Football: A History of the World Game

by W.J. Murray and Bill Murray

There have been several attempts to trace the story of the spread of football from its pre-industrial origins to its codification in the association game in 1863, from whence it swept the British Isles before going on to conquer the world, but this is the first book to place the growth of the game firmly in its social and cultural background. It explains how soccer spread from the United Kingdom to become the sporting passion of Europe and South America,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859280919
• ISBN13: 9781859280911
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages