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The Work of Professional Football - A Labour of Love? (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Work of Professional Football - A Labour of Love? (Paperback, New Ed)
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"The Work of Professional Football: A Labour of Love?" presents
unique long-term studies and provides rare insights into to the
precarious careers and ordinary working culture of professional
soccer footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze,
the work of a professional footballer is infrequently glamorous and
for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived.
As a former professional soccer player turned academic, Martin
Roderick's familiarity with the world of football is foundational
to this privileged research into a world that is typically both
'closed' to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and
academic research which prefers to focus on a small,
unrepresentative group of elite players. Key themes explored within
the text include:
- The culture of work in professional soccer football
- The changing identity, orientation and expectations of players
during their career
- The fragile and uncertain nature of careers in professional
sport
- The performance and drama of a career under public scrutiny
- The role of relationships with managers, owners, support staff
and partners
- The insecurities inherent in a football career such as injury,
aging, performance and transfer
The text deals with a wide range of issues for sports students and
academics, particularly those with a focus on the sociology of
sport but also including sport development, sport management and
coaching studies. The text will be of interest to researchers in
sport studies, careers, industrial relations and the sociology of
work.
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