Terrace Heroes: The Life and Times of the 1930s Professional Footballer

During 1930's Britain, football became increasingly commercialized, and the rise and development of both local and national media, in particular broadcast media, enabled players to become widely recognized outside of their immediate local context for the first time. Tracing the origins, playing careers and afterlives of several First Division players of the era, Graham Kelly's revealing history explores the reality of living in Britain in the 1930's and draws interesting comparisons with lives of our contemporary terrace heroes, the football stars of today.

Graham Kelly is Head of Postgraduate Programmes and Research at the Lancaster Business School, University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is also a founder member of the university's International Football Institute.