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Author:   Graham Curry (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032884233

ISBN 10:   1032884231
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   21 May 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Foreword – Speaking of football: some thoughts on the early development of the game 1. Early football, governance and cup competitions: the formative years of the Staffordshire Football Association, c. 1877–1887 2. Footballing backwater? A study of early Norfolk football 3. A brief study of football in London from 1800 to the founding of the Football Association in 1863 4. The Youdan and Cromwell Cups: Sheffield football’s knockout trophies 5. Velvet caps and tassles: East Lancashire, class and the FA cup 6. Beyond The Close: Rugby School’s football network, 1840–1880 7. John Charles Thring: footballer, codifier, advocate, schoolmaster and priest 8. Historical firsts and superlatives: public engagement versus historical accuracy in association football

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Graham Curry trained at the University of Leicester, UK, gaining his MA and PhD there. He has written extensively on the historical sociology of Association Football, publishing, in 2016 with Eric Dunning, the thought-provoking Association Football: A Study in Figurational Sociology (Routledge). Still playing, he represents England in the over-60s age group.

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