Media Representations of Footballers' Wives

Media Representations of Footballers' Wives
Author: J. Bullen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2014-08-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137335696

Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes.

How to be a Footballer's Wife

How to be a Footballer's Wife
Author: J. Reynolds
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2003
Genre: Footballers' Wives. (Television programme)
ISBN: 9780752225005

How to be a Footballer's Wife covers every important lifestyle choice you need to make and is the complete guide to getting (and staying) at the top of your game. Footballer's Wife Tania Turner talks exclusively about the right designer looks, what shape your pool should be, the pros and cons of hosting your own celeb charity function, plus how to spin negative press, pretending to have a career, accessorising with baby and what to do if your man starts playing away from home.

I Am The Secret WAG

I Am The Secret WAG
Author: The Secret WAG
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2014-06-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1473509203

Money, cars, homes, holidays, parties and all the shoes you've ever dreamed of. The life of a footballer's wife or girlfriend must be as glamorous and exciting as her other half, right? But behind the closed doors of the WAG's world, there are all the pressures as well as pleasures of success. So what is it really like? The Secret WAG lays bare the reality of existence under the celebrity spotlight. It is about fashion and fame, sex and scandal, but, like the bestselling Secret Footballer books, is also an honest appraisal of life on and off the field of play which will change your preconceptions about footballers and their partners. It is sassy, outspoken, funny and above all, written from the heart. Meet The Secret WAG.

Football Nation

Football Nation
Author: Andrew Ward
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2010-08-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781408801260

A rich portrait of English Football from the end of the Second World War to the present.

Blue Dragon

Blue Dragon
Author: Rob Sawyer
Publisher: deCoubertin Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2019
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 191627840X

Roy Vernon was one of the most deadly strikers in English football's golden era. His goals helped take Wales to the World Cup finals, Blackburn Rovers to promotion to the First Division and Everton to league championship glory. Later in his career, at Stoke City, he was part of Tony Waddington's resurgent 1960s team. But Vernon was more than just a great player. He was a maverick, a smoker and a joker, who defied his managers off the pitch and delighted them on it. Now, 50 years after his retirement from a game he gave so much to, award-nominated author Rob Sawyer and acclaimed Everton historian David France have told his story in full for the first time. Drawing upon Vernon's own unpublished memoir, scores of interviews with friends, family, teammates and opponents, the authors produce a vivid portrait of a man who wowed millions of fans and terrorised hundreds of opponents. Initially brought to life as a crowdfunding project and published as a limited edition of 1000 books, Blue Dragon is the definitive study of one of British Football's forgotten heroes.

Squirrel Nation

Squirrel Nation
Author: Peter Coates
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789148170

A wide-ranging meditation on belonging and citizenship through the story of two squirrel species in Britain. Squirrel Nation is a history of Britain’s two species of squirrel over the past two hundred years: the much-loved, though rare, red squirrel and the less-desirable, though more populous, grey squirrel. A common resident of British gardens and parks, the grey squirrel was introduced from North America in the late nineteenth century and remains something of a foreign interloper. By examining this species’ rapid spread across Britain, Peter Coates explores timely issues of belonging, nationalism, and citizenship in Britain today. Ultimately, though people are swift to draw distinctions between British squirrels and squirrels in Britain, Squirrel Nation shows that Britain’s two squirrel species have much more in common than at first appears.

Top 10 of Football

Top 10 of Football
Author: Russell Ash
Publisher: Hamlyn
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2010-04-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0600622525

Football fans love lists: league tables; starting 11s; performance statistics. From the bestselling author of Hamlyn's Top 10 of Everything series comes a brand new collection of 250 exclusive lists that cover everything from the obvious to the obscure and uncover fascinating facts about the planet's favourite sport, including: Top 10 bestselling World Cup songs 10 World Cup unsung heroes Top 10 longest team names in the League of Wales 10 FA Cup giant-killers Top 10 highest-paid players 10 celebrities who had trials for professional clubs Top 10 football singles 10 unfortunately-named players Last 10 winners of the Mascot Derby 10 unusual football injuriesThe youngest goalscorers, the greatest comebacks, the worst disciplinary records and the most unusual club nicknames - all of these stats and more are revealed in this pocket-sized homage to the beautiful game. A conversational goldmine for men and the perfect present for the footy fanatic, Top 10 of Football is a must for every soccer-nut.

Real Footballer's Wives

Real Footballer's Wives
Author: Becky Tallentire
Publisher: Mainstream
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781840188790

Behind every successful man is a good woman, and in that respect football is no different than any other walk of life. When the final whistle blew and the fans dispersed to discuss the merits of the match, the players threw their kits into the laundry room and went home to resume their roles of husband and father. Spanning the decades from the early 1930s to the late 70s, Real Footballers’ Wives provides a unique insight into the lives of Everton’s heroes from the women who loved them. The wives were the cornerstones of their success both on and off the pitch. Steadfast and loyal, their unsung contribution is woven into the history of this great club, but until now their stories remained untold. These magnificent women who made many personal sacrifices for their husbands’ glory now tell their personal, touching, and unique recollections.

British Sport - a Bibliography to 2000

British Sport - a Bibliography to 2000
Author: Richard Cox
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1135287775

Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

British Sport: Biographical studies of British sportsmen, sportswomen, and animals

British Sport: Biographical studies of British sportsmen, sportswomen, and animals
Author: Richard William Cox
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2003
Genre: Athletes
ISBN: 9780714652528

Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.