The leaguers : the making of professional football in England, 1900-1939 /
The Leaguers offers the first ever examination of the politics of the early football world, from struggles over the finances of the game and the treatment of players to campaigns to popularise football on a national and international basis. The basic features of professional football in Britain as w...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2005
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The Leaguers offers the first ever examination of the politics of the early football world, from struggles over the finances of the game and the treatment of players to campaigns to popularise football on a national and international basis. The basic features of professional football in Britain as we knew it for most of the twentieth century were established in the period between the death of Queen Victoria and the beginning of the Second World War. This book looks at the individuals, groups and social forces which contributed to the making of modern football. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 320 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846313486 1846313481 9781781387030 1781387036 |
| Language: | English. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Electronic reproduction. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
| Action Note: | digitized |
