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From Sunday league shouts to ultras karaoke – exploring the sounds of football

378 ChalkBoots

Get Some Chalk On Your Boots is both an amusing and poignant project that shows football as “a sport that thrives on the physical energy of sound”

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Forget fancy passing – the long-ball game can be a thrilling tactic

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Yes, short passing is a pure way to play football. But hoofing the ball upfield can be an effective way to get fans on the edges of their seats, as Matt Nation argued in WSC 167, January 2001

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Green Shoots: Irish football histories by Michael Walker

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De Coubertin Books, £20
Reviewed by John Morrow
From WSC 373, March 2018
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White Hart Lane: The Spurs glory years 1899-2017 by Martin Lipton

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W&N, £20
Reviewed by Annelise Jespersen
From WSC 373, March 2018
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How footballers evolved their figures to be built more like wrestlers

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The days of neat and tidy football played by a team of slight players is gone – from Phil Jones to Chris O’Grady, it’s now all about the upper body

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