Add to ORKGThroughout the nineteenth century, sporting pastimes were developed and endorsed by the entrepreneurial men who populated the new cities and towns of industrial Britain. Many sporting “stars” used their celebrity status to help transition from athlete to sport promoter, often acquiring facilities, such as a public house, as a base for their sporting activities to be housed. Within Manchester, the semi-rural districts surrounding the city centre became hubs for many sporting entertainments, with several purpose-built stadiums developed in the land attached to drinking establishments. The narratives of several these sporting entrepreneurs have been documented in sport history literature, presenting biographical accounts of the men who were in...
Public houses in England throughout the nineteenth century provided many men with an alternative en...
This study is a history of popular spectator sport in the city of Bradford between the years 1836 an...
As sporting opportunities expanded during the eighteenth century, a number of individuals made a liv...
Throughout the nineteenth century, sporting pastimes were developed and endorsed by the entrepreneur...
Historically, sport and the public house have been closely linked and from its emergence in the six...
In the absence of a national athletic organization, sporting publicans were pivotal in the regulatio...
The sporting landscape altered during the nineteenth century as industrialisation transformed the le...
The British sporting landscape significantly altered during the nineteenth century as industrialisat...
Sport and the public house have been linked since its emergence in the sixteenth century, with many...
Public houses in England throughout the nineteenth century provided many men with an alternative en...
The public house during the nineteenth century was at the heart of the Victorian community; flower s...
Increased industrial activity during the Victorian period led to the creation of industrial township...
During the mid-nineteenth century, as pedestrianism became an entrepreneurial venture, both the numb...
This paper outlines the transition from football games played for occasional amusement to a system o...
Public houses in England throughout the nineteenth century provided many men with an alternative en...
This study is a history of popular spectator sport in the city of Bradford between the years 1836 an...
As sporting opportunities expanded during the eighteenth century, a number of individuals made a liv...
Throughout the nineteenth century, sporting pastimes were developed and endorsed by the entrepreneur...
Historically, sport and the public house have been closely linked and from its emergence in the six...
In the absence of a national athletic organization, sporting publicans were pivotal in the regulatio...
The sporting landscape altered during the nineteenth century as industrialisation transformed the le...
The British sporting landscape significantly altered during the nineteenth century as industrialisat...
Sport and the public house have been linked since its emergence in the sixteenth century, with many...
Public houses in England throughout the nineteenth century provided many men with an alternative en...
The public house during the nineteenth century was at the heart of the Victorian community; flower s...
Increased industrial activity during the Victorian period led to the creation of industrial township...
During the mid-nineteenth century, as pedestrianism became an entrepreneurial venture, both the numb...
This paper outlines the transition from football games played for occasional amusement to a system o...
Public houses in England throughout the nineteenth century provided many men with an alternative en...
This study is a history of popular spectator sport in the city of Bradford between the years 1836 an...
As sporting opportunities expanded during the eighteenth century, a number of individuals made a liv...