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9781782051268 English 1782051260 Exploring soccer's history in Munster over a sixty-year span, this book places the game's development into the context of broader social change taking place in Ireland. This book asks where the people who played, watched and organised soccer fitted into the Ireland of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It argues that soccer, far from being simply the garrison game, had significant popular appeal in Muster, primarily in urban centres such as Cork, Waterford and Limerick. Arrnaged chronologically, it assesses the ups and downs of soccer in Munster analysing its increasing popularity in the context of a changing Ireland as it moved from union with Britain to independence. The book also examines how sport and leisure became increasingly commercial, as new media and technology changed the way in which sport was enjoyed. Book jacket., This book charts soccer's development in Munster from its earliest days as a game played by an elite few to a game of the everyman. Along the way, it explores the ups and downs of the sport as it was played amid war, revolution and class conflict. David Toms guides us through soccer's journey in Munster from a field in Mallow in the 1870s to the glamor and excitement of cup finals in front of crowds of thousands by the end of the 1930s. Along the way we encounter the emergence of modern sporting culture where sport is as much entertainment as exercise., Today soccer is the global game played by millions of people around the world. This was not always the case. Ireland was one of the first countries to play the game. Played in Ireland since the late nineteenth century, it was known to many as the "garrison game." David Toms looks at soccer s development in Munster, arguing that far from being the "garrison game" of popular imagination, soccer was enjoyed by a whole range of people across social classes since the late nineteenth century.This book charts soccer s development in Munster from its earliest days as a game played by an elite few to a game of the everyman. Along the way, it explores the ups and downs of the sport as it was played amid war, revolution and class conflict. David Toms guides us through soccer s journey in Munster from a field in Mallow in the 1870s to the glamor and excitement of cup finals in front of crowds of thousands by the end of the 1930s. Along the way we encounter the emergence of modern sporting culture where sport is as much entertainment as exercise."
9781782051268 English 1782051260 Exploring soccer's history in Munster over a sixty-year span, this book places the game's development into the context of broader social change taking place in Ireland. This book asks where the people who played, watched and organised soccer fitted into the Ireland of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It argues that soccer, far from being simply the garrison game, had significant popular appeal in Muster, primarily in urban centres such as Cork, Waterford and Limerick. Arrnaged chronologically, it assesses the ups and downs of soccer in Munster analysing its increasing popularity in the context of a changing Ireland as it moved from union with Britain to independence. The book also examines how sport and leisure became increasingly commercial, as new media and technology changed the way in which sport was enjoyed. Book jacket., This book charts soccer's development in Munster from its earliest days as a game played by an elite few to a game of the everyman. Along the way, it explores the ups and downs of the sport as it was played amid war, revolution and class conflict. David Toms guides us through soccer's journey in Munster from a field in Mallow in the 1870s to the glamor and excitement of cup finals in front of crowds of thousands by the end of the 1930s. Along the way we encounter the emergence of modern sporting culture where sport is as much entertainment as exercise., Today soccer is the global game played by millions of people around the world. This was not always the case. Ireland was one of the first countries to play the game. Played in Ireland since the late nineteenth century, it was known to many as the "garrison game." David Toms looks at soccer s development in Munster, arguing that far from being the "garrison game" of popular imagination, soccer was enjoyed by a whole range of people across social classes since the late nineteenth century.This book charts soccer s development in Munster from its earliest days as a game played by an elite few to a game of the everyman. Along the way, it explores the ups and downs of the sport as it was played amid war, revolution and class conflict. David Toms guides us through soccer s journey in Munster from a field in Mallow in the 1870s to the glamor and excitement of cup finals in front of crowds of thousands by the end of the 1930s. Along the way we encounter the emergence of modern sporting culture where sport is as much entertainment as exercise."