The Association Game: A History of British Football Contributor(s): Taylor, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138173193 ISBN-13: 9781138173194 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer - Sports & Recreation | History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 796.334 |
Physical Information: (2.16 lbs) 528 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces British football from the establishment of the earliest clubs in the nineteenth century to its place as one of the prominent and commercialised leisure industries at the beginning of the twenty first century. It covers supporters and fandom, status and culture, big business, the press and electronic media and development in playing styles, tactics and rules. This is the only up to date book on the history of British football, covering the twentieth century shift from amateur to professional and whole of the British Isles, not just England. |