Hatters, railwaymen and knitters: travels through England's football provinces
by Gray, Daniel.
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BookPublisher: Bloomsbury 2013ISBN: 9781408834367; 1408834367.Classification number: 796.334 GRASubject(s): Soccer -- Social aspects -- England -- HistorySubject: Daniel Gray is about to turn 30. After a decade's exile in Scotland, he sets out to reacquaint himself with England via what he considers its greatest asset: football. Watching teams from the Championship (or Division Two as any right-minded person calls it) to the South West Peninsula Premier, and aimlessly walking around towns from Carlisle to Newquay, Gray paints a curious landscape forgotten by many. He discovers how the provinces made the England we know, from Teesside's role in the Empire to Luton's in our mongrel DNA.
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Daniel Gray is about to turn 30. After a decade's exile in Scotland, he sets out to reacquaint himself with England via what he considers its greatest asset: football. Watching teams from the Championship (or Division Two as any right-minded person calls it) to the South West Peninsula Premier, and aimlessly walking around towns from Carlisle to Newquay, Gray paints a curious landscape forgotten by many. He discovers how the provinces made the England we know, from Teesside's role in the Empire to Luton's in our mongrel DNA.
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