ABSTRACT

This book is a set of wonderfully subtle and free-wheeling interwoven stories about psychoanalysis and football, and what they might have to say to each other, arguing that football offers us the possibility of manageable doses of self-elected madness.

chapter |27 pages

Introduction

chapter |31 pages

Parklife

chapter |19 pages

Trenchmouth

chapter |26 pages

The Tableau Vivant

chapter |23 pages

Living the Dream

chapter |21 pages

Sex in the Stadium

chapter |26 pages

Losing: My Religion

chapter |14 pages

Football is Therapy

chapter |17 pages

Conclusion