Greater Game

A history of football in World War I

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Published to accompany the National Football Museum's major exhibition, this volume features illustrated highlights together with specially commissioned articles by leading writers and historians.The Greater Game is a major exhibition (December 2014–September 2015) by the National Football Museum exploring the history of English football in the First World War. It brings together previously unseen material from private and public collections to explore the impact of the war on clubs, players and communities.Football's wartime story, both at home and abroad, offers a fascinating and moving insight into the impact of the First World War on our national game.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-12-18
Mått142 x 201 x 5 mm
Vikt131 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieShire Publications
Antal sidor48
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781784420369

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The National Football Museum, based in Manchester, is the national museum of England's national sport. It holds the world's best collection on football history. Andrew Riddoch is a historian and battlefield guide and co-author of ‘When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers’ Battalion in the Great War’ (2011).Professor Matthew Taylor is a member and Dr Jean Williams is a Senior Research Fellow of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University. He is author of ‘The Association Game: A History of British Football’ (2008) and she is author of ‘A Game for Rough Girls: A History of Women’s Football in England’ (2003).Dr Alexander Jackson is a Collections Officer at the National Football Museum.Dr Iain Adams is Principal Lecturer in the School of Sport, Tourism and the Outdoors at The University of Central Lancashire. He has written several articles on football on the Western Front.