Kick-off
The start of spectator sports
Published on 31. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
148 pages
978-1-910981-06-1 (ISBN)
Description
What took place in Bradford, England in the latter half of the nineteenth century was nothing less than a sporting revolution. Kick-Off charts and analyses Bradford’s story to illustrate the importance of sport’s role in the development of the modern city. Bradford shows us how, from the burgeoning of the first industrial communities, personal and civic identities have been profoundly shaped by spectator sports - identities that remain vital to this day.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bradford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
166 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910981-06-1 (9781910981061)
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David Pendleton is one of Bradford's leading historians of sport and leisure. He is currently the editor of the Bradford Antiquary, the journal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society which has been in publication since 1881. David was editor of the Bradford City AFC supporters fanzine The City Gent between 1997 and 2001. During that time he appeared on national and regional radio and television. He also wrote occasional articles for local and national newspapers including The Guardian, Sport First, Telegraph & Argus and The Yorkshire Post. From its inception in 2005 to its closure in 2012 David was the curator of the bantamspast museum, the museum of Bradford City AFC at Valley Parade.