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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 28 September 2026
- ISBN 9781041372295
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages234 pages
- Size 246x174 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book explores the fascinating evolution of close-season foreign tours conducted by Football League clubs between 1900 and 1939, a period when these tours became a cornerstone of the British footballing calendar transforming the nature and role of the close season.
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This book explores the fascinating evolution of close-season foreign tours conducted by Football League clubs between 1900 and 1939, a period when these tours became a cornerstone of the British footballing calendar transforming the nature and role of the close season.
During the close season, clubs ventured beyond British fields to play abroad, serving as footballing missionaries spreading the game, tourists engaging with foreign football cultures, and participants in cross-cultural exchanges. Acting as "ambassadors in soccer kit," as Arsenal manager George Allison described, clubs complemented England’s role in showcasing the dominance of British football while contributing to the soft power of British governments through soccer diplomacy.
Through a transnational lens, this book examines how these tours became vehicles for cultural encounters, profoundly shaping the identities and experiences of players as transnational actors. It highlights the transformative impact of these interactions on both British and foreign footballing landscapes.
Co-authored by two leading sports historians, this archival study combines cultural diplomatic and transnational perspectives to provide a comprehensive analysis of Football League club tours. It situates these tours alongside foreign fixtures played by England and Scotland as pivotal moments of elite-level footballing exchange.
Covering themes of sports history, propaganda history, cultural diplomacy, and transnational studies, this book is ideal for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of football history, international relations, and cultural studies.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.
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1. Football League clubs and close season foreign tours 2. Raising serious questions about the close season 3. ‘The winter game’, the close season, and foreign tours, the 1890s 4. The Football Association changes direction on foreign tours, the 1900s 5. Giving a ‘new meaning’ to the close season, 1904–1914 6. Showcasing overseas the power of British football, the 1920s 7. A year of ‘disastrous and controversial’ Football League club tours, 1929 8. ‘Should F.A. ban continental tours?’, 1929 9. ‘Admirable examples of British propaganda as it should not be’, the 1930s 10. The Football Association’s ‘new course’ regarding close season tours, 1938–1939 11. Reflections on Football Club tours, cultural encounters and transnational history
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