Early Football Professionalism In Sheffield

Author : Graham Curry
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781527512788

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Early Football Professionalism in Sheffield by Graham Curry Pdf

Over the past two decades, academic, sociological and historical writing on football has blossomed. This book adds to that debate, providing more information on early professionalism in Sheffield. Professional football in England has always been linked to the importation of players from other regions - largely, Scotland - to East Lancashire by the likes of Preston North End and Burnley. However, the first stages of importation took place in Sheffield. This trend has been touched on in articles on the subject, but has never been subjected to in-depth study in a book-length manuscript before. As well as introducing academic theories regarding football professionalism in the text, the narrative will focus on the careers of individuals in the city who were heavily involved with the process, illustrating their lifestyles, reactions and general participation in the early payment of footballers.

Author : Keith Farnsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0900660880

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Wednesday! by Keith Farnsworth Pdf

Author : Graham Curry,Eric Dunning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317573494

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Association Football by Graham Curry,Eric Dunning Pdf

This book presents a synthesis of the work on early football undertaken by the authors over the past two decades. It explores aspects of a figurational approach to sociology to examine the early development of football rules in the middle part of the nineteenth century. The book tests Dunning’s status rivalry hypothesis to contest Harvey’s view of football’s development which stresses an influential sub-culture outside the public schools. Status Rivalry re-states the primacy of these latter institutions in the growth of football and without it the sport’s story would remain skewed and unbalanced for future generations.

Author : Graham Curry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Soccer
ISBN : 1536130907

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A Crucible of Modern Sport by Graham Curry Pdf

This book examines in detail the early development of the game of football in and around Sheffield, England. When the first football club, Sheffield FC, was founded on 24 October 1857, it began a chain of events which would see the emergence of the earliest modern footballing subculture. It formed the beginning of a process which would lead to Association Football (or soccer) becoming the most popular team game in the world, and this primacy in club formation saw Sheffield, at least initially, develop into its most important element. The central theme of the text, therefore, is an attempt to test various hypotheses related to possible reasons behind Sheffields pre-eminence in the growth of club football. These include influence from three areas of society: a nearby mob football enclave, the influence of former public schoolboys and a local sporting elite already established in cricket. The narrative considers other developments in the sport at that time the relationship between Sheffield and the Football Association in London, the movement towards a generic code of football rules, emergent professionalism, the establishment of other clubs, playing patterns and spectator behaviour. Each of these components helps to form the basis for the ongoing progression of the game in the city and wider society. The text also relies on more than a modicum of sociological theory in the form of the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias, particularly making extensive use of his concept of power to explain reasons for the diffusion of football in Sheffield. Mention is also made of the concept of sportisation the rationalisation and regularisation of games and recreations into their modern forms as pioneered by Elias and Eric Dunning. The data have been subject to meticulous analysis and the book itself was produced through a process involving substantial academic rigour. Ultimately, this is a study which is long overdue, as writers on the history of football have previously tended to neglect the importance of Sheffield in the development of early football.

Author : Martin Westby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Soccer
ISBN : 0955637813

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A History of Sheffield Football, 1857-1889 by Martin Westby Pdf

Author : Chris Lee
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781785319235

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Origin Stories by Chris Lee Pdf

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 : Sean Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317997863

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Football Fans Around the World by Sean Brown Pdf

This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national. The diverse geographical and cultural array of contributions to this volume highlights not only the variety of how fans express themselves, but their commonalities as well. The collection brings together scholars of North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa to present a global picture of fan culture. The collection shows that while every group of fans around the world has its own characteristics, the role of a football fan is laced with commonalities, irrespective of geography or culture. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society.

Author : Jonathan Wilson,Nick Ames,Anthony Clavane,Peter Frankopan,David Stubbs
Publisher : Blizzard Media Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Twenty Four by Jonathan Wilson,Nick Ames,Anthony Clavane,Peter Frankopan,David Stubbs Pdf

First published in March 2017, Issue Twenty Four contains 19 articles in 7 sections, including: Anthony Clavane on the decline of heavy industry and the sad logic of Brexit in Yorkshire; Peter Frankopan looking at how in politics, economics and football the role of Asia is becoming more significant; and David Stubbs on the glorious summer of 1996 when all things seemed possible.

Author : Adrian Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781134269129

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Football: The First Hundred Years by Adrian Harvey Pdf

The story of the creation of Britain's national game has often been told. According to the accepted wisdom, the refined football games created by English public schools in the 1860s subsequently became the sports of the masses. Football, The First Hundred Years, provides a revisionist history of the game, challenging previously widely-accepted beliefs. Harvey argues that established football history does not correspond with the facts. Football, as played by the 'masses' prior to the adoption of the public school codes is almost always portrayed as wild and barbaric. This view may require considerable modification in the light of Harvey's research. Football's First One Hundred Years provides a very detailed picture of the football played outside the confines of the public schools, revealing a culture that was every bit as sophisticated and influential as that found within their prestigious walls. Football, The First Hundred Years sets forth a completely revisionist thesis, offering a different perspective on almost every aspect of the established history of the formative years of the game. The book will be of great interest to sports historians and football enthusiasts alike.

Author : S. Wagg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230320819

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Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport by S. Wagg Pdf

The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about.

Author : Adrian Harvey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0415350182

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Football by Adrian Harvey Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : At Heart Ltd
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1845471741

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Sheffield FC - Celebrating 50 Years by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rob Steen,Jed Novick,Huw Richards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107014848

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The Cambridge Companion to Football by Rob Steen,Jed Novick,Huw Richards Pdf

This book is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates studying sport-related subjects as well as anyone interested in how and why football has evolved as it has. It features contributions from prominent experts in the field, authors and journalists, and covers ground seldom attempted in a single volume about football.

Author : J.A. Mangan,Colm Hickey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317999119

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Soccer's Missing Men by J.A. Mangan,Colm Hickey Pdf

Now unknown or forgotten, influential schoolmasters took the game of association football to many parts of England. They had several roles: they brought the game to individual schools, they established regional and national leagues and associations, and they founded professional football clubs. They also exported the game around the world, working as moral missionaries, passionate players and energetic entrepreneurs. The role of teachers in association football is a much neglected aspect of English cultural history. It is a story that deserves to be told because it allows a fundamental reappraisal of the status and position of these teachers in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century society. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Soccer and Society.

Author : Graham Curry
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000907711

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From the Privileged to the Professionals by Graham Curry Pdf

This book is concerned with the early years of the Football Association Challenge Cup – more commonly known as the FA Cup – examining events from its inception in 1871–2 to the beginning of the Football League in 1888–9. The work is underpinned by the figurational sociology of Norbert Elias, employing his ideas around the European 'civilising process', power and lengthening chains of human interdependency. Most of all, the majority of the text has been compiled using primary source material, such as newspaper reports and the minutes of the Football Association, which encourages original and unique additions to the body of knowledge. There exist no comparable offerings on the time period involved, with the book providing a distinct perspective for scholars and non-specialists alike. The initial years of the competition were dominated by teams consisting mainly of upper-middle-class southern amateurs. However, by the early 1880s, they were supplanted by men who were initially covert– and eventually overt – professionals, many of whom hailed from Scotland, but mainly represented clubs from Lancashire and the West Midlands. The FA Cup, despite losing some of its allure when compared to competitions such as the UEFA Champions League, still retains a magic of its own in the English football calendar.