1st Edition
Teachers and Football Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915
By Colm Kerrigan
Copyright 2005
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
240 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the elementary school football association, introduced boys to organized football as an out-of-school activity. The influence and significance of this work, insofar as it relates to the elementary school curriculum and the growth of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Public-School Games and Working-Class Football 2. Elementary-School Football in London to 1900 4. Consolidating Elementary-School Football in London 1900-1915 5. London Teachers and Schoolboy Football 1900-1915 6. Schoolboy Football and Amateur Football 7. London Schoolboys and Professional Football 8. Conclusions
Biography
Colm Kerrigan
'The book is a tour de force of social and educational history which whets the appetite.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement (Book of the Week, 6 May 2005)
'This book has been well researched over several years, and has an extensive biography and cross references...a valuable addition to soccer's early history and its personality' - NLR The Football History Magazine, August 2005
