A Fateful Love: Essays on Football in the North-East of England 1880-1930

Using largely untapped local press and archive sources, five of these six essays trace the historical emergence of a professionalised sport out of the family of pastimes that were traditional 'football.'The final historical essay recounts the 'Crook Town affair, a once-famous 1920s 'shamateurist' football scandal in County Durham.

• | Author: Richard Holt
• | Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• | Publication Date: Feb 26, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 262 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1789978343
• | ISBN-13: 9781789978346