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MAGAZINES

Hard Gras
(Netherlands)

Johan
(Netherlands, now defunct)

So Foot
(France)

Voetbal International
(Netherlands)

INDEX

Abidal, Eric, 71

Apartheid, 266–267, 271

Abrahams, Mike, 161

Argentina

Abramovich, Roman, 154, 207

England’s World Cup loss, 8, 11, 25,

AC Milan, 6, 16–17, 27, 47, 60, 62, 84,

37

133, 139(fig.),140(fig.), 155, 175

goal performance measures, 38

Adams, Tony, 19(fig.), 20, 58, 84

international experience, 36

Addicted
(Adams), 84

penalty kick behavior, 122–124

Addictions, 58

soccer couch potatoes, 197(fig.)

Adidas, 78–79

top teams by experience, 280

Adu, Freddy, 70

Armenia, 285(fig.), 287

Age

Arsenal, 15, 17, 40, 57–58, 60, 76, 84,

flame-out in younger players, 69–70

90–92, 106, 108–109, 139(fig.),

happiness and, 246

148, 154, 201, 203–204, 218, 295

Korea’s hierarchy impeding success,

Arshavin, Andrei, 305

296

Asian Soccer Confederation, 281–282

Milan Lab, 6

Athletes’ Performance, 30–31

overvaluing older players, 57–58

Atkinson, Ron, 106

Ajax Amsterdam, 62–63, 80, 135–136,

Aulas, Jean-Michel, 65–68, 71–72, 140

139(fig.), 145(fig.), 301

Aussie Rules, 262–263, 303

Alavy, Kevin, 190–193, 197–200

Australia, 162, 199(fig.), 262–263,

Albania, 285(fig.)

282(fig.), 283, 294, 301–304

Alcohol use and abuse, 21, 58

Austria, 183–184, 230(fig.),231(fig.),

Aldershot FC, 90–91

286(fig.)

All Played Out: The Full Story of Italia

Auto racing, 260

‘90
(Davies), 5

Auzout, Adrien, 26

Amazulu team, 267–268

The Away Game
(Hall), 301–302

Amokachi, Daniel, 107

Azerbaijan, 38, 286(fig.)

Anderson, Sonny, 71

Anderson, Viv, 100

Baade, Rob, 238–241

Anderton, Darren, 19(fig.), 20

Bacon, Francis, 26

Anelka, Nicolas, 60–61, 126–127

Bafana Bafana, 266–271

313

314

I N D E X

Balance, competitive, 166–172,

clichés of athletic excellence,

175–177

255–256

Ballack, Michael, 125

countries’ wealth and sporting

Bamboo Goalposts
(Simons), 206

success, 265

Bangladesh, 222

econometrics determining presence

Banks, Gordon, 9

of discrimination, 101–109

Barcelona, 31, 52, 59, 85,

history of England’s black and

139(fig.),140(fig.), 143–144, 155,

immigrant population, 99–101

175

import substitution in English

Barnes, John, 47, 100–101, 110

soccer, 15–16

Bartlett, Shaun, 271

overt racism and discrimination,

Baseball, 2–4, 40, 42, 58, 66, 68, 85–86,

97–99

109–110, 115, 224, 232, 237,

public perception of “blackness,” 105

257–258, 294

South Africa’s “Coloured” players,

Baseball Abstracts
( James), 3

271

Basketball, 109, 258

See also
Poverty

Batistuta, Gabriel, 148

The Black Swan: The Impact of the

Batty, David, 19(fig.), 20

Highly Improbable
(Taleb), 44

Bayern Leverkusen, 146

Blatter, Sepp, 14

Bayern Munich, 140(fig.), 147, 155,

Blissett, Luther, 47, 59, 110

175–176

Blond players, 53

Beane, Billy, 3, 40, 53, 57, 66, 69–70

Bolaños, Amelia, 222

Beckenbauer, Franz, 133

Bonetti, Peter, 9, 11

Beckham. David, 9, 11, 19(fig.), 20,

Bonhof, Rainer, 145

164

Book of Numbers: Everything You Need

Belarus, 285(fig.)

to Know About Simple Math

Belgium, 28, 247, 285(fig.)

(Bellos), 4

Belletti, Juliano, 125

Borussia Mönchengladbach, 145–146,

Bellos, Alex, 4, 52–53

145(fig.), 147

Benfica, 122, 134

Bosnia-Herzegovina, 285(fig.)

Bennetts, Marc, 305

Boukhari, Nourdin, 272–273

Bergkamp, Dennis, 57–58

Bowles, Stan, 58

Berlusconi, Silvio, 148

Boyle, Joe, 18

Best, George, 293

Brady, Chris, 83

Big Count, 181–182

Bramcote, 133–134

Bin Laden, Osama, 295

Brazil

BIRGing (basking in reflected glory),

Brazilian players adjusting to

210–212, 217

English soccer, 62

Birmingham City, 56

England’s World Cup loss, 9, 11

Birtles, Gary, 55

fan suicides, 221

Black players

global ranking in sporting success,

America’s dearth of, 165

262–263

black managers, 110–112

goal performance measures, 38

I N D E X 315

inevitable victory at 2008 World

Carvalho, Ricardo, 9

Cup, 41–42

Castiella, Maria, 135

international experience, 36

Cecchi Gori, Vittorio, 148

Jules Rimet trophy, 275

Cech, Petr, 125

origins of soccer in, 159

Celtic, 80

overvaluing Brazilian players, 52–53

Center for International Comparisons,

top teams, 277(fig.), 280, 282,

280–281

282(fig.)

Champions League, 2, 27–28, 31, 48,

win percentage, 12

67, 124–127, 133.
See also

Brentford, 98

European Cup

Bridgewater, Sue, 83

Charisteas, Andreas, 300–301

Bristol City, 211–212

Charlton, 90–91

Bristol Rovers, 91

Chelsea, 60, 63, 76, 78, 113–114,

Bronckhorst, Giovanni van, 52

124–127, 139(fig.), 140, 154, 176,

Brown, Gordon, 249

190, 207–208

Bruges, 145(fig.)

Cheltenham Town, 143

Buckley, Delron, 271

Chess, 259

Bulgaria, 285(fig.)

China, 182, 206, 265, 295, 306

Bundesliga, 94, 136, 175–176, 184

Clarkebury Institute, 157

Bungs, 54

Clough, Brian, 40, 54–58, 133–134,

Buraimo, Tunde, 116–117

147, 185

Burnham, Andy, 166

Clowes, Jeff, 214, 218

Burns, Jimmy, 135

Cole, Ashley, 19(fig.), 20, 126

Burns, Kenny, 56–57

Cole, Joe, 19(fig.), 20

Bush, George W., 237

Colombia, 37

Business, soccer as a

Commitment, 296–297

big business, 75–78

Communist regimes, 134–135

failure of business strategies, 91–95

Confederation Cup (2005), 303

hiring a manager, 81–84

Congress, U.S., 241

incompetent staff hirings, 84–88

Constantinou, Demitri, 267–268

stupidity and bad business, 78–80

Copenhagen, 63–64

surviving economic downturn,

Copernicus, 26

88–91

Cragnotti, Sergio, 86–87

Butcher, Terry, 14

Crick, Michael, 104–109

Cricket, 23, 257, 266

Cambiasso, Esteban, 123–124

Croatia, 13, 196, 197(fig.), 284,

Cameron, David, 249–250

284(fig.),285(fig.), 287

Cameroon, 222, 270

Crooks, Garth, 98

Campbell, Sol, 19(fig.), 20

Crouch, Peter, 19(fig.), 20

Canada, 199(fig.), 223, 289(fig.)

Cruijff, Johan, 22, 31

Cantona, Eric, 55

Culture, 59, 161, 297, 299

Capello, Fabian, 31

Cycling, 259–260

Carragher, Jamie, 19(fig.), 20

Cyprus, 188–189, 286(fig.)

316

I N D E X

Czech Republic, 35, 230(fig.),231(fig.),

England

277(fig.), 279, 284,

armchair fans, 208–209

284(fig.),285(fig.), 286, 305

bad business, soccer as, 78–80

blaming foreign players for World

The Damned United
(Peace), 55

Cup losses, 14–18

Davies, Pete, 5

colonial spread of soccer, 157–161,

De Oliveira, William, 69

293–294

De Zeeuw, Demy, 77–78

competitive balance, 176

Dearnaley, George, 267–268

demise of midsize-town teams, 149

Defoe, Jermaine, 51

econometric demonstration of

Deisler, Sebastian, 147

discrimination, 101–109

Denmark, 28, 197, 197(fig.), 229,

economic impact of Euro ‘96, 242

230(fig.),231(fig.), 285(fig.), 305

employment of World Cup fathers,