This book examines the 20th century history of the ten most popular sports in Britain. It also tries to cover developments in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England. The book provides the origin, the power structure, the relationship between the participatory mass and the eminent, and the role of...

This volume contends that as sport evolved from pure play to performance to entertainment, the places where sport took place evolved as well, becoming more complex whilst adding more elements with which a spectator or participant could interact. However, at the same, such innovations as the...

This special issue discusses problems in the statistical modelling and analysis of sports data. The issue consists of 14 papers. The first paper examines the use of the Gibbs sampler on each component of the on-base percentage plus slugging percentage (OPS), to compute the situational effect on a...

The theoretical part of this article presents the meaning of sporting events for the tourism industry and the importance of sporting events at a small scale, as well as heritage sporting events for sustainable development of tourist destinations. The literature review shows that there is a clear ...

The horse-rider relationship is fundamental to ethical equestrianism wherein equine health and welfare are prioritized as core dimensions of sporting success. Equestrianism represents a unique and important form of interspecies activity in which relationships are commonly idealized as central to ...

This is the second volume of a trilogy on the evolution of sport in the UK. It covers the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. With its emphasis more on adults than adolescents and more on privilege and its defence than morality and its diffusion, mature years are given precedence over formative...

Understanding the sociodemographic characteristics and motivations of participants in contemporary sports events is important for event organizers, host cities and tourist destinations who seek to acquire rights to organise sports events of various types. It is also important to know what...

During 2011-12, an estimated 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of an injury sustained while playing sport, and spent a total of 79,000 days in hospital, though these numbers are likely to represent a significant underestimate of sporting injuries. This report includes 2 ...

This book examines the pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization of Britain's major sports, starting from the years just after the Second world War to the more recent events in rugby union football. The six chapters cover: amateur football in England, 1948-63; the decline of...

The role of sport in society has for some time been an area of growing interest for an increasing number of historians and sociologists. The book provides a compendium of analysis and information relating to the whole course of sporting development in the UK over the 150 years. The origins, growth...