Using largely untapped local press and archive sources, five of these six essays trace the historical emergence of a professionalised sport out of the family of pastimes that were traditional football.The final historical essay recounts the Crook Town affair, a once-famous 1920s shamateurist football scandal in County Durham.
Book information
- Author: Gavin Kitching
- Publisher: Peter Lang - 35
- Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-13: 9781789978346
- Language: EN
- Edition: 1
- Publication date: 2021-02-26
- Pages: 278
- Format: 152 × 229 mm
