Course: English Football: a Social History

(Click to expand image) At the beginning of February, and despite being top of the League, very few people actually believed that Leicester City would go on to become champions. …

In 1992 the UEFA European Champions’ League was formed. Previously the European Cup had been played on a knock-out basis, but it would now be based on groups, culminating in …

In June 1568, having abdicated and fled to England, Mary Queen of Scots is reputed to have watched a football match on a ‘playing-green’ somewhere between Carlisle Castle and the …

The ‘Bosman Ruling’ in 1995 was a pivotal event in the recent history of European football. Through the Maastricht Treaty and Single European Act (both 1992), Britain’s links with Europe …

There is little reliable information about who were the early fans of British football clubs. Lots of football clubs were formed in the late-nineteenth century, but only a few survived. …

The founding of the Football Association was an important landmark in soccer’s history. However, contrary to popular perception it did not mark the invention of the game. The FA was …