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BEYOND THE HEARTLANDS - THE HISTORY OF THE RUGBY LEAGUE CONFERENCE

The story of the foundation of amateur rugby league's Southern Conference League in 1997 and its expansion to encompass a wider pool of over 60 clubs across England and Wales by 2004. 8vo. 184pp. Paperback.

£10.00

A DEVELYSHE PASTIME - A HISTORY OF FOOTBALL IN ALL ITS FORMS

A detailed account of the birth and growth of soccer in Britain and beyond, and how it also led to rugby union, rugby league and other sports including Gaelic football and Australian rules football. 8vo.

£8.00

HEARTLAND - HOW RUGBY LEAGUE EXPLAINS QUEENSLAND

The story of rugby league in the Australian state of Queensland, including the rise of the Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos, exploring what the sport reveals about the Sunshine State. 8vo. 280pp. Paperback.

£12.00

HOW FOOTBALL BEGAN - A GLOBAL HISTORY OF HOW THE WORLD'S FOOTBALL CODES WERE BORN

An exploration of how the world's football codes - soccer, rugby league, rugby union, American, Australian, Canadian and Gaelic - developed as part of the commercialised leisure industry in the nineteenth

£22.00

THE NORTHERN RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION - THE BIRTH OF RUGBY LEAGUE 1895 TO 1922

The story of how the Northern Rugby Football Union split from the Rugby Football Union in 1895 and the years up to the formation of the Rugby League in 1922, with photographic and archival illustrations. 8vo.

£12.00

THE PEOPLE'S GAME: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF RUGBY LEAGUE 1895-1995

The definitive history of Rugby League, published on the centenary of the birth of the game.  Large 8vo. 384pp. Profusely illustrated. Very good condition.

£20.00

THE ROOTS OF RUGBY LEAGUE

A vivid account of the crisis in English rugby which led to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895 and the development of the 13-a-side game, with photographic illustrations. 8vo. Paperback. 117pp.

£10.00

RUGBY DISUNION VOLUME 1 - BROKEN-TIME

The first of a two-part history following the formation of the Northern Union in 1895, which became the Rugby League, sparked by the motion that working-class players needed commensurate compensation for

£12.00

RUGBY LEAGUE - A PEOPLE'S HISTORY

The story of how rugby league developed and its role in the social history of northern England, with photographic and archival illustrations. 8vo. 248pp. Paperback. Very good condition.

£14.00

THE RUGBY LEAGUE MYTH - THE FORGOTTEN CLUBS OF LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE AND FURNESS

A look at new evidence which puts an entirely different slant on the reasons behind the breakaway of the Northern Union to form the Rugby League, focusing on the A-Z histories of 19 clubs who had largely

£12.00

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