and Winter Olympic Games (Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, and Pyeongchang 2018), as well as the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Games. The book draws on the IOC's own publications, information from International and National Sport Federations, and media sources to describe and explain the IOC's slow and uneven progress toward gender equality at the Olympic Games. This is important reading for any student, researcher, practitioner or policy maker with an interest in the Olympic Games, sport studies, gender studies, women's sport or major events.

The History Makers - How Team GB Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey (Hardcover): Sarah Juggins, Richard... The History Makers - How Team GB Stormed to a First Ever Gold in Women's Hockey (Hardcover)
Sarah Juggins, Richard Stainthorpe 1
R664 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R108 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

When Great Britain failed to qualify for the women's hockey competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the sport was at its lowest point. Sliding down the world rankings, in-fighting and discord within the squad, no funding and very little prospect of a bright future. Three players - Crista Cullen, Helen Richardson and Kate Walsh - were junior members of that team, and would have been forgiven for walking away at that point. Fast forward 12 years and the same three players were at the heart of the greatest moment in Great Britain women's hockey, standing on the podium in Rio de Janeiro with Olympic gold medals proudly hanging around their necks. During those intervening years, the team had undergone a transformation. It was no easy journey, but a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows, triumphs and disasters - with casualties along the way. The History Makers is more than an account of a famous victory. It is the story of how a team changed its culture and its attitude and transformed a sport barely worth a mention in the press into the provider of an Olympic moment that gripped the nation.

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