Soccer's Missing Men

Schoolteachers and the Spread of Association Football

J.A. Mangan, Colm Hickey

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780415348348
• eBook ISBN: 9781317999119
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Now unknown or forgotten, influential schoolmasters took the game of association football to many parts of England. They had several roles: they brought the game to individual schools, they established regional and national leagues and associations, and they founded professional football clubs. They also exported the game around the world, working as moral missionaries, passionate players and energetic entrepreneurs. The role of teachers in association football is a much neglected aspect of English cultural history. It is a story that deserves to be told because it allows a fundamental reappraisal of the status and position of these teachers in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century society.

This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Soccer and Society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Series Editors' Foreword
• Other Titles in the Series
• Preface: an original, important and seminal work
• Foreword: recovering soccer's missing men; re-examining soccer's moral messages and educational aims
• Prologue: elementary schoolteachers - reappearance
• 1. Early inspiration: athleticism and colleges
• 2. Early action: founding and furthering clubs
• 3. Pioneers and their influence: playing the game
• 4. An exceptional pioneer: be strong for Christ
• 5. Pioneering further afield: beyond England
• 6. Keeping control: refereeing the game
• 7. Keeping the ball rolling: administering the game
• Epilogue: elementary schoolteachers - disappearance
• Appendices
• Index