Developers, designers and operators need to create versatile sport and leisure amenities that are of lasting value to local and wider communities. Placing facilities design and operation at the centre of sports development, this book adopts an approach, integrating experience in the field with knowledge across many different uses and technologies.
It used to be said that whenever a football manager needed a goal scorer all he had to do was travel to the North East, call down a mineshaft and up would pop a centre forward. This book guides the reader on a tour of the area's sporting treasures; from the site of the celebrated Blaydon Races in Newcastle to a cockfighting pit in Tynemouth.
Helps schools, community youth clubs, leisure centres and child care facilities to plan safe outdoor and indoor play areas. This book outlines the four main components of safe playground design: supervision, age-appropriate design, surfacing and equipment.
For the author, sports stadiums are cultural barometers. Empty or full, ultra-modern or decrepit, they offer an understanding of how fans and entire communities operate. Starting with Olympia and ending up at the venue for the 2000 Games in Sydney, he delivers a series of sporting tales.
Contains information for the large number of fans who are interested in the history and heritage of football grounds throughout Scotland. This book contains information on the location of grounds, ticketing, facilities for away fans, parking, and connections by public transport. Each entry contains a map showing the layout of the grounds.
The Aerofilms company has acquired a remarkable archive of photographs recording the changing face of London generally and the capital's football grounds specifically. From this archive, this book shows photographs portraying many of the varied football grounds in the Greater London area.
Here is the story of 'Croker' from the beginning, featuring great games, personalities, dramas and non-GAA events. Reminiscences by renowned players, officials and others add colour to the history. The magnificence of the stadium and its history is reflected in the best ever collection of photographs and illustrations about this hallowed ground.
How many of us ever take the time to think about the history of Ireland's sporting sites? This book urges us to do just that. From national stadia to local pitches, from exclusive golf courses to derelict sites of former sporting glory, it explores the spaces where ordinary people have congregated and community identities have been formed.