ISBN10: 1905624646, ISBN13: 9781905624645, [publisher: English Heritage] Softcover pictorial covers. the extraordinary football games of britain.
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English Heritage, Date: 2007-12-01. Paperback. Good. 2007. English Heritage ISBN 1905624646 9781905624645 [US]

ISBN10: 1905624646, ISBN13: 9781905624645, [publisher: Historic England Jan 2008] Softcover Neuware - In stark contrast to the riches and glamour of the modern Premiership and the World Cup, around 25 traditional football games continue to be played in various parts of Britain. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival group of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days. Despite the geographical spread, these folk games share several common strands. There have been previous studies of individual games, but Uppies and Downies is the first book to analyze them as part of a collective tradition.
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ISBN10: 1905624646, ISBN13: 9781905624645, [publisher: Historic England Jan 2008] Softcover Neuware - In stark contrast to the riches and glamour of the modern Premiership and the World Cup, around 25 traditional football games continue to be played in various parts of Britain. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival group of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days. Despite the geographical spread, these folk games share several common strands. There have been previous studies of individual games, but Uppies and Downies is the first book to analyze them as part of a collective tradition.
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ISBN10: 1905624646, ISBN13: 9781905624645, [publisher: English Heritage] Softcover 2008. Paperback. . . . . .
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ISBN10: 1905624646, ISBN13: 9781905624645, [publisher: Liverpool University Press, Swindon] Softcover Paperback. Association football, aka soccer, is the worlds 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 of the modern Premiership and the World Cup, around 25 traditional football games continue to be played in various parts of Britain. Their origins may be traced back to at least the 12th century, when rival group of apprentices would play an early form of mob football on holy days. Despite the geographical spread (from Cornwall to the Shetlands) these folk games share several common strands. There have been previous studies of the Kirkwall Ba Game and of the Ashbourne Shrove Tuesday game, but Uppies and Downies will be the first book to analyse the games as part of a collective tradition. Uppies and Downies - The title of the book refers to the most common name given to teams playing in these games. Most are played in the streets and fields of small ...