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The Irish Soccer Split
Cormac Moore
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Description for The Irish Soccer Split
Hardcover. The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast in 1880. It was the governing body for soccer for the whole of the island of Ireland. Soccer in Ireland was united for over forty years. It was, though, an uneasy alliance. Divisions in the sport reached a climax after the First World War, culminating in the split of 1921. Num Pages: 332 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WSBX; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast in 1880. It was the governing body for soccer for the whole of the island of Ireland. Soccer in Ireland was united for over forty years. It was, though, an uneasy alliance. Many in the south believed that the governing body was heavily biased towards Ulster. Most internationals were played in Belfast, most players selected were from the North-East. With the country moving politically towards partition, soccer in Ireland was arguably affected more by the political environment than any other sport. As tensions rose between unionist and nationalist communities, soccer, with ... Read more
The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast in 1880. It was the governing body for soccer for the whole of the island of Ireland. Soccer in Ireland was united for over forty years. It was, though, an uneasy alliance. Many in the south believed that the governing body was heavily biased towards Ulster. Most internationals were played in Belfast, most players selected were from the North-East. With the country moving politically towards partition, soccer in Ireland was arguably affected more by the political environment than any other sport. As tensions rose between unionist and nationalist communities, soccer, with ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Attic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781782051527
SKU
V9781782051527
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Ref
99-10
About Cormac Moore
Cormac Moore is undertaking a PhD in sports history at De Montfort University
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