This book is the first academic all-island history of either rugby union or association football, two of the three most popular male sporting pastimes in Irelan

Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affa

"This book is the first academic all-island history of either rugby union or association football, two of the three most popular male sporting pastimes in Irela

This book is the first academic all-island history of either rugby union or association football, two of the three most popular male sporting pastimes in Irelan

As Britain's great power status came to be increasingly challenged in the decades before the First World War, one by-product of the resultant uncertainty was th