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1 Driving with a Dashboard: In Search of New Truths about Football

PART I: THE CLUBS: RACISM, STUPIDITY, BAD TRANSFERS, CAPITAL CITIES, THE LEICESTER FAIRY TALE AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THAT PENALTY SHOOT-OUT IN MOSCOW

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

10 The Economist’s Fear of the Penalty Kick: Are Penalties Cosmically Unfair, or Only if You Are Nicolas Anelka?

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

PART III: COUNTRIES: RICH AND POOR, TOM THUMB, ENGLAND, SPAIN, PALESTINE AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE FUTURE

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

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