Creating a United Europe of Football: The Formation of UEFA (1949–1961) (Football Research in an Enlarged Europe)
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This book provides a historical study of the beginnings of the UEFA, demonstrating how the formation of the organisation was linked to the decentralisation experienced by FIFA, the world governing body of football. Vonnard examines why administrators created an association that transcended the barriers of the Cold War, and focused on the development of a network that promoted football outside the constraints of international politics. Finally, he emphasises the role UEFA played in the Europeanisation of the people’s game, and in the early years of the European integration process. The research is based on a rich body of new archival material from the UEFA and FIFA Documentation Centres, and various European football federations, as well as reports from a number of leading newspapers of the era , and interviews with football personalities of the 1950s. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the history of sport, international relations, and European studies


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Language: English
File size: 2600 KB
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: April 21, 2020
ISBN-13: 978-3030423421
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
Part of series: Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
subtitle: 1st ed. 2020 Edition, Kindle Edition
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