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.

chapter |2 pages

History Highlights 1800-1849

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