Project Restart
eBook - ePub

Project Restart

From Prem to the Parks, How Football Came Out of Lockdown

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Project Restart

From Prem to the Parks, How Football Came Out of Lockdown

About this book

It's an embarrassing truth for many football fans that it was only when professional football was eventually forced to close down that we recognised Covid-19 as a genuine threat to our way of life. Maybe just as shameful was the fact that once lockdown became normalised, it didn't take long for chatter to start about when the game might begin again. This book begins by charting what happened in the weeks leading up to that point, placing football in the context of furloughs, some new-found community awareness and dithering politicians. At the heart of the book are seven case studies of teams. From Burnley in the Premier League, down through the divisions to grassroots football, Project Restart looks at the hopes and fears of supporters and the actions of those charged with keeping their beloved clubs afloat. It looks at how we almost adjusted to the eerie echo of games on TV with no crowds and finishes by trying to address the biggest question in town: what will football look like in a post-Covid future?

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781785318801
Edition
0
Subtopic
Sport & Exercise Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword: We knew it shouldn’t matter, but it did – a bit
  6. 1. Lockdown. When we admitted it really was happening to us
  7. 2. The Premier League. Burnley. Up with the big boys and surviving with ease
  8. 3. Something else – black lives – mattered
  9. 4. The Championship – where football remains at its stubborn best. Swansea get a miracle but don’t quite make it
  10. 5. Things fall apart … not Leeds this time, but a few others
  11. 6. League One. Tranmere. Done by a decimal point
  12. 7. League Two. The clue’s in the name. Forest Green – the sustainable club that aims to be made of wood
  13. 8. National League. Solihull Moors wait it out with sanitiser and season-ticket deals
  14. 9. Winners and a few losers. ‘Thirty years of hurt? Seriously?’
  15. 10. And how was it for you? Well, pretty dreadful as you’re asking
  16. 11. Southern League. Royston Town stopped in their tracks with success in their sights
  17. 12. Grassroots football. Working for diversity and inclusivity as we approach the new normal
  18. 13. Close season. Limbo, vague promises and confusion – and plenty of people trying to do their best
  19. 14. From the parks to the Prem – some kind of action gets under way
  20. 15. So, how important was it? And could football really make our world a better place?
  21. Author’s note
  22. Index of teams mentioned
  23. Photos