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A Fateful Love: Essays on Football in the North-East of England 1880-1930 - Sport, History and Culture New edition
Gavin Kitching
A Fateful Love: Essays on Football in the North-East of England 1880-1930 - Sport, History and Culture New edition
Gavin Kitching
Using largely untapped local press and archive sources, five of these six essays trace the historical emergence of a professionalised sport out of the family of pastimes that were traditional 'football.'The final historical essay recounts the 'Crook Town affair, a once-famous 1920s 'shamateurist' football scandal in County Durham.
262 pages, 2 Illustrations, unspecified
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 26, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781789978346 |
Publishers | Peter Lang International Academic Publis |
Pages | 262 |
Dimensions | 228 × 152 × 19 mm · 484 g |
Language | English |
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