The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing in Football

The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing in Football

A WAVE OF MATCH-FIXING THREATENS THE WORLDâ€™S MOST POPULAR SPORT. There are dozens of national police investigations; hundreds of matches from top international games to the Champions League to youth teams have been fixed and over one thousand players, coaches and referees have been arrested. This new form of sports corruption will destroy football, unless we fight it. TO FIGHT IT, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT. â€˜The Insiderâ€™s Guide to Match-Fixing in Footballâ€™ is an analysis of the motivations, the mechanisms and the methods within this modern form of fixing. Hill was the first person to break the story of the new form of football fixing when he infiltrated an Asian match-fixing gang in â€˜The Fixâ€™ â€“ now he returns with a book that is â€˜Freakonomics meets Football Corruptionâ€™. â€œOnly Declan Hill could write a book with this level of academic rigor and foundation of investigative journalism. I expect Dr. Hill's new book to be the seminal work in the sports corruption space and I have adopted it for use in my PhD seminar on forensic sports law analytics.â€ - Ryan M. Rodenberg, JD/PhD, Florida State University â€œDeclan Hill has broken new ground academically, imparting much-needed order and clarity to the murky world of global match-fixing. This is an important book for anyone who cares about the integrity of sport, and it's an indispensable book for those involved in sports analytics" - Marc Carinci, Managing Director, Sports Gambling Data Services "Tenacious, factual and with an unrivalled understanding of the current threat being posed to the integrity of sport, Declan Hill consistently challenges those who stand idly by." - Senator Cecilia Keaveney, Former Head of the Council of Europeâ€™s Task Force on Match-Fixing "Declan Hill's new book is an absolute must-read for every thinking fan of the beautiful game on the planet. Being part of Declan's team preparing the book I know how much effort and research Declan invested in it. Declan's passion for our game, professional courage and expertise pours from every page." - Steven Powell, Director of Policy, Football Supporters' Federation "A new book from one of the best investigative writers on the subject of match and spot fixing in football. The challenge to the integrity of sport from sporting fraud is growing exponentially. This new book documents that cancerous expansion. The author is a renowned expert who focuses on football with the precision of a laser beam. A must read!" - Professor Richard McLaren, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada "The Insiderâ€™s Guide to Match-Fixing in Football is an education for scholars and students of organized crime and a wake-up call for sports administrators. Rigorously researched but accessibly written, this book makes sense of match fixing in straightforward, rational terms. Such confirms Declan Hill as both master storyteller and global authority on the corruption threatening the beautiful game. Not to be missed." - James A. Densley, PhD, author of How Gangs Work: An Ethnography of Youth Violence
Country USA
Manufacturer Anne McDermid & Associates Limited
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
EANs 9780991823840
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Anne McDermid & Associates Limited
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
EANs	9780991823840
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Insider's Guide to Match-Fixing in Football

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