Beastly Fury: The Strange Birth of British Football. Richard Sanders

by Richard Sanders and Richard Sanders

Book Overview

"Footeballe is nothinge but beastlie furie and extreme violence", wrote Thomas Elyot in 1531. Nearly five hundred years later, the game may still seem furious and violent, but it has also become the most popular sport on the planet.

This is the story of how the modern, professional, spectator sport of football was born in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. It's a tale of testosterone-filled public schoolboys, eccentric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553819356
• ISBN13: 9780553819359
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.8"