Part 1 Theoretical and historical frameworks: for the sociology of football; football, ritual and historical change; the post-war consensus and the emergence of British post-Fordism. Part 2 The organic origins of the Premier League: the decline of attendance and the abolition of the maximum wage; sponsorship; the big five. Part 3 The conjectural arguments for the reform of football: the strong state and the crisis of 1985; free market arguments; the Taylor Report and Italia '90. Part 4 The new consumption of football: Sky Television and the Premier League's new deal; the new directors; the lads; new football writing; the new consumer fans; English football in the new Europe; appendix.

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Anthony King is lecturer in sociology at the University of Exeter

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