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| Author: | McGovern, P. |
| Title: | The Irish brawn drain: English clubs and Irish footballers, 1946-1995 |
| Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2000 : SEP, VOL. 51:3, p. 401-418 |
| Index terms: | SOCIOLOGY FOOTBALL RECRUITMENT UNITED KINGDOM IRISH REPUBLIC |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper draws on world systems and resource dependency theories to show how the changing recruitment practices of English League clubs have deepened the brawn drain from Irish football, thereby compounding its underdevelopment. An analysis of the origins, method of recruitment and destinations of Irish players (North and South) who appeared in the English League between 1946 and 1995 shows that English clubs imported large numbers of Irish players throughout the second half of the twentieth century. |
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