Association Football and English Society, 1863-1915 (revised edition)

This volume explores Association Football and how it did no less than reshape British and indeed global society in its fast development as an organised sport over the course of the second half of the nineteenth century and leading up to the First World War.

Tony Mason is the author of Sport in Britain (1998); Passion of the People? Football in South America (1995); and co-author of Sport in Britain 1945-2000 (2000) and Sport and the Military: The British Armed Forces 1880-1960 (2011). He has taught at Nottingham, Edinburgh, Hull, Warwick and De Montfort Universities in the United Kingdom. Dilwyn Porter is Honorary Professor of Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University and Visiting Professor of Modern History at Newman University, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Contents List of figures List of tables A note on the text Acknowledgements Preface Introduction ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT THE CLUBS AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS THE PLAYERS THE CROWD DRINK, GAMBLING AND THE SPORTING PRESS THE GAME FOOTBALL AND THE WORKERS IN CONCLUSION Select bibliography Index