These Fact Sheets were produced by the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research at the University of Leicester. The Centre has now closed so the factsheets are not being updated. They are designed to give a brief outline of each particular topic, in order to provide a starting point for students interested in researching aspects of football. They also contain reference points and a guide to further reading. They are reproduced by kind permission from the University of Leicester website (http://www.le.ac.uk/so/css/resources/factsheets/).