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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers as Why England Lose in 2009
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CONTENTS
1 Driving with a Dashboard: In Search of New Truths about Football
2 Gentlemen Prefer Blonds: How to Avoid Silly Mistakes in the Transfer Market
3 The Worst Business in the World: Why Football Clubs Haven’t Made Money
4 Safer than the Bank of England: Why Football Clubs Almost Never Disappear
5 Crooked Business: Football’s Corruption and the History of Tech
6 A Decent Business at Last? Be Careful What You Wish For
7 Need Not Apply: Does Football Discriminate Against Black People?
8 Do Coaches Matter? The Cult of the White Manager
9 The Secret of Claude Makelele: How ‘Match Data’ Are Changing the Game on the Pitch
11 The Suburban Newsagent’s: City Sizes and Football Prizes
12 Unfair and Unbalanced: Do We Need More Leicesters?
PART II: THE FANS: LOYALTY, SUICIDES AND HAPPINESS
13 Are Football Fans Polygamists? A Critique of the Nick Hornby Model of Fandom
14 Fans’ Suicide Notes: Do People Jump off Buildings when Their Teams Lose?
15 Happiness: Why Hosting a World Cup Is Good for You
16 The Curse of Poverty: Why Poor Countries Are Poor at Sport
17 Why England Lose and Other Europeans Win
18 Made in Amsterdam: The Rise of Spain and the Triumph of European Knowledge Networks
19 Tom Thumb: The Best Little Football Country on Earth
20 Core to Periphery: The Future Map of Global Football
21 The Future: The Best of Times – and the Smartphone
DRIVING WITH A DASHBOARD: IN SEARCH OF NEW TRUTHS ABOUT FOOTBALL
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