A develyshe pastime - Graham Hughes

A history of the best-known varieties of football - soccer, rugby union, rugby league, American football, Aussie rules and Gaelic football. Hughes describes the football-like games of the distant past and the evolution of the modern, mass-audience sports that people know and love today. He looks at how rules, tactics, playing styles and cultures have developed, how they have become popular in various parts of the world and different sections of society. Hughes writes in a lively, informal style while basing his work on hard historical facts.