Football fans and football historians are familiar with the foundation of football clubs by the Catholic Irish settling in British towns and cities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A number of clubs were set up on a professional basis in Scotland. Glasgow Celtic and Hibernian being the more illustrious of these clubs, but there were also Irish teams in Dundee (Dundee Hibernian, Dundee Harp). In Northern Ireland too, what would today be called ‘the Nationalist community’ founded clubs such as Belfast Celtic and Derry Celtic.
In England, however (and despite settling in great and concentrated numbers in urban areas), the Irish diaspora did not create a serious challenger to ‘native’ football clubs in England, and their football legacy – in terms of creating a separate identity to their hosts – is weak. This short book takes a look at one English city, Liverpool, and asks why – in a English city many identify as having a significant Irish presence and Irish influence upon its development – ethnically Irish football clubs failed to be sustained.
ASIN : B075NNCVR1
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Publication date : 14 Sept. 2017
Language : English
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Print length : 46 pages
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