Collins Tony (De Montfort University Uk) - How Football Began A Global History Of How The World's Football Codes Were Born - Paperback 3 Discs Barcode: 9781101873359

Barcode: 9781101873359

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Collins Tony (De Montfort University Uk) - How Football Began A Global History Of How The World's Football Codes Were Born - Paperback 3 Discs Barcode: 9781101873359Binding: Paperback Description: This ambitious and fascinating history considers why in the space of sixty years between 1850 and 1910, football grew from a marginal and unorganised activity to become the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people around the world. The book explores how the world's football codes soccer rugby league rugby union American Australian Canadian and Gaelic developed as part of the commercialised leisure industry