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Scottish Sporting Legends

Author : Robert Philip
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780571666
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Sporting Legends written by Robert Philip and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland may not have won a World Cup (yet!), but many of the country’s sportsmen and women are revered as global legends, including Olympic and US Open champion Andy Murray and winner of six Olympic gold medals, Sir Chris Hoy. In football, the likes of Denis Law, ‘Slim’ Jim Baxter and Jimmy ‘Jinky’ Johnstone would not have looked out of place in the canary yellow of Brazil, while managers Sir Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and Jock Stein have become part of football folklore, as has Sir Alex Ferguson in more recent times. Amazingly, Scots have reached the top in just about every major sport: Jim Clark and Sir Jackie Stewart in Formula One; Andy Murray in tennis; Ken Buchanan and Benny Lynch in the boxing ring; Chris Hoy in cycling; sprinters Allan Wells and Eric Liddell on the Olympic track; and, as befits a nation renowned as ‘the home of golf’, Sandy Lyle was recognised as the greatest player on the planet upon winning the Masters in 1988. Scottish sport is the richest of tapestries and in Scottish Sporting Legends the cream of the crop are entertainingly profiled in a revealing collection of pen portraits of stars past and present.

Extreme Scotland

Author : Nadir Khan
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781911342908
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Extreme Scotland written by Nadir Khan and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Extreme Scotland, award-winning adventure-sports photographer Nadir Khan takes us on a jaw-dropping tour through Scotland¿s epic mountain landscape. Nadir showcases his work with some of the best adventure athletes in the world ¿ including Ines Papert and James Pearson ¿ in a portfolio that has placed him at the forefront of adventure-sports photography in the UK. From the icy walls of Ben Nevis¿s frozen north face to the raging seas of the north coast, Scotland plays host to world-class adventure sports of every discipline. Ice climbing, kayaking, ski-touring, trail running, surfing, mountain biking and rock climbing are all captured beautifully in this fitting testament to Scotland¿s outstanding landscapes and adrenaline sports. Alongside contributions from climber and author Nick Bullock, Tom Livingstone and Stuart B. Campbell, Nadir gives us an insight into his photographic inspirations, and shares insights and approaches to composition and other elements of his photography.

Sporting Scots

Author : John K. V. Eunson
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845024257
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Sporting Scots written by John K. V. Eunson and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1860 the first ever golf 'major' was held in Prestwick - a man from East Lothian won. In 1871 the first ever rugby international in the world took place in Edinburgh - Scotland won. In 1872 the first ever association football international in the world was hosted in Glasgow - it was a draw. All three of these momentous events in the history of sport - even if they did not seem that way at the time - were held in Scotland, and for the next century and more Scottish sporting men and women were pioneers in the growth of sport around the world. "Sporting Scots" tells the incredible stories of the Scots who brought sport to the globe and transformed the histories of golf, football, rugby, athletics, ice hockey, cricket, swimming, baseball, cycling, motor racing and many other sports in the process. It is also the modern history of the Scots abroad as they left the Auld Country far behind them for fame or fortune or for simple economic necessity and left a lasting sporting legacy around the globe.

Arthur Kinnaird

Author : Andy Mitchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Arthur Kinnaird written by Andy Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Kinnaird was the First Lord of Football, the most influential figure in England football in the Victorian era. He won the FA Cup five times, played for Scotland and - as Lord Kinnaird - was President of the Football Association for 33 years. His extraordinary life and his contribution to the formative years of football is told by sports historian Andy Mitchell. Kinnaird was an outstanding sportsman, who oversaw football's growth from its primitive and muddied beginnings in the 1860s through to the professional era of the 20th century when stadia were packed with thousands of fans. This book reveals his role in stories such as the birth of international football, the epic FA Cup victories with Wanderers and Old Etonians, his clashes with Darwen and Blackburn Rovers, and his selection to represent Scotland. This new edition updates and revises Arthur Kinnaird's biography which was first published in 2011. It contains new information and new images, bringing his story up to date. Andy Mitchell runs a sports history website and has written several books including First Elevens: the Birth of International Football and 1824, The World's First Foot-Ball Club. He has worked as a researcher for the FIFA World Football Museum, was a consultant to the Netflix mini-series 'The English Game' which dramatised Arthur Kinnaird's involvement in the FA Cup and football's transition from amateur pastime to professional sport.

Bigotry, Football and Scotland

Author : John Flint
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748670394
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Bigotry, Football and Scotland written by John Flint and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary analysis of sectarianism and bigotry in Scottish football Sectarianism and bigotry are among the most publicly debated issues in Scotland, often reported in the newspapers as the "e;shame"e; of Scotland's national game. The current crisis in Scottish football includes high profile controversies and disorder related to bigotry and sectarianism which resulted in new legislation to tackle offensive behaviour in and beyond football grounds. In this collection, contributors from a range of disciplinary positions present the latest empirical research evidence and social theory to examine and debate fundamental issues about bigotry in Scottish football and society. The topic has raised many questions. How should sectarianism and bigotry be defined and understood? What are the experiences and impacts of bigotry on different populations in Scotland? Are recent events unique or do they have historic precedents and contemporary comparisons beyond Scotland? What should be the response of government, football authorities, clubs, football supporters and other institutions and organisations in Scotland regarding legislation? What vision should we have for a future Scottish society and its diverse population? Bigotry, Football and Scotland will appeal to all those interested in Scotland's national game, the role of football in the 21st Century and how multicultural contemporary societies attempt to resolve prejudice and promote diversity.

Sport and Secessionism

Author : Mariann Vaczi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000215857
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Secessionism written by Mariann Vaczi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and Secessionism examines how sporting cultures reflect, inform and sometimes frustrate secessionist movements around the world. Investigating a wide range of cases, the book explores key themes including nationalism, nation building, state-region antagonisms, independence movements, identity and ethnic politics, sovereignty and autonomy processes, all through the lens of sport. Sports are uniquely positioned to shed light on secessionist politics due to their pervasiveness in society, and their ability to absorb, reflect and produce political projections. The book presents analyses of a wide range of geographical, cultural and political contexts in which sports are deployed to pursue regional independence, or greater sovereignty and autonomy, and explores the dual processes of sub-national identity construction and state sovereignty deconstruction. The book includes fourteen cases from such diverse parts of the world as Ireland, Taiwan, Turkey, Catalonia, Biafra, Canada and the UK, among others. Offering a unique perspective on an important geopolitical issue, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport and politics, the sociology of sport, political science, political geography, nationalism studies or international history.

Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World

Author : Dilwyn Porter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113445693X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World written by Dilwyn Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad range of international case studies to examine how sport has helped to shape national identities, and how national cultures have shaped sport.

Traditional Sports and Games in the Contemporary World

Author : Bartosz Prabucki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 152757928X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Traditional Sports and Games in the Contemporary World by : Bartosz Prabucki

Download or read book Traditional Sports and Games in the Contemporary World written by Bartosz Prabucki and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a captivating story about traditional sports and games in the current world. It moves from Denmark to the Basque Country and to Scotland, exploring traditional games in their local contexts. It highlights the numerous, practical functions of traditional games, showing that these games are very valuable, necessary, and actually fit the needs of our times! It offers an original perspective on traditional sports and games, providing captivating stories from personal trips to these countries and numerous practical descriptions and inspirational ideas about how to use traditional games in practice.

British Sport

Author : Richard William Cox
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714652504
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book British Sport written by Richard William Cox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.

Scottish Sport in the Making of the Nation

Author : Grant Jarvie
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Sport in the Making of the Nation written by Grant Jarvie and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by historians and sociologists on the importance of sport in the history of Scottish culture. The study encompasses the historical and the contemporary, the male and the female, the royal and the commoner, the middle class and working class aspects of Scottish sport.

Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization

Author : Alan Bairner
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791449110
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization written by Alan Bairner and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-03-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the relationship between sport and national identities within the context of globalization in the modern era.

The Association Game

Author : Matthew Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317870085
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Association Game written by Matthew Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces British football from the establishment of the earliest clubs in the nineteenth century to its place as one of the prominent and commercialised leisure industries at the beginning of the twenty first century. It covers supporters and fandom, status and culture, big business, the press and electronic media and development in playing styles, tactics and rules. This is the only up to date book on the history of British football, covering the twentieth century shift from amateur to professional and whole of the British Isles, not just England.

Sport and Secessionism

Author : Mariann Vaczi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000215652
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Sport and Secessionism written by Mariann Vaczi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sport and Secessionism examines how sporting cultures reflect, inform and sometimes frustrate secessionist movements around the world. Investigating a wide range of cases, the book explores key themes including nationalism, nation building, state-region antagonisms, independence movements, identity and ethnic politics, sovereignty and autonomy processes, all through the lens of sport. Sports are uniquely positioned to shed light on secessionist politics due to their pervasiveness in society, and their ability to absorb, reflect and produce political projections. The book presents analyses of a wide range of geographical, cultural and political contexts in which sports are deployed to pursue regional independence, or greater sovereignty and autonomy, and explores the dual processes of sub-national identity construction and state sovereignty deconstruction. The book includes fourteen cases from such diverse parts of the world as Ireland, Taiwan, Turkey, Catalonia, Biafra, Canada and the UK, among others. Offering a unique perspective on an important geopolitical issue, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport and politics, the sociology of sport, political science, political geography, nationalism studies or international history.

The Beautiful Games - Scotland's Hidden Sports

Author : Henry Hepburn
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471782077
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book The Beautiful Games - Scotland's Hidden Sports written by Henry Hepburn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beautiful Games: Scotland's Hidden Sports is an immersion into little-seen worlds. Scotland is obsessed with football. Other sports live in its shadow, misunderstood or unheard of by all but a few, their compelling stories and characters ignored or disparaged. Henry Hepburn's growing disillusion with his one-sport country has driven him to explore what else is out there. Who are the diehards keeping their sport alive, the star players who fail to make the back pages? How perilous is their sport's future in Scotland? And, in a country where their efforts go unheralded, why bother at all? The Beautiful Games illuminates a sporting nation waiting to be discovered.

Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance

Author : Philippa Velija
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800432062
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance written by Philippa Velija and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender Equity in UK Sport Leadership and Governance goes beyond the headlines to provide critical and timely analyses of current strategy, policy, structure, and practice relating to gender equity in the leadership and governance of sport in the UK.

Publications of the Scottish History Society

Author : Scottish History Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Publications of the Scottish History Society written by Scottish History Society and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance

Author : Agnes Elling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351629522
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance written by Agnes Elling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender equality is one of the founding democratic principles of the EU. However, recent studies of the Federation of Olympic Sports in Europe have shown that women occupy only fourteen percent of decision-making positions in sport organizations. This book presents a comprehensive and comparative study of how various regions and countries of Europe have addressed this lack of gender diversity, discussing which strategies have brought about change and to what extent these changes have been successful. With contributions from leading sport sociologists, covering countries such as Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey and the UK, it provides a foundation for future policymaking, methodological analyses and theoretical developments that can result in sustainable gender equality in European sport governance. Gender Diversity in European Sport Governance is important reading for scholars and students in the fields of sociology of sport, sport management, sociology, gender studies and studies of organization, management and leadership. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers in the EU, as well as national sport organizations and activists.