A Century of Soccer
Details:
- Author(s) Delaney, Terence
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1963
- Pages 166pp; illus
- Publisher William Heinemann for Football Association
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Written for the 'general reader' and surveys 'some aspects of the growth of football in England over the past hundred years, its early influence abroad, and the later growth of the world game'. Not a history of the Football Association. Chapters include: 'Beginnings and early laws'; 'The FA formed - handling and hacking'; 'An early game and some more laws - Mr Alcock's great idea'; 'The professionals arrive'; 'The Cup in the 1880s - some great clubs of the period ...'; 'The Cup - the prewar period, football becomes more acceptable'; 'The amateur - early differences, changing attitudes; 'FIFA - the World Cup'; 'Style and tactics - the outlook for English soccer'