Soccer's Missing Men: Schoolteachers and the Spread of Association Football

by Colm Hickey, James Anthony Mangan, Colm F. Hickey

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041585069X
• ISBN13: 9780415850698
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"