Association Football and English Society, 1863-1915 (Revised Edition)

This volume explores Association Football and how it did no less than reshape British and indeed global society in its fast development as an organised sport over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century and leading up to the First World War.

List of contents

Contents
List of figures
List of tables
A note on the text
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT
THE CLUBS
AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS
THE PLAYERS
THE CROWD
DRINK, GAMBLING AND THE SPORTING PRESS
THE GAME
FOOTBALL AND THE WORKERS
IN CONCLUSION
Select bibliography
Index

About the author

Tony Mason is the author of Sport in Britain (1998); Passion of the People? Football in South America (1995); and co-author of Sport in Britain 1945-2000 (2000) and Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces 1880-1960 (2011). He has taught at Nottingham, Edinburgh, Hull, Warwick and De Montfort Universities in the United Kingdom.
Dilwyn Porter is Honorary Professor of Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and Visiting Professor of Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Summary

This volume explores Association Football and how it did no less than reshape British and indeed global society in its fast development as an organised sport over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century and leading up to the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Mason
• Assisted by: Dilwyn Porter (Editor), Porter Dilwyn (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032073842
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207384-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Soccer Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; England, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)