The Irish Soccer Split /

The Irish Football Association (IFA) was founded in Belfast in 1880. It was the governing body for soccer for the whole of the island of Ireland. Soccer in Ireland was united for over forty years. It was, though, an uneasy alliance. Many in the south believed that the governing body was heavily bias...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Moore, Cormac (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Irish Football Association > History.
Football Association of Ireland > History.
Soccer > Northern Ireland > History.
Soccer > Ireland > History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : Windsor Park, Belfast, 17 November 1993
  • 1. The north began
  • 2. ‘The south has been invaded'
  • 3. An uneasy alliance
  • 4. The first rupture
  • 5. 1912
  • 6. Ireland : soccer champions of the world
  • 7. The world goes to war
  • 8. ‘The useless tail of an inept and moribund organisation'
  • 9. ‘Cut the painter'
  • 10. The Football Association of Ireland is born
  • 11. Sport in a divided island
  • 12. The Football Association of the Irish Free State is born
  • 13. False dawn
  • 14. First Olympians
  • 15. Monopolising the name ‘Ireland'
  • 16. Towards antipathy
  • 17. The 1950s : sport and politics intertwine
  • 18. Hope rekindled
  • Conclusion.

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