The Derby Game
Today, high-profile derby games trigger a febrile atmosphere and the odd brawl. One mob pitted its wits and muscle against the other. But Derby Shrovetide Football was truly wild. Thousands of fans filled the streets and civilised behaviour was suspended. Players broke down walls… Celý popis ↓
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The Derby Game
Today, high-profile derby games trigger a febrile atmosphere and the odd brawl. One mob pitted its wits and muscle against the other. But Derby Shrovetide Football was truly wild.
Thousands of fans filled the streets and civilised behaviour was suspended. Players broke down walls, dived into freezing rivers and crawled through sewers. But why did this game achieve national notoriety and then disappear in 1846?
The Derby Game charts the century-long struggle to kill a tradition and the fanatical resistance of players and supporters. It is a fascinating tale of mobs and magistrates, bobbies and brickbats, dragoons and defiance. The book then explores the rise of the local derby, as football fever grips the UK.
It covers the early clashes of local rivals in the Victorian football hotspots, tracing the roots of some time-honoured rivalries and separating the friendly derbies from the
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- Pitch Publishing Ltd
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