{"product_id":"injury-time-football-in-a-state-of-emergency-paperback","title":"Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency (paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Telegraph Best Book of 2025.\u003cbr\u003eA News Statesman Book of the Year 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been’. Dominic Sandbrook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘David Goldblatt is the greatest British sportswriter of the 21st century … Injury Time is an absolute classic.’ James Montague, author of The Billionaires Club and Engulfed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFootball, history and the state of the nation – and why it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInjury Time is a sharp and thought provoking look at contemporary British society through the lens of football; a society shaken by more than a decade of economic, political and social upheaval, whose causes and consequences have proved hard to grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of Brexit, Covid and today’s ‘polycrisis’ – spanning economic decline, war in Europe, political unrest and climate change – this book argues that football provides an unmatched vantage point for understanding the nation’s state of affairs. From grassroots clubs battling for survival to the rise and fall of Russian oligarchs in the sport, the game’s tragedies and triumphs echo the larger shifts shaping Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith striking examples such as Marcus Rashford’s anti-hunger campaign and the uproar surrounding Gary Lineker’s tweets, Injury Time underscores football’s central role in public conversation. Football, Goldblatt contends, is the ultimate societal bellwether – a reflection of Britain’s virtues and flaws alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Goldblatt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a writer, journalist and academic. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Ball Is Round\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (‘A magnificent work … Takes football history to a new level’ – John Foot, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Game of Our Lives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2015. He lives in Bristol and teaches at Pitzer College, Los Angeles.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMudlark\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e20 x 13 cm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e368 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJune 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product_spec\"\u003e9780008697440\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Goldblatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58347010195837,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/stanchionbooks.com\/products\/injury-time-football-in-a-state-of-emergency-paperback","provider":"Stanchion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}