The World's First Football Club (1824): John Hope and the Edinburgh footballers: a story of sport, education and philanthropy

by Andy Mitchell and John Hutchinson

This is the story of the world's very first club dedicated to football, founded in Scotland in 1824.

Football was played from medieval times in schools and villages throughout Britain and took on many forms before the Victorians embarked on the process of codification. There were attempts in the 1840s to write down rules at Rugby School, Eton College and Cambridge University. When footballers got together they formed organisations and a club...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1986612449
• ISBN13: 9781986612449
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"