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BL
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1031888
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b786258
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| Main Entry
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Roderick, Martin.
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| Title & Author
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The work of professional football : : a labour of love? /\ Martin Roderick.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Routledge,, 2006.
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1 online resource (x, 196 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203014952
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: 0415363721
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: 9780203014950
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: 9780415363723
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0415363721
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041536373X
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9780415363723
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9780415363730
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
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| Contents
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Professional football in context -- Attitudes to work in professional football -- Uncertainty and football injuries -- Injuries, stigma and social identity -- Transferring and the transformation of self -- Transfer markets and informal grapevines -- Control and the process of transferring -- The fate of idealism in professional football.
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| Abstract
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Martin Roderick, a former professional footballer, provides insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of club players. He explores the culture of work in professional football, and the fragile and uncertain nature of professional sport careers.
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Soccer players-- Job satisfaction.
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Soccer players-- Social conditions.
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Soccer-- Social aspects.
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Soccer-- Social aspects.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Soccer.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Voetbal.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.3/34/023
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| LC Classification
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GV943.9.S64R64 2006eb
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| NLM classification
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76.12bcl
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