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A Photographic History of British Football

by Parragon Book

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The lavishly illustrated book within this unique pack provides a fascinating insight into the history of British football while the accompanying DVD features 200 of the greatest goals ever scored from some of the most talented footballers to have played the game.

In the mid-19th century, Association Football flourished throughout the land. England and Scotland contested the world's first international in 1872, and founded the two oldest cup competitions. By 1880 all the home nations had established football associations—the first four countries to do so—and soon launched an annual round-robin tournament. All would enjoy bragging rights at various times during the next century.

League football was no less hotly contested, and all around Britain there were local rivalries to stir the blood: Manchester-Liverpool, Glasgow's Old Firm, London, Tyne and Wear, the Midlands. Add in the South Coast, South Wales and East Anglian derbies and a picture emerges: victory over the neighours is almost akin to silverware.

Using photographs from the archives of the Daily Mail, this extraordinary book charts the key events in the history of British football, from the time when players wore knickerbockers and tasselled caps, balls had laces and the first £1,000 transfer raised a storm, to the game we know today. It is the story of a great unending soap opera, set in the nation that gave the Beautiful Game to the world.
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