At the height of the British Empire the Crystal Palace was the world’s largest and most iconic building. in 1854 it was moved from its home in Hyde Park to Sydenham where it was substantially enlarged to become the world’s first major theme park. During the Victorian and Edwardian eras the Crystal Palace became a much-loved national institution. It was at the centre of innovation and invention and was the scene of many historic World and British ‘firsts’; it also gave birth to one of the oldest and most historic football clubs.This is the first detailed history written about the Crystal Palace Company which owned and managed the Palace and its 200 acres of parkland and the momentous events which took place there, including the birth of today’s Crystal Palace Football Club. Drawing on nearly 1,000 references from newspapers and archives, the landmark events that took place at the Palace and the involvement of the Crystal Palace Football Club in the founding of the Football Association and ‘soccer’ as we know it to today, are recounted by those who were there. This is the story of the Crystal Palace Company from its founding in 1852 to its demise in 1909 when the Crystal Palace was finally bought for the nation and closed to serve as a Royal Naval training depot for the duration of the First World War. Hand-in-hand it tells the unique story of the birth of its football club until, it too, was forced to leave the Crystal Palace in 1915.
“As a lifelong supporter of Crystal Palace, it’s amazing that we have a legitimate claim to be the oldest professional league club still in existence, that we were in the very first FA meetings, and that our history dates all the way back to the Victorian cricketers of 1861 at the Palace even involving the great W.G. Grace.I would like to thank Peter Manning for the incredible work he has undertaken researching the definitive history of the club.”Steve Parish, Chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club
“This book can be considered the first real detailed history of the Crystal Palace Company from 1852, covering the many momentous events that took place at the Crystal Palace, until the company’s bankruptcy in 1909. Especially useful are the 968 references.” Melvyn Harrison, Chairman of the Crystal Palace Foundation
ASIN : B087BDKZY1
Publisher : PowerLaw Ltd.
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 18 April 2020
Edition : 2nd
Language : English
File size : 61.2 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 488 pages
Page Flip : Enabled
