The Victorian Football Miscellany

Author : Paul Brown
Publisher : Superelastic
ISBN 13 : 0956227058
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Football Miscellany written by Paul Brown and published by Superelastic. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorian Football Miscellany is a quirky and fascinating collection of trivia, facts and anecdotes from football’s earliest years. Delve into an absorbing world of ox-bladder balls, baggy-kneed knickerbockers and outstanding moustaches, and read remarkable tales of the first ever cup final, the invention of the shinpad, the evolution of dribbling, the first own goal and a seemingly-invincible penalty-taking elephant. Other entries cover the foundation of the Football Association, the development of the Laws of the Game and the origins of football’s most popular clubs. Packed with stories, profiles and lists, this is an indispensable guide to the colourful and unusual world of 19th century football.

Author : John White
Publisher : Carlton Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781780973784
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Premiership Football Miscellany written by John White and published by Carlton Books Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough look at the world's most exciting soccer league This isn't a work of reference, a compendium of lists, a collection of biographies or a compilation of trivia; it is a glorious mixture of all of these things, and much more. This book has something for everyone, with fascinating facts about soccer's top flight, from a tirade against prawn sandwich eaters to players who find the net season after season after season, from legendary players and managers to infamous owners with quick tempers and quicker trigger fingers to fire the man in the dugout. There are reports on memorable matches, exceptional seasons, crazy moments, in fact anything that appeared in the media, written, spoken, or social, all supplemented by player profiles, quotes, tables, results, fantasy teams, records, and other lists. Diligently researched, and offering a refreshing insight into England's top league, from the essential to the downright quirky, there are hours of fun to be had by every soccer fan.

Author : David Sullivan
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750983884
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Millwall FC Miscellany written by David Sullivan and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millwall FC, founded in Victorian times, have a tremendous history to delve into. This book will provide you with all you want to know about the Lions, and some stuff you don’t...The Millwall Miscellany is a book on the Lions like no other, packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legends. Featured here are loads of stories about the club from 1885 to the present day. Here you will find player feats, individual records and plenty of weird and wonderful tales, quotes ranging from the profound to the downright bizarre and cult heroes from yesteryear – a book no true Millwall fan should be without.

Author : Chris Lee
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 178531923X
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origin Stories written by Chris Lee and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origin Stories: The Pioneers Who Took Football to the World charts the growth of the game in each major footballing country, from the very first kick to the first World Cup in 1930. Football's global spread from muddy playing fields to colossal, purpose-built stadiums is a story of class, race, gender and politics. Along the way, you'll meet the people who established football around the world and discover the challenges they faced. Featuring interviews with leading historians, journalists, club chairmen and descendants of club founders and players, Origin Stories tells the fascinating country-by-country tale of how football put down its roots around the world. The sport's early growth includes a cast of English aristocrats and 'Scotch professors', French tournament pioneers, international merchants, keen students, raucous rebels and more. Origin Stories shows that football's early development was a truly global team effort.

Author : Duncan Carmichael
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445626756
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ayr United Miscellany written by Duncan Carmichael and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mad, but true, stories from the more eccentric side of the beautiful game.

Author : Paul Brown
Publisher : Superelastic
ISBN 13 : 0956227082
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All With Smiling Faces written by Paul Brown and published by Superelastic. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An early history of Newcastle United, investigating how the football club came to mean so much to so many supporters. How did Newcastle become United? When was the club formed, and where did it play before moving to St James' Park? Who were the men who built the club, and how did they turn it into the most successful club in the country? What was it like to support Newcastle in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and why has the bond between the club and its fans remained so strong? All With Smiling Faces takes a wander through the early history of Newcastle United to discover how the club came to mean so much to so many. Covering the club's first 30 years, from its foundation as Stanley FC in 1881 to its triumphant FA Cup win in 1910, the book visits the grounds, meets the players, mingles with the fans, and relives the matches that helped make Newcastle United.

Author : Daniel Haxall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501334573
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing the Beautiful Game written by Daniel Haxall and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most popular sport, soccer, has long been celebrated as “the beautiful game” for its artistry and aesthetic appeal. Picturing the Beautiful Game: A History of Soccer in Visual Culture and Art is the first collection to examine the rich visual culture of soccer, including the fine arts, design, and mass media. Covering a range of topics related to the game's imagery, this volume investigates the ways soccer has been promoted, commemorated, and contested in visual terms. Throughout various mediums and formats-including illustrated newspapers, modern posters, and contemporary artworks-soccer has come to represent issues relating to identity, politics, and globalization. As the contributors to this collection suggest, these representations of the game reflect society and soccer's place in our collective imagination. Perspectives from a range of fields including art history, sociology, sport history, and media studies enrich the volume, affording a multifaceted visual history of the beautiful game.

Author : Paul Brown
Publisher : Goal Post
ISBN 13 : 0995541221
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Savage Enthusiasm written by Paul Brown and published by Goal Post. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did we become football fans? Savage Enthusiasm traces the evolution of the football fan from the sport's earliest origins right up to the present day, exploring how football became the world's most popular spectator sport, and why it became the undisputed game of the people.

Author : Keith Baker
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785310267
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fathers of Football written by Keith Baker and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-overlooked story of a number of adventurous Britons who left their homeland before World War I to inspire and shape the growth of modern soccer in continental Europe and South America. Drawn from widely different backgrounds, their motivations and contributions were diverse-helping to form legendary clubs now supported by millions across the globe; bringing revolutionary changes to the way soccer was taught and played; and laying the foundations on which the game would continue to flourish. Full of entertaining accounts and anecdotes from the birth of the global game, Fathers of Football places the lives of these innovators soundly in historical and social context. They all left a deep and lasting impression on soccer in the countries they worked in; yet for too long Britain turned its back on their lessons and achievements. Even today they remain largely unknown-prophets more honored abroad than at home.

Author : Ben Jones
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785319213
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Football in 90 Minutes written by Ben Jones and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot can happen in 90 minutes. From football's codification in 1863 to the modern era - goals, red cards and even substitutions have led to some of the strongest and most remarkable sporting legacies. The game has grown into the world's largest and most supported sport, with all aspects of modern life being drawn into its continually expanding empire. This book journeys through football's incredible history to examine some of the game's most fascinating minutes of play which, to this day, provoke lasting memories. These key moments show how there is often far more to a minute of football than just 60 seconds. The impact can last for years, decades or centuries. By looking at the history of goals, finals and even corners we get a clear picture of how football became the game we know and love today. From the first goal in an FA Cup Final to Diego Maradona's 'hand of God', The History of Football in Ninety Minutes (Plus Extra Time) gives fuel to the notion that every minute in football counts.