Dunmore Tom - Soccer For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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Soccer For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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About the Authors

Tom Dunmore is an editor of XI, a North American soccer quarterly. He is the author of a Historical Dictionary of Soccer and is a former chairman of Section 8 Chicago, the Independent Supporters Association for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Tom was born in Brighton, England, and remains an avid long-distance fan of Brighton and Hove Albion. He likes playing soccer for his recreational team the Seawolves and greatly enjoys living in the best city in the whole wide world, Chicago.

Scott Murray is a freelance writer and former sports editor of guardian.co.uk . He writes regularly for guardian.co.uk , the Guardian, the Fiver, and FourFourTwo. He also has written for the Observer, GQ, Mens Health, GQ Sport, Shortlist, the Evening Standard, and Arena. He is co-author of the football miscellany Day Of The Match: A History Of Football In 365 Days, and an upcoming biography of Maurice Flitcroft, the worlds worst golfer, Phantom Of The Open. The club he supports has won quite a lot of trophies, but then he also has to follow Scotland, so it all balances out.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all those who have built soccer in the United States, often against the odds, out of the sheer love of the game. Id like to personally thank those who have supported the sport in my current hometown, Chicago, especially Peter Wilt, who built the club I support here, the Chicago Fire. Without that I may never have met my wife Monika, to whom I owe everything else.

Authors Acknowledgments

From Tom:

Id like to thank all those at Wiley who made this book possible, especially Michael Lewis and Susan Hobbs for their help on the project. Id also like to thank technical editor Vic Baker for his thoughtful comments and queries. This book is a revision of an English version, Football For Dummies, and is built off that superb framework written by Scott Murray.

From Scott:

I would like to thank everyone at Wiley, especially Simon Bell for his help and never-ending patience, especially upon being quizzed about the managerial merits of Frankie Gray. I would also like to thank Annabel Merullo and Tom Williams at PFD.

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