Each book in the "Oxford Reds" series is on a real-life subject, with a simple lively text and realistic illustrations (this title also contains photographs). Many are written by well-known children's writers. Did you know that football has been played for hundreds of years? Once it was even banned, because it was too dangerous! "Oxford Reds Football" contains information on how the great game came about, and how it is played today, across the world, by girls and boys, men and women. It also contains some fantastic statistics and fascinating facts!

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reds .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Oxford University Press .

Paul May is a teacher and keen footballer with two children. His first book for the Transworld lists, TROUBLEMAKERS, was shortlisted for the inaugural Branford Boase Award