The Work of Professional Football

A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived....

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Autor Principal: Roderick, Martin (auth)
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2006
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