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Underdogs : the unlikely story of football's first FA Cup heroes

Dewhurst, Keith, 1931-2012
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In 1879, a team from the Lancashire cotton town of Darwen took on the moneyed and well-connected Remnants in the third round of the FA Cup - the game would go on to become football's first giantkilling. This book is a story of the birth of the game, covering football's development towards the game we recognise today.
Imprint:
London : Yellow Jersey, 2012.
Collation:
308 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780224083133 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1102195
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