Soccer & Society, Volume 24, 2023, Issue 1 | Football’s Past Revisited: Further Investigations into the Early Development of the Game

Foreword?

Speaking of football: some thoughts on the early development of the game
Timothy J. L. Chandler
Pages: 1-13 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113122

Research Articles

Early football, governance and cup competitions: the formative years of the Staffordshire Football Association, c. 1877–1887
Martyn Dean Cooke
Pages: 14-27 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113123

Footballing backwater? A study of early Norfolk football
Graham Curry
Pages: 28-42 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113125

Research Articles

Open Access
A brief study of football in London from 1800 to the founding of the Football Association in 1863
Michael Freeman
Pages: 43-61 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113128

The youdan and Cromwell cups: Sheffield football’s knockout trophies
Kevin Neill
Pages: 62-73 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113129

Velvet caps and tassles: East Lancashire, class and the FA cup
Peter Swain
Pages: 74-88 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113131

Beyond The Close: Rugby School’s football network, 1840–1880
Malcolm Tozer
Pages: 89-104 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113132

John Charles Thring: footballer, codifier, advocate, schoolmaster and priest
Malcolm Tozer
Pages: 105-122 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113133

Historical firsts and superlatives: public engagement versus historical accuracy in association football
Martin Westby & John P. Wilson
Pages: 123-137 | DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2113136