A01=Ian Collis
Ashbourne
Author_Ian Collis
Category=SFBC
chartism
derbies
Derby
Derby Arboretum
Derby County
derby game
Derbyshire
Down'Ards
dragoons
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football
football history
George Harney
Jeremiah Brandreth
Joseph Strutt
La Soule
local derby
local legend
local rivals
Markeaton Brook
Pentrich revolution
Reform Bill
riot
River Derwent
Shrovetide customs
Shrovetide football
silk trades' lockout
The Pioneer
Tipton Slasher
Up'Ards
William Eaton Mousley
William Hutton
William Williamson
Product details
- ISBN 9781801504232
- Weight: 292g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Today, high-profile derby games trigger a febrile atmosphere and the odd brawl. But Derby Shrovetide Football was truly wild. One mob pitted its wits and muscle against the other. Players broke down walls, dived into freezing rivers and crawled through sewers. Thousands of fans filled the streets and civilised behaviour was suspended. But why did this game achieve national notoriety and then disappear in 1846? The Derby Game charts the century-long struggle to kill a tradition and the fanatical resistance of players and supporters. It is a fascinating tale of mobs and magistrates, bobbies and brickbats, dragoons and defiance. The book then explores the rise of the local derby, as football fever grips the UK. It covers the early clashes of local rivals in the Victorian football hotspots, tracing the roots of some time-honoured rivalries and separating the friendly derbies from the hostile. Discover how the derby became part of a global language as Britain exported football to the world.
During a career devoted to campaigning for both built and natural heritage, Ian Collis wrote many publications for charities, local authorities and heritage organisations. Now retired, he has combined his passion for writing with a fascination with the interaction between people and places, past and present, to create this book.
