Footballing backwater? A study of early Norfolk football
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12676412 |
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| Authors | Graham Curry (Physical Education Department, Tuxford Academy, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-42 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Soccer and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-0970 • E-ISSN: 1743-9590 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113125 |
| OpenAlex | W4293530425 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This article documents the early development of football, primarily the association game, in the county of Norfolk, England. Occasionally, the narrative extends to neighbouring counties, particularly Suffolk, its southern neighbour, to illustrate certain points of interest, but begins with an examination of ‘camp-ball’, an often violent folk football game played in Eastern England. Furthermore, the text represents another in a series of investigations into the game’s beginnings with the long-term aim of throwing more light on local variations in how football was diffused into the wider society. In modern football’s landscape, Norfolk is not regarded as a hotbed of the game, but, largely because of the profile of ‘camp-ball’ as a well-regarded and enthusiastically supported pursuit, one might think that football would have thrived swiftly in its more modern forms
Archaeology · Art · Football · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Sociology · Throwing · American Sports and Literature · Engineering · History · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Highly cited | No |
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