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Football's history is often told through its goals and glory, but the real story lives in the voices that refused to stay silent. Red Cards and Revolutions uncovers the untold lineage of protest, defiance, and reform that reshaped the world's most popular sport from the factory pitches of Victorian England to the digital campaigns of the modern era. Across 150 years, players, supporters, activists, and community leaders challenged injustice, demanded dignity, and fought to preserve the soul of the game-sometimes in the shadow of tragedy, often against overwhelming odds, and always with a belief that football must belong to the people. This sweeping, fact-driven narrative brings to life the battles against wage caps, the rise of the players' unions, the struggle for safe stadiums after Hillsborough, the fan-led creation of AFC Wimbledon, and the global mobilisation that brought down the 2021 European Super League. It documents the rise of women's football after decades of exclusion, charts the fight against racism, homophobia, and discrimination, and explores how supporters' trusts, social movements, digital activism, and ethical campaigns have forced institutions like FIFA and UEFA to confront their own failures. Richly detailed and grounded in verifiable history, Red Cards and Revolutions reveals that football's biggest transformations have come when ordinary people stood together to challenge entrenched power. A powerful testament to collective action, it is the definitive story of how rebellion has continually pushed the game toward fairness, justice, and accountability-and how that struggle continues today.

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