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BEASTLY FURY - THE STRANGE BIRTH OF BRITISH FOOTBALL

BEASTLY FURY - THE STRANGE BIRTH OF BRITISH FOOTBALL

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"Footballe is nothinge but beastlie furie and extreme violence" wrote Thomas Elyot in 1531. The author tells the story of the next 500 years and how far (or not) it has developed

8vo. 308pp. 16 pages of photographs. Dust-wrapper, very good.

Date
2009
Publisher
Bantam Press
Author
Richard SANDERS

£7.00 (Code: 90147)

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