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English Gentlemen and World Soccer - Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game (Paperback)
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English Gentlemen and World Soccer - Corinthians, Amateurism and the Global Game (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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The significance of the Corinthians Football Club, founded in 1882,
has been widely acknowledged by historians of football and by
sports historians generally. As a 'super club' comprising the best
amateur talent available they were an important formative influence
on football in Britain from the 1880s to the 1930s. As a touring
club - they first travelled to South Africa in 1897 and made
regular forays into Europe and also to Canada, the United States
and Brazil - they were the self-proclaimed standard bearers for
gentlemanly values in sport. Indeed for many years they were most
famous football club in the world, drawing huge crowds and helping
to ensure that the version of football emanating from the English
public schools and universities in the mid-nineteenth century
became a global game. Though their playing strength and influence
waned after the First World War, they remained a significant force
through to 1939, upholding 'true blue' amateurism at a time when
football was increasingly associated with professionalism and seen
as a branch of commercial entertainment. Whilst much has been
written about the Corinthians, mainly by club insiders, this is the
first complete scholarly history to cover their activities both in
England and in other parts of the world. It critically reassesses
the club's role in the development of football and fills a gap in
existing literature on the relationship between the progress of the
game in England and globally. Most crucially, the book re-examines
the sporting ideology of gentlemanly amateurism within the context
of late-nineteenth century and early-twentieth century society.
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