Football and Racism – How Colonialism Shaped the Modern Game

Football and Racism – How Colonialism Shaped the Modern GameRacism in football is reduced to neo Nazis and monkey chants. But if we want to understand its origins, we have to go back further. Drawing on more than 100 interviews from five different continents, this hard hitting investigation reveals how: Colonial powers such as Britain and France wanted to 'civilise' their subjects through sport. Their racial theory has long since been debunked, yet racist thinking still characterises European football today

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The autobiography of the late Gordon Jago

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the Mighty Magyars

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A look at how Sky Sports has changed the face of top-flight football over the past three decades

Size: 153mm x 218mm – 223 pages

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Cup Finals and much

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