# How Football Began

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- Book: [How Football Began](https://www.bookquiver.com/tony-collins/how-football-began) ([How Football Began.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tony-collins/how-football-began.md))
- Authors: [Tony Collins](https://www.bookquiver.com/tony-collins)
- Publisher: Routledge
- ISBN: 978-11-3803-874-5
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2018-08-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

This fascinating history considers why football grew from a marginal and un-organised activity into the dominant winter entertainment for millions of people globally, comparing the development of each of the major forms of football.