represents an excellent example of research using football to illustrate the colourful ambiguities of everyday life in the GDR.' I find that the book has an overarching theme of the sociology of sport, and how sport (and the investment in sport) can help to uplift society, both in terms of jobs creation and also in terms of infrastructure (like how Manchester City’s owners have improved parts of Manchester, thereby also improving the social situation in some aspects such as having people gainfully employed and not engaging in illicit activity such as drug abuse in previously-afflicted parts of the City). urn:lcp:peoplesgamehisto0000walv:epub:d10f42bf-3647-4797-b7b1-5d40786374e5 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier peoplesgamehisto0000walv Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2wvqc465s8 Invoice 1652 Isbn 1840183225

The odds were well and truly against the boys from the provincial north, even overlooking their financial hardship. Olympic were bankrolled by the owner of an iron foundry, Sydney Yates, and would have gone bankrupt without him paying for their time off work to make their 230 mile journey to the capital. If Olympic sport was the GDR's perfect child, football was its unruly but ever popular sibling. In this extensively researched, stylishly written and highly accessible survey, McDougall has provided an English-speaking audience with its first full-scale account of the people's game in East Germany. The result is an excellent and essential contribution to our understanding of GDR society and the peculiarities of football in the wider transnational context of Cold War sport.' Gary Neville has had a front-row seat in football for over 30 years, witnessing the sport at every level—as a player, a coach, a pundit and an owner. Most of all, he's a fan. The People's Game is [Gary's] call to mend football, harmed by the greed and selfishness of bigger clubs and associations.' Radio Times Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000526 Openlibrary_editionA passionate and personal account of how football has lost its soul by former player and leading pundit, Gary Neville. Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (BStU) Football is the people's game. A sport accessible to everyone and enjoyed by millions around the world.

The People's Game is [Gary's] call to mend football, harmed by the greed and selfishness of bigger clubs and associations. ' Radio Times If ever anyone needed to see the importance of sport! Not only from an individual, self-improvement perspective (ie of physical health, technical proficiency), but also as a social tool: to bring community closer together, as an outlet from the stresses of life. Perhaps not much different from a visit to a theatre, or mall, or watering hole.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-01-20 21:06:58 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40333921 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier