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The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales - 'This Rugby Spellbound People' (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales - 'This Rugby Spellbound People' (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Wales fell in love with rugby over 100 years ago, and this national
affair with the game remains as intense and intoxicating today as
it was in the late 1800s, when tens of thousands of passionate and
expectant supporters would make their way to the Arms Park to see
Wales play the best teams in the world and to enjoy the famous
match-day atmosphere in Cardiff's bustling town centre. The Welsh
obsession for rugby was already evident in 1899 when supporters
'packed' Cardiff's Westgate Street 'from wall to wall' for a Triple
Crown decider against Ireland, and an advocate of soccer in Cardiff
commented in 1901: 'to carry one of those funny round balls through
the streets meant running the gauntlet of curious onlookers'. Rugby
was undoubtedly the sporting heartbeat of Cardiff with over 230
clubs in 1895; but how did this obsession with rugby grip Cardiff
and the industrial towns of south Wales, and why did the Welsh
quickly become 'this rugby spellbound people'? In this new,
expanded and heavily illustrated paperback edition, Gwyn Prescott
draws on previously unused sources to provide a fresh and
fascinating insight into the origins and early years of the game in
Cardiff. He outlines how its citizens of all backgrounds, its many
distinct districts, and its commercial and religious interests took
rugby to their hearts through the growth of clubs, competitions and
the establishment of the famous Arms Park as the focal point of
rugby in Wales. The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales is the
essential guide to the importance of rugby in Cardiff and to the
significance of Cardiff to the development of Welsh rugby in the
nineteenth century.
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