Combining social history and reportage, this book explores the place of football in the life of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. It examines the historical and political role of football on an international level, from colonial times to the present, up to and including the World Cup Final of 1990.  Meer

In this volume, which was originally published in 1989, nine distinguished historians look at the origins, growth and organisation of the major mass-participation sports in Britain.  Meer