Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for 'Black' Ex-Professional Footballers : 'from Being Idolised to Stacking Shelves'.

Cover -- EDUCATION, RETIREMENT AND CAREER TRANSITIONS FOR 'BLACK' EX-PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS -- EDUCATION, RETIREMENT AND CAREER TRANSITIONS FOR 'BLACK' EX-PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS: From Being Idolised to Stacking Shelves -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2: Working-Class Soccer Schoolboys, Race and Education in England -- Chapter 3: Football Professionals, Qualifications and Post-playing Career Preparations -- Chapter 4: Retirement and Transitions into Training and Non-sport Work -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- 2. Working-class Soccer Schoolboys, Race and Education in England -- Introduction -- Football and Formal Education Training in Late Twentieth-Century England -- Black Soccer Schoolboys in Formal Education in England -- Schoolboy Soccer, Schools of Excellence and Educational Attainment -- Some Conclusions -- 3. Football Professionals, Qualifications and Post-playing Career Preparations -- Introduction -- Formal Education Training and Upskilling in Professional Football -- Careers in Coaching and Ethnic Closures -- 'Race'-based Social Networks in Soccer -- The Manager's Table and White Social Networks in Soccer -- Some Conclusions -- 4. Retirement, Training and Transitions into Non-sport Work -- Introduction -- Retirement -- Transitions into Mainstream Work and Careers -- Learned Helplessness and Obstacles to Accessing Support Provisions -- Some Conclusions -- 5. Conclusion -- Introduction -- Men, Work and Retirement -- Race and Employment -- Working in and Retiring from Professional Sport -- Processes and Cultures of Professional Football and the Experiences of Formal Education Training, Retirement and Career Tra ... -- Professional Football, Education Training, Retirement, Career Transitions and Race.

Final Comments: Race, Professional Football and Mental Health -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Drawing on a combination of interviews and auto-ethnographic data, Education, Retirement and Career Transitions for 'Black' Ex-Professional Footballersprovides a case-study of 16 'black' British male professional footballers' preparedness and experiences of retirement and transition from careers as professional athletes to mainstream work.

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