- 1. A Whole New Ball Game: What is football?
- 2. Setting the Ball Rolling: Football in prehistory
- 3. Eastern Promise: Ball games of the ancient Far East
- 4. The Hip Parade: Ball games in Pre-Colombian Central and Caribbean America
- 5. Little Brothers of War: Ball games in Pre-Colombian North America
- 6. Way Off the Mark?: Ball games of pre-European Oceania
- 7. Sticks around: The ancient ball games of Southern Asia and the Middle East
- 8. Football classics: Ball games in ancient Greece and Rome
- 9. The Italian Job: Ball games in medieval Italy
- 10. France Football: Ball games in medieval France
- 11. Eurosport: Other early forms of football in Europe
- 12. Norse Code: Ball games of the Vikings
- 13. Celtic Art: Ball games of the ancient Celts
- 14. Bandy on the run: More on the origins of the hockey codes
- 15. Middle Age Relics: Medieval football in Great Britain
- 16. Rustical Diversions: British football in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
- 17. Play For Today: British Shrovetide football
- 18. High School Balls: Early football at British public schools
- 19. All Ellis Breaking Lose: Rugby School and the origins of rugby
- 20. Grown Up Boys: Football at 19th century universities
- 21. A Question of Class: 19th century football in the non-academic world
- 22. Laying down the laws: The Football Association is born
- 23. Historic Associations: The FA’s game expands
- 24. Scrum on down: Rugby heads towards union
- 25. Leagues and Gentlemen: Professionalism and the schism between rugby union and rugby league
- 26. The Celtic Times: Irish football before the GAA
- 27. Paddy Power: The GAA and the foundation of Gaelic football
- 28. Games With Frontiers: The politics of the GAA
- 29. GAA Day Sport: International rules and the Gaelic – Australian connection
- 30. Escape to Victoria: Early football in and around Melbourne
- 31. A Kick up the Behind: The early years of Australian rules football
- 32. Coming to America: Colonial football in the United States
- 33. The Not so All American Game: Soccer and rugby arrive in the United States
- 34. Down on Scrum: Walter Camp and American football in the making
- 35. The Killing Fields: American football and the issue of violence
- 36. Sleeping With an Elephant: The early years of football in Canada
- 37. Canadian Clubs: 20th century Canadian football
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