First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport h
The story of the creation of Britain's national game has often been told. According to the accepted wisdom, the refined football games created by English public
"Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, The Playing Fields of Eton takes us on a three-century tour of modern mental and physical life. We visit gymnasiums