.Preface The Ball is Round Stanislao G. Pugliese.-
.Introduction Marking the Field Brenda Elsey.-
.Art Criticism.-
.Chapter 1 Drawing the Foul: Diving and Visuality in Contemporary English Football Luke Healey.-
.Chapter 2 From Galactico to Head Butt: Globalization, Immigration and the Politics of Identity in Artistic Representations of Zidane Daniel Haxall .-
.Collective Psychology and Group Identity.-
.Chapter 3 Soccer in the Shadow of Death: Propaganda and Survival in the Nazi Ghetto-Camp of Terezin Kevin E. Simpson.-
.Chapter 4 In the Shadow of the State: The National Team and the Politics of National Identity in Spain Jim O'Brien.-
.Political Science and International Relations.-.
Chapter 5 Beyond the Unfulfilled Promise of Soviet International Football, 1945-1991 Mauricio Borrero.-
.Chapter 6 Post-Colonial Outcomes: FIFA, Overseas Territory, and National Identity Steve Menary.-
.Chapter 7 The Hermit Kingdom vs. the World: North Korea in the 2010 World Cup Aaron D. Horton.-
.Race and Ethnic Studies.-
.Chapter 8 Fausto dos Santos: The Wonders and Challenges of Blackness in Brazil's "Mulatto Football" Roger Kittleson.-
.Chapter 9 Who Counts As a Real American? Dual Citizenship, Hybridity, and the U.S. Men's National Team Jon D. Bohland.-
.Sexuality and Gender.-
.Chapter 10 Social Climbing, Cultural Experimentation and Trailblazing the Metrosexual: Franz Beckenbauer in the 1960s and 1970s Kay Schiller.-
.Chapter 11 Standing on Honeyball's Shoulders: A History of Independent Women's Football Clubs in England Jean Williams.-
.The State and Civil Society.-
.Chapter 12 Politics, Power and Soccer in Postwar Italy: The Case of Naples Rosario Forlenza.-
.Chapter 13 The Politics of Football in Post-Colonial Sierra Leone Tamba E. M'bayo.-
.Chapter 14 The Competitive Party: The Formation and Crisis of Organized Fan Groups in Brazil, 1950-1980 Bernardo Buarque de Hollanda.-
.Philosophy and Critical Theory.-
.Chapter 15 "Another World (Cup) is Possible!" Twenty Theses about Modern Football Tim Walters.-
.Chapter 16 On Virtue, Irony and Glory: The Pitch and the People Jason Burke Murphy.