Is football sport or business? Game or religion? Hobby or purpose in life? In fact, football is all that and much more! This entertaining graphic novel sheds exciting light on the history of football: from historical precursors in ancient Rome and the Middle Ages, when entire villages fought for days over a ball, to the pastime of the British upper class and then its transformation into a working-class sport so that they do not fall prey to any vices, from the role of women's football as self-empowerment during the First World War to the struggle for its visibility today, from the Brazilian cult of Garrincha and Pelé to the neighbourhood footballer and rascal Diego Maradona and his tragic end, 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!