Firmly situating South African teams, players, and associations in the international framework in which they have to compete, South Africa and the Global Game:

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This ambitious and fascinating history considers why, in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity

From star players to rioting fans, The People's Game examines how football shaped the history of communist East Germany.

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