Description
A compelling cultural and sporting history of football’s most enigmatic position, this book explores the goalkeeper as both last line of defense and solitary outsider. Combining tactical analysis, football history, travel, and vivid encounters—from Cameroon to Romania—it examines the risks, rituals, and psychological demands that shape the role. Alongside remarkable stories of legendary saves and pivotal matches, it considers the goalkeeper’s literary and existential appeal, tracing how the position has developed from the earliest days of the game into a distinct form of sporting identity.
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paperback
Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2012
411 pages
ISBN: 9781409123200
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First Published
2012
Language
eng
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