Moving the Goalposts

Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport.Sport enjoys huge popularity and social importance throughout the world. In Moving the Goalposts Martin Polley argues that sport is not neutral, asocial or apolitical and so it needs to be assessed in its widest cultural context to be understood. He also examines how sport is acted upon by these influences and creates influences of its own that go beyond sport.Moving the Goalposts provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. The author discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics as well as analysing contemporary sport.