... and a former professional footballer. The work of professional football Professional football in context 17game may come to be part of the very essence of a player, Taylor argues the fol-lowing ... activities of the process of work, the end products of work, the prestige associated with the work of a partic-ular occupation, the prestige of the social contexts within which work occurs, and the position ... the culture of work in professional football, the fragile and uncertain nature of playingcareers, the ways in which the orientations of players to their work change over the course of their careers...