What is football? Sport or business? Game or religion? Hobby or purpose in life? The answer is: YES. Football is all that and so much more! This entertaining graphic novel, which sheds exciting light on the history of football, proves how much more: from the role of sport for English women during the First World War to the fight for visibility for modern women's football; from the Brazilian cult of Garrincha and Pelé to the Hamburg cult club FC Sankt Pauli; from the aggressive commercialisation of the sport to the influence of Egyptian ultras on the Arab Spring - 'A Brief History of Football' is not only a pleasure to read for fans of the world's most popular sport. Thrilling, informative and fascinating!