Football's Great War - Alexander Jackson

Football's Great War

Association Football on the English Home Front, 1914 1918
Buch | Hardcover
384 Seiten
2022
Pen & Sword Military (Verlag)
978-1-3990-0220-2 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
First book to cover the story of our national game on the English Home Front during the First World War, filling an important gap in histories of football, wartime sport and civilian life.
As modern football grapples with the implications of a global crisis, this book looks at first in the game's history: The First World War. The game's structure and fabric faced existential challenges as fundamental questions were asked about its place and value in English society. This study explores how conflict reshaped the People's Game on the English Home Front.

The wartime seasons saw football's entire commercial model challenged and questioned. In 1915, the FA banned the payment of players, reopening a decades-old dispute between the game's early amateur values and its modern links to the world of capital and lucrative entertainment.

Wartime football forced supporters to consider whether the game should continue, and if so, in what form? Using an array of previously unused sources and images, this book explores how players, administrators and fans grappled with these questions as daily life was continually reshaped by the demands of total war. From grassroots to elite football, players to spectators, gambling to charity work, this study examines the social, economic and cultural impact of what became Football's Great War.

Dr Alexander Jackson is a Curator at the National Football Museum in Manchester and has researched and published widely on the history of English football. He was lead curator for the 2014 exhibition, The Greater Game: Football and the First World War. Born in Sheffield, he has inherited the family allegiance to Newcastle United.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 32 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort South Yorkshire
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Sport Ballsport Fußball
ISBN-10 1-3990-0220-1 / 1399002201
ISBN-13 978-1-3990-0220-2 / 9781399002202
Zustand Neuware
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