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Networking Structures and Competitive Association Football in Ulster, 1880–1914

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  • Conor Curran

    (St Patrick's College, Dublin City University)

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This article examines attempts to develop formalised structures for association football in regional Ulster in the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods. Using the counties of Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Cavan as case studies, it will be shown that many clubs in these areas were rather isolated from the hearth of activity in the north-east of the province and developed independently without the assistance of the Irish Football Association. These regional soccer administrators struggled to organise their own county structures and instead relied heavily on cross-county fixtures. The failure of association football to develop a coherent identity throughout each of these counties is discussed while the importance of patronage and the railway network in the organisation of matches is highlighted.

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  • Conor Curran, 2014. "Networking Structures and Competitive Association Football in Ulster, 1880–1914," Irish Economic and Social History, , vol. 41(1), pages 74-92, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ieshis:v:41:y:2014:i:1:p:74-92
    DOI: 10.7227/IESH.41.1.5
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