Fateful love, a: essays on football in the north-east of england 1880-1930
Auteur :
Kitching, Gavin
Éditeur :
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN :
9781789978346
Date de publication :
26 févr. 2021
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
408 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.