ABSTRACT

Athletes are on the move. In some sports this involves labour, movement from one country to another within or between continents. In other sports, athletes assume an almost nomadic migratory lifestyle, constantly on the move from one sport festival to another. In addition, it appears that sport migration is gaining momentum and that it is closely interwoven with the broader process of global sport development taking place in the late twentieth century.

chapter 1|21 pages

Introduction

Sports Labour Migration in the Global Arena

part 1|72 pages

Sports Migration

chapter 2|14 pages

The Road to Wigan Pier Revisited

The Migration of Welsh Rugby Talent since 1918

chapter 3|10 pages

The Bogotá Affair

chapter 4|14 pages

Cricket and the Imperial Connection

Overseas Players in Lancashire in the Inter-war Years

chapter 5|15 pages

The Migration of Footballers

The Case of France, 1932–1982

chapter 6|19 pages

Blue Bonnets over the Border

Scotland and the Migration of Footballers

part 3|110 pages

Sports Migration

chapter 14|20 pages

Out of Africa:

The ‘Development' of Kenyan Athletics, Talent Migration and the Global Sports System

chapter 16|25 pages

Travelling, Comparing, Emigrating

Configurations of Sport Mobility