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1. Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports

   Edited by Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew

   Series: Routledge Sports Reference Series

   Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland.This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Sport and Physical Education: The Key Concepts

   2nd Edition

   By Tim Chandler, Wray Vamplew, Tim Chandler, Mike Cronin, Mike Cronin

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   An accessible and fully cross-referenced A-Z guide, this book has been written specifically for students of sport studies and physical education, introducing basic terms and concepts. Entries cover such diverse subjects as coaching, drug testing, hooliganism, cultural imperialism, economics, gay...

   Published May 2nd 2007 by Routledge
3. Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing

   Edited by Dr Joyce Kay, Professor Wray Vamplew

   Series: Routledge Sports Reference Series

   The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas....

   Published December 20th 2004 by Routledge
4. Encyclopedia of British Football

   Edited by Richard Cox, WRAY VAMPLEW, Dave Russell

   This reference work aims to provide sports enthusiasts, journalists, librarians, students and scholars with an authorative source of information on a comprehensive range of subjects covering the history and organization of football in Britain. Over 250 entries focus on key organisations or...

   Published September 2nd 2002 by Routledge