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Author:   Graham Curry (University of Leicester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367262532

ISBN 10:   0367262533
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   25 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction, 1. Football Outside the Schools in the United States Before Codification, 2. The Beginnings of Football in Germany in the Light of Contemporary Sources, 3. Researching the Origins and Early History of the Football Codes: A View from Down-Under, 4. The Beginnings of Soccer in Melbourne: The Eternal Recurrence of the Game, 5. The Emergence of Club Football in ‘The Potteries’: Bottle Kilns for Goalposts, 6. A Review of Early Football in Lincolnshire: County Town, Market Towns and Grammar Schools, 7. English Handball Sports in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, 8. Football Grows Far and Wide in the North East: Development to 1890 and the Creation of the Northern League, 9. Early Football in and around Shrewsbury: Soccer in the Sticks, 10. Football in Winchester, in Town and College, before 1884: ‘Very Fast and Interesting to Look on at'

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Graham Curry teaches Physical Education and served as Head of PE at Tuxford Academy, UK for 30 years. His academic interests lie in the history of Association football, grounded in the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias, and the early football subculture in Sheffield. He also represents England in football in the over-60s age group.

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