Football (Soccer) History Bibliography
Bram Hubbell (bramhubbell@gmail.com)

Alegi, Peter. Laduma!: Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa (2004)
Allaway, Roger. Rangers, Rovers, And Spindles: Soccer, Immigration, And Textiles in New England and New Jersey (2005)
Armstrong, Gary and Richard Giulianotti (eds.) Fear and Loathing in World Football (2001)
Armstrong, Gary and Richard Giulianotti (eds.) Football in Africa: Conflict, Conciliation and Community (2004)
Beck, Peter. Scoring for Britain: International Football and International Politics, 1900-1939 (1999)
Darby, Paul.  Africa, Football, and FIFA: politics, colonialism, and resistance. Frank Cass Publishers (2002)
Darby, Paul. Soccer and Disaster: International Perspectives (2005)
Dimeo, Paul. Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora (2001)
Dougan, Andy. Dynamo: Triumph and Tragedy in Nazi-Occupied Kiev (2002)
Elias, Norbert. 'The Genesis of Sport as a Sociological Problem'. In: Eric Dunning (ed.), The Sociology of Sport: A Selection of Readings, pp 88-115, (1971). Reprinted in Norbert Elias, Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process (1986)
Giulianotti, Richard. Football: A Sociology of the Global Game (1999)
Foer, Franklin. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (2004)
Freeman, Simon.  Baghdad FC: Iraq's Football Story (2006)
Galeano, Eduardo.  Football (Soccer) in Sun and Shadow, 2nd Rev. ed. Verso (2003)
Goldblatt, David. The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer, Riverhead Trade (2008)
Guttmann, Allen.  Games & Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism.  Columbia University Press (New York, 1994)
Hong, Fan and Mangan, J.A. Sport in Asian Society: Past and Present (2002).
Hong, Fan and Mangan, J.A. Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era.  Frank Cass Publishers (London, 2004)
Kapuscinski, Ryszard, The Soccer War (1992)
Kuper, Simon. Football against the Enemy.  Orion (London, 2003)
Lever, Janet. Soccer Madness: Brazil's Passion for the World's Most Popular Sport (1995)
Mangan, J.A. Europe, Sport, World: Shaping Global Societies (2001)
Markovits, Andrei S. and Steven L. Hellerman.  Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism. (2001)
Taylor, Matthew. The Leaguers: The Making of Professional Football in England, 1900-1939 (2005)
Tomlinson, Alan and John Sugden. FIFA and the Contest for World Football: Who Rules the Peoples Game (1998)

Documentaries
History of Football (Soccer): The Beautiful Game narrated by Terrence Stamp - absolutely wonderful!
"Soccer and the World Cup" in Global Popular Culture in Bridging World History