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Uppies and Downies
Hugh Hornby
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Description for Uppies and Downies
Paperback.
Association football, aka ‘soccer’, is the world’s most popular sport. As is known, its rules were drawn up in England between the 1840s and 1860s, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby, another version of football honed between the 1820s and 1870s, split from the Association clubs in the 1870s, and subsequently split itself into Rugby Union and Rugby League in the 1890s. Meanwhile, different versions of football developed in the US and Australia. Ireland has its own version, called Gaelic Football. Amid all these developments, and in stark contrast to the riches and glamour ... Read more
Association football, aka ‘soccer’, is the world’s most popular sport. As is known, its rules were drawn up in England between the 1840s and 1860s, largely at the behest of ex public school and university players. Rugby, another version of football honed between the 1820s and 1870s, split from the Association clubs in the 1870s, and subsequently split itself into Rugby Union and Rugby League in the 1890s. Meanwhile, different versions of football developed in the US and Australia. Ireland has its own version, called Gaelic Football. Amid all these developments, and in stark contrast to the riches and glamour ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
English Heritage United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905624645
SKU
V9781905624645
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Hugh Hornby
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Reviews for Uppies and Downies
'A beautifully detailed, superbly illustrated account of some of British football's most unusual games. Part of the excellent Played in Britain series, it's an engaging, enthusiastic account of the nation's most eccentric football variants: from public schools to small-village, pub-based free-for-alls. It's a book full of tradition, passion, blood and mud.' The Observer 'Hornby, a former curator of the ... Read more