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GB United? British Olympic football and the end of the amateur dream

Menary, Steve. (2010). GB United? British Olympic football and the end of the amateur dream. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1905411928

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Abstract

GB United? is the story of the only time that the four parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland managed to settle their differences and play as a team in the Olympic Games. As the book charts the history of a team that played long before the World Cup existed but vanished four decades ago, the story of the lingering death of the amateur ethos in football unfolds. Told through interviews with dozens of players, GB United? is the previously untold history of a team that will reappear again at the London Olympics in 2012 and grab the world's attention, and is the first and only book to chart the history of the British Olympic football team and alternative history of professional football; it looks at how the only attempt to field a British team and the entire amateur dream ethos both foundered and died.

Item Type: Book
Additional Information: This research was funded via an advance from the publishers.
Uncontrolled Keywords: British Olympic football Home Nations amateurs
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology
SPORT AND TOURISM > Sport Studies
ARTS, MEDIA AND HUMANITIES > Journalism
Depositing User: Steve Menary
Date Deposited: 05 Dec 2012 17:17
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2012 12:52
URI: https://ssudl.solent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2201

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