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Books from The Shelf connected to Soccer.

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  • Soccer

    The Away Game

    What happens when a worldwide search for football talent meets the lives of teenagers with enormous ambitions? Sebastian Abbot's The Away Game investigates the…

  • Soccer

    Fever Pitch

    Fever Pitch measures a life through football fixtures, turning Arsenal matches into markers of growing up, relationships and recurring disappointment. Nick Hornby's subject is…

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    The Football Factory

    The Football Factory uses the voice of a football hooligan to examine a form of belonging built around aggression, territory and exclusion. John King's…

About Soccer

Want to work in soccer and possibly make a career out of it?

Learn how to start your journey now through powerful features with those doing it.

What is this sport about?
Soccer is one of the most universal sports around! It’s accessible and normally one of the first team sports that kids are exposed to. This sport is also known as football in Europe, where it is extremely popular, although it is very popular worldwide.

Why do we have a section dedicated to this sport?
It’s importance worldwide is why we love to feature industry professionals on the player side on this page. So, if you want to find out what it takes to work in soccer, keep reading!

So, what’s next?

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