Football Pools and the British Working Class - A Political, Social and Cultural History

This book is the first national study of the football pools in Britain which examines the politics and culture of the gambling on the football pools.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and overview: debate and argument on working-class leisure, gambling and the football pools / Chapter 2 The emergence of the football pools c.1870-c. 1945: from bookmaker to the modern football pool company / Chapter 3 The politics of the football pools 1918-1945: the opposition of the chadbards, sabbatarians, the National Anti-Gambling League, the Football League and the Football Association / Chapter 4 The recovery, evolution and decline of the pools 1945-1990s / Chapter 5 The politics of the pools since 1945: conflict and acceptance of 'the ranks of high super-spivery' / Chapter 6 Employment, process and changing industrial relations in the football companies 1945-1990s / Chapter 7 An integral part of working-class life: was the pools worth 'the candle' in the culture of working-class life / Chapter 8 Challenge, decline and the restructuring of the pools: the impact of The National Lottery 'for good causes' / Chapter 9 Globalisation and the football pools / Chapter 10 Conclusion

About the author

Keith Laybourn is Diamond Jubilee Professor Emeritus at the University of Huddersfield. His main research interests are labour history and gambling, and he is President of the Society for the Study of Labour History. He has recently published Going to the Dogs (2019).

Summary

This book is the first national study of the football pools in Britain which examines the politics and culture of the gambling on the football pools.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Laybourn, Laybourn Keith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9780367701734
• ISBN: 978-0-367-70173-4
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, European History, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Social classes, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer)