Dolores P. Martinez is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Associate Dean of Research at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Projit Bihari Mukharji is a Lecturer in Modern History at Newcastle University and an avid fan of Bengali football.

• Prologue Projit B. Mukharji Missing Men: School Masters and the Early Years of Association Football J.A. Mangan Exploring the Spectator Experience: Virtual Football Spectatorship in the Pub Mike Weed ‘No Systematic Doping in Football’: A Critical Review Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington Tackling the Anxieties of the English: Searching for the Nation through Football Jessica S.R. Robinson Soccer in the USA: ‘Holding out for a Hero?’ Dolores P. Martinez Football in the Reconstruction of the Gender Order in Japan Wolfram Manzenreiter Stanley Rous’ ‘Own Goal’: Football Politics, South Africa and the Contest for the FIFA Presidency in 1974 Paul Darby ‘Feeble Bengalis’ and ‘Big Africans’: African Players in Bengali Club Football Projit B. Mukharji Ghati-Bangal on the Maidan: Subregionalism, Club Rivalry and Fan Culture in Indian Football Boria Majumdar Globalizing Sport: Assessing the World Baseball Classic Alan Klein Epilogue: Global Football Dolores P. Martinez

Dolores P. Martinez is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Associate Dean of Research at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Projit Bihari Mukharji is a Lecturer in Modern History at Newcastle University and an avid fan of Bengali football.

• Prologue Projit B. Mukharji Missing Men: School Masters and the Early Years of Association Football J.A. Mangan Exploring the Spectator Experience: Virtual Football Spectatorship in the Pub Mike Weed ‘No Systematic Doping in Football’: A Critical Review Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington Tackling the Anxieties of the English: Searching for the Nation through Football Jessica S.R. Robinson Soccer in the USA: ‘Holding out for a Hero?’ Dolores P. Martinez Football in the Reconstruction of the Gender Order in Japan Wolfram Manzenreiter Stanley Rous’ ‘Own Goal’: Football Politics, South Africa and the Contest for the FIFA Presidency in 1974 Paul Darby ‘Feeble Bengalis’ and ‘Big Africans’: African Players in Bengali Club Football Projit B. Mukharji Ghati-Bangal on the Maidan: Subregionalism, Club Rivalry and Fan Culture in Indian Football Boria Majumdar Globalizing Sport: Assessing the World Baseball Classic Alan Klein Epilogue: Global Football Dolores P. Martinez

Dolores P. Martinez is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Associate Dean of Research at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Projit Bihari Mukharji is a Lecturer in Modern History at Newcastle University and an avid fan of Bengali football.

• Prologue Projit B. Mukharji Missing Men: School Masters and the Early Years of Association Football J.A. Mangan Exploring the Spectator Experience: Virtual Football Spectatorship in the Pub Mike Weed ‘No Systematic Doping in Football’: A Critical Review Dominic Malcolm and Ivan Waddington Tackling the Anxieties of the English: Searching for the Nation through Football Jessica S.R. Robinson Soccer in the USA: ‘Holding out for a Hero?’ Dolores P. Martinez Football in the Reconstruction of the Gender Order in Japan Wolfram Manzenreiter Stanley Rous’ ‘Own Goal’: Football Politics, South Africa and the Contest for the FIFA Presidency in 1974 Paul Darby ‘Feeble Bengalis’ and ‘Big Africans’: African Players in Bengali Club Football Projit B. Mukharji Ghati-Bangal on the Maidan: Subregionalism, Club Rivalry and Fan Culture in Indian Football Boria Majumdar Globalizing Sport: Assessing the World Baseball Classic Alan Klein Epilogue: Global Football Dolores P. Martinez