The Work of Professional Football

A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived....

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description A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived. A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of football is the foundation for this privileged research into a world that is typically closed to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and academic research which prefers to focus on a small, unrepresentative group of elite players. Key themes explored within the text include: the culture of work in professional football the changing identity, orientation and expectations of players during their careers the fragile and uncertain nature of professional sport careers the performance and dramatic aspects of a career under public scrutiny the role of relationships with managers, owners, support staff and partners players' responses to the insecurities inherent in professional football such as injury, ageing, performance and transfer. The text deals with a wide range of issues of interest to sports students and academics, particularly those with a focus on the sociology of sport but also including sport development, sport management and coaching studies. The text will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of careers, industrial relations and the sociology of work.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1609042025-05-31T05:33:05Z The Work of Professional Football Roderick, Martin club physiotherapists doctors labour love premiership player premier league parker UK Film Industry English Premier League Club Physiotherapists Professional Football Club Doctors Premiership Players Good Professional Attitude Premier League Player Club Medical Staff Corps De Ballet Painkilling Injection Traditional Career Model Long Term Injuries Professional Game Reserve Team Central Life Interest Professional Football Clubs Free Agents Forthcoming Matches Positive Workplace Experiences thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour thema EDItEUR::S Sports and Active outdoor recreation::SF Ball sports / ball games::SFB Football variants and related games::SFBC Association football (Soccer) A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived. A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of football is the foundation for this privileged research into a world that is typically closed to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and academic research which prefers to focus on a small, unrepresentative group of elite players. Key themes explored within the text include: the culture of work in professional football the changing identity, orientation and expectations of players during their careers the fragile and uncertain nature of professional sport careers the performance and dramatic aspects of a career under public scrutiny the role of relationships with managers, owners, support staff and partners players' responses to the insecurities inherent in professional football such as injury, ageing, performance and transfer. The text deals with a wide range of issues of interest to sports students and academics, particularly those with a focus on the sociology of sport but also including sport development, sport management and coaching studies. The text will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of careers, industrial relations and the sociology of work. 2025-05-31T05:33:04Z 2025-05-31T05:33:04Z 2025-05-30T10:27:03Z 2006 book ONIX_20250530T122022_9781134324910_52 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103206 9781134324910 9780415363730 9780415363723 9781134324903 9781134324866 9780203014950 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160904 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103206/1/9781134324910.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780203014950 10.4324/9780203014950 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781134324910 9780415363730 9780415363723 9781134324903 9781134324866 9780203014950 Routledge 208 Oxford open access
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labour
love
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premier
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English Premier League
Club Physiotherapists
Professional Football
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Good Professional Attitude
Premier League Player
Club Medical Staff
Corps De Ballet
Painkilling Injection
Traditional Career Model
Long Term Injuries
Professional Game
Reserve Team
Central Life Interest
Professional Football Clubs
Free Agents
Forthcoming Matches
Positive Workplace Experiences
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physiotherapists
doctors
labour
love
premiership
player
premier
league
parker
UK Film Industry
English Premier League
Club Physiotherapists
Professional Football
Club Doctors
Premiership Players
Good Professional Attitude
Premier League Player
Club Medical Staff
Corps De Ballet
Painkilling Injection
Traditional Career Model
Long Term Injuries
Professional Game
Reserve Team
Central Life Interest
Professional Football Clubs
Free Agents
Forthcoming Matches
Positive Workplace Experiences
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thema EDItEUR::S Sports and Active outdoor recreation::SF Ball sports / ball games::SFB Football variants and related games::SFBC Association football (Soccer)
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doctors
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premiership
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premier
league
parker
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English Premier League
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Club Doctors
Premiership Players
Good Professional Attitude
Premier League Player
Club Medical Staff
Corps De Ballet
Painkilling Injection
Traditional Career Model
Long Term Injuries
Professional Game
Reserve Team
Central Life Interest
Professional Football Clubs
Free Agents
Forthcoming Matches
Positive Workplace Experiences
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