The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer runs 39 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Liam Gerrard (about 26 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 39 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 78 days |
| 1 hour / day | 39 days |
| 2 hours / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 26 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 39 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
46 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer is an audiobook by David Goldblatt: a 39-hour unabridged recording, read by Liam Gerrard, released April 21, 2020, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 39 hrs
- Narrated by
- Liam Gerrard
- Released
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781541439122
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer as an audiobook?
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer runs 39 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 26 hours.
Is The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer?
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer is narrated by Liam Gerrard.
Is The Ball is Round: A Global History of Soccer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 26 hours, saving 13 hours.