ABSTRACT
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 individuals, famous clubs, major competitions, events, venues and incidents, institutions and organisations as well as key issues such as gender, racism, commercialization, professionalism and drugs, alcohol and football.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter A|40 pages
entry |1 pages
Academies
entry |1 pages
Administration
entry |5 pages
Administrators
entry |4 pages
Advertising and Publicity
entry |2 pages
Agents
entry |5 pages
Alcohol
entry |4 pages
All-Rounders
entry |3 pages
Amateurism and Amateur Football
entry |3 pages
Amateur Football – Administration
entry |2 pages
Amateur Football – Cup Competitions
entry |2 pages
Amateur Football – International Competitions
entry |2 pages
Amateur Football – National and Local Leagues
entry |4 pages
Amateur Football – Notable Clubs
entry |3 pages
Anthropology of Football
entry |2 pages
Anti-Football Lobbies
entry |2 pages
Applied Sports Science
entry |4 pages
Architecture and Design
entry |3 pages
Art
entry |3 pages
Artificial Pitches
entry |2 pages
Association of Football Statisticians
letter B|10 pages
entry |1 pages
Betting
entry |2 pages
Big Spenders
entry |2 pages
Bisham Abbey
entry |3 pages
British Players Abroad
entry |3 pages
British Teams in Europe
entry |2 pages
Busa
entry |2 pages
History Highlights 1850-1899
letter C|29 pages
entry |2 pages
Caps
entry |5 pages
Captains
entry |3 pages
Careers Cut Short
entry |2 pages
Celebrity Supporters
entry |2 pages
Charity
entry |2 pages
Club World Championship
entry |3 pages
Coaches
entry |4 pages
Coaching
entry |2 pages
Coaching Schemes
entry |3 pages
Codes of Football
entry |2 pages
Collectors and Memorabilia
entry |3 pages
Comic Characters
entry |3 pages
Corruption
entry |4 pages
Costume (Strip)
entry |3 pages
Crowd Control and Management
letter D|20 pages
entry |2 pages
Deaths on the Pitch
entry |3 pages
Derbies
entry |2 pages
Directors
entry |5 pages
Disasters
entry |4 pages
Discipline and Punishment
entry |2 pages
Dominant Clubs
entry |3 pages
Drama
entry |5 pages
Drugs
entry |2 pages
History Highlights 1900-1909
letter E|10 pages
entry |4 pages
Economics
entry |1 pages
Equipment
entry |1 pages
Ethnicity
entry |3 pages
European Championship (formerly European Nations Cup)
entry |2 pages
Ex-Church Teams
entry |1 pages
Exhibitions
entry |3 pages
Exports
letter F|44 pages
entry |3 pages
FA Cup
entry |3 pages
FA Premiership
entry |3 pages
Fifa
entry |2 pages
Facilities
entry |1 pages
Fan Clubs
entry |3 pages
Fan Culture
entry |2 pages
Fantasy Football
entry |1 pages
Fanzines
entry |3 pages
Fashion Icons
entry |2 pages
Film and Newsreel
entry |2 pages
First World War
entry |2 pages
Fixture Lists
entry |3 pages
Floodlighting
entry |2 pages
Folk Football
entry |3 pages
Football Association
entry |3 pages
Football and the Community
entry |2 pages
Football and the Deaf Community
entry |3 pages
Football and the Gay Community
entry |2 pages
Football Boots
entry |2 pages
Football for the Blind
entry |2 pages
Football Games
entry |4 pages
Football League
entry |2 pages
[Football] League Cup
entry |2 pages
Football Season
entry |3 pages
Football Supporters’ Association
entry |2 pages
Football Trust and Foundation
entry |2 pages
Footballers’ Wives
entry |2 pages
Footballing Families
entry |2 pages
Footballs
entry |2 pages
Former League Clubs
entry |3 pages
History Highlights 1910-1919
letter G|21 pages
entry |2 pages
Gambling
entry |2 pages
Geography
entry |7 pages
Giant Killers
entry |7 pages
Goalkeepers
entry |2 pages
Great Goals
entry |6 pages
Grounds
letter H|12 pages
entry |5 pages
Hard Times
entry |3 pages
Heritage
entry |2 pages
Historiography of Football
entry |2 pages
Hooliganism and Riots
entry |4 pages
Humour, Incidents of
letter I|13 pages
entry |3 pages
Imports
entry |2 pages
Independent Football Supporters’ Associations
entry |2 pages
Injuries
entry |2 pages
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
entry |4 pages
International Football
entry |3 pages
Irish Football
entry |2 pages
History Highlights 1920-1929
letter K|6 pages
entry |6 pages
Knighthoods
letter L|8 pages
entry |2 pages
Law
entry |1 pages
Laws
entry |2 pages
Lilleshall
entry |5 pages
Literature
entry |2 pages
History Highlights 1930-1939
letter M|10 pages
entry |3 pages
Management
entry |3 pages
Managers
entry |2 pages
Marketing
entry |2 pages
Mascots
entry |2 pages
Medals
entry |1 pages
Museums
entry |3 pages
Music
letter N|14 pages
entry |3 pages
Names and Logos
entry |2 pages
National Federation of Supporters’ Clubs
entry |9 pages
National Stadia
entry |3 pages
Nurseries of Talent
letter O|4 pages
entry |2 pages
[The] Original 12
entry |3 pages
History Highlights 1940-1949
letter P|18 pages
entry |1 pages
Partnerships
entry |2 pages
Photography
entry |2 pages
Policing
entry |3 pages
Politics
entry |3 pages
Press
entry |3 pages
Professional Footballers’ Association
entry |1 pages
Professionalism
entry |3 pages
Programmes
entry |1 pages
Promotion/Relegation System
entry |2 pages
Public Schools
entry |3 pages
History Highlights 1950-1959
letter R|27 pages
entry |5 pages
Racism and Ethnicity
entry |2 pages
Radio
entry |3 pages
Radio and Television Pundits
entry |2 pages
Record Crowds
entry |2 pages
Record Defeats/Wins
entry |3 pages
Record Transfers
entry |2 pages
Recreational Football
entry |2 pages
Re-elections to the Football League
entry |3 pages
Refereeing
entry |3 pages
Religion
entry |2 pages
Relocation of Clubs
entry |2 pages
Replays
entry |2 pages
Research Centres
entry |4 pages
Rituals and Superstitions
entry |2 pages
Royal Patronage
entry |3 pages
Rules
letter S|24 pages
entry |2 pages
Scandals
entry |3 pages
Schools Football
entry |3 pages
Scientific Perspectives on Football
entry |2 pages
Scorers of Note
entry |3 pages
Scottish Football
entry |3 pages
Scottish Football Association
entry |2 pages
Scouting
entry |2 pages
Second World War
entry |1 pages
Sendings Off
entry |2 pages
Services Football
entry |2 pages
Social Class
entry |2 pages
Sociology of Football
entry |2 pages
Sponsorship
entry |3 pages
Success off the Pitch
entry |4 pages
History Highlights 1960-1969
letter T|17 pages
entry |3 pages
Tactics and Playing Formations
entry |3 pages
Talented Ball Players
entry |2 pages
Taylor Report
entry |2 pages
Technology
entry |3 pages
Television
entry |2 pages
Tobacco
entry |3 pages
Trainers
entry |4 pages
Transport
entry |3 pages
Turf Management
letter U|2 pages
entry |2 pages
UEFA
letter V|6 pages
entry |3 pages
Veterans
entry |3 pages
Violence
entry |2 pages
History Highlights 1970-1979
letter W|17 pages
entry |2 pages
Wages
entry |3 pages
Websites
entry |3 pages
Welsh Football
entry |2 pages
Welsh Football Association
entry |6 pages
Women and Football
entry |3 pages
World Cup, The
entry |3 pages
History Highlights 1980-1989
letter Y|24 pages
entry |1 pages
Yearbooks
entry |2 pages
Yo-Yo Clubs
entry |3 pages
Youth Groups
entry |3 pages
Youth Training
entry |2 pages
History Highlights 1990-1999
entry |16 pages
A Chronology of British Football Highlighting Important Landmarks and Events
