Yorkshire Turf Wars: A Football History

In the fourth book in the acclaimed Turf Wars series, veteran journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue chronicles the competitive history of football in Yorkshire. Tongue details familiar themes of ever-changing fortunes with a cast of famous players and managers, plus infamous owners, from the 19th century to the present day.

"There’s something of interest not only to Yorkshire football fans but to all football followers everywhere in Steve Tongue’s excellent history. This is the fourth book in his superb Turf Wars series."

"It’s a county built on rivalries too with fierce competition between clubs continuing to this day: from the early clubs of Sheffield FC and Hallam through to the Steel City Derby, Wednesday versus United. Steve Tongue records the history of the many clubs across this vast county and their fluctuating fortunes through the decades."

In the fourth book in the acclaimed Turf Wars series, veteran journalist and broadcaster Steve Tongue chronicles the competitive history of football in Yorkshire.

Sports-mad Yorkshire is proud to be the home of football, the birthplace of the world''s oldest independent club as long ago as 1857. So the turf wars began earlier than anywhere else, often with bad blood spilt when Sheffield FC took on neighbouring Hallam. Fierce rivalries that remain to this day emerged among two new Sheffield clubs, Wednesday and United, plus Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United and early FA Cup winners Barnsley; then in West Riding''s Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield.

After a national Football League was founded, the county had at least one team in the top division from 1892 for the next 90 years, capable of winning the English game''s biggest honours.

This book charts the ever-changing fortunes of one of the great football regions, with a colourful cast of famous players and managers, plus some infamous owners.

• | Author: Steve Tongue
• | Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 09, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781801503877
• | ISBN-10: 1801503877