Something in the Water : The Story of England's Football Talent Hotbeds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Callum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer.

Soccer players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, 2022.

Summary:

Something in the Water explores the inner workings of England's football-talent hotbeds, investigating how these areas so often create elite footballers. For decades working-class northern towns have churned out players like a factory conveyor belt - places like Huyton, a town of just over 33,000 that has produced the likes of Steven Gerrard, Peter Reid, David Nugent, Joey Barton and Tony Hibbert. However, the emergence of south London as the new-school hotbed is exciting. Players produced here are like nothing seen before in England. The concrete Catalonia is home to a new generation of stars such as Jadon Sancho, Wilf Zaha, Joe Gomez, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Joe Aribo and others. Bringing together the thoughts and ideas of those involved at every level of the game - from the south London estate cages to the heights of the Premier League and Europe's elite - the book unearths the secrets of two distinct types of hotbed that represent the past, present and possible future of English football.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

1. The Beginning of the Journey

2. A View From the World

3. The Talent Development Environment: Population Size, Population Density and Facilities

4. The Kids From the Estate

5. Football as a Way of Life - To Get Out and Get Up

6. The Melting Pot

7. The Role Model Effect

8. Football Culture in England and its Talent Hotbeds

9. Street Football and The Cage

10. Community Outreach

11. A Hotbed Creating Resilience

12. What Lessons Can We Learn from the Makeup of Hotbeds?

Acknowledgements

Notes.

Photos.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Murray, Callum Something in the Water

ISBN:

1-80150-316-8

OCLC:

1338198236