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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
1: Driving with a Dashboard: In Search of New Truths About Soccer
PART I: The Clubs
2: Gentlemen Prefer Blonds: How to Avoid Silly Mistakes in the Transfer Market
3: The Worst Business in the World: Why Soccer Clubs Don’t (and Shouldn’t) Make Money
4: Safer Than the Bank of England: Why Soccer Clubs Almost Never Disappear
5: In Praise of Sugar Daddies: Why “Financial Fair Play” Is Bad for Soccer
6: Need Not Apply: Does English Soccer Discriminate Against Black People?
7: Do Coaches Matter? The Cult of the White Manager
8: The Economist’s Fear of the Penalty Kick: Are Penalties Cosmically Unfair, or Only If You Are Nicolas Anelka?
9: The Secret of Claude Makelele: How “Match Data” Are Changing the Game on the Field
10: The Suburban Newsagents: City Sizes and Soccer Prizes
11: Football Versus Football
PART II: The Fans
12: The Country That Loves Soccer Most
13: Are Soccer Fans Polygamists? A Critique of the Nick Hornby Model of Fandom
14: A Fan’s Suicide Notes: Do People Jump Off Buildings When Their Teams Lose?
15: Happiness: Why Hosting a World Cup Is Good for You
PART III: Countries
16: Why England Loses and Others Win
17: The Curse of Poverty: Why Poor Countries Are Poor at Sports
18: Tom Thumb: The Best Little Soccer Country on Earth
19: Made in Amsterdam: The Rise of Spain and the Triumph of European Knowledge Networks
20: Core to Periphery: The Future Map of Global Soccer
21: Afterword: The Best of Times
Acknowledgments
Note from the Authors
Select Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
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