A Social and Political History of Everton and Liverpool Football Clubs

This book focuses on the advent of professional football in Liverpool and, in particular, the formation of Everton and Liverpool football clubs and their development prior to World War I. This book details the factors that led to the early dominance within Liverpool of Everton FC, and addresses the complexity of the dispute within that club.

Autorentext

David Kennedy is currently a freelance researcher, with research interests in the history and political economy of football.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• The district of Everton

• In the beginning God created Everton...

• Houlding and the rise of factionalism

• 1892: the coup de grace against Houlding

• Moonbeams and baying dogs: football and Liverpool politics

• And then there were two: Everton and Liverpool football clubs, 1892-1902

• Everton and Liverpool in the post-Houlding era

• Red and blue and orange and green?

• Conclusion