Injury Time

Football in a State of Emergency

David Goldblatt

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English

Mudlark
14 August 2025

Social & cultural history; Sociology: sport & leisure; Football (Soccer, Association football)

A Telegraph Best Book of 2025.

A News Statesman Book of the Year 2025.

‘David Goldblatt is possibly the best football historian there has ever been’. Dominic Sandbrook

‘David Goldblatt is the greatest British sportswriter of the 21st century … Injury Time is an absolute classic.’ James Montague, author of The Billionaires Club and Engulfed

Football, history and the state of the nation – and why it matters.

Injury Time is a sharp and thought provoking look at contemporary British society through the lens of football; a society shaken by more than a decade of economic, political and social upheaval, whose causes and consequences have proved hard to grasp.

Set against the backdrop of Brexit, Covid and today’s ‘polycrisis’ – spanning economic decline, war in Europe, political unrest and climate change – this book argues that football provides an unmatched vantage point for understanding the nation’s state of affairs. From grassroots clubs battling for survival to the rise and fall of Russian oligarchs in the sport, the game’s tragedies and triumphs echo the larger shifts shaping Britain.

With striking examples such as Marcus Rashford’s anti-hunger campaign and the uproar surrounding Gary Lineker’s tweets, Injury Time underscores football’s central role in public conversation. Football, Goldblatt contends, is the ultimate societal bellwether – a reflection of Britain’s virtues and flaws alike.

By: David Goldblatt
Imprint: Mudlark
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9780008697402
ISBN 10: 000869740X
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 14 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Goldblatt is a writer, journalist and academic. He is the author of The Ball Is Round ('A magnificent work ... Takes football history to a new level' - John Foot, Guardian) and The Game of Our Lives, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2015. He lives in Bristol and teaches at Pitzer College, Los Angeles.

Reviews for Injury Time: Football in a State of Emergency

‘Stunningly researched, calmly presented and cumulatively shocking, David Goldblatt’s Injury Time is a work of searching and uncomfortable truths about the world of British football in the age of Brexit. We all knew that the age of relative innocence had long gone; but this extraordinarily knowledgeable, broad-based survey reveals as never before the challenges facing any serious attempt to restore the soul to our game.’ – David Kynaston