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Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, KT (16 February 1847 – 30 January 1923) was a British principal of The Football Association and a leading footballer, considered by some journalists as the first football star. He played in nine FA Cup Finals, a record that stands to this day.
Mar 19, 2020 · Netflix's The English Game tells the story of FA's formation and the class war that defined it - led by Fergus Suter and Arthur Kinnaird.
Arthur Kinnaird (later Lord Kinnaird, 1847-1923) was football's first superstar. Described as 'without exception, the best player of the day', he took part in nine FA Cup Finals (a record to this day), selected Scotland's first international team, and was President of the Football Association for 33 years. He was such a dominant figure in the ...
Chapter 1: A game of kicking the ball; not a game for kicking each other 1847-1865. Chapter 2: The student who became the master 1865-1869. Chapter 3: The birth of international football 1869-1871. Chapter 4: Without exception, the best player of the day 1872-1874.
The teams met in a titanic FA Cup clash in 1879, and although the Etonians won that one, it gave the first indication that football was about to change for ever, thanks to the influx of players from Scotland, the 'Scotch professors', who introduced the passing game to England.
Aug 25, 2020 · Arthur, Lord Kinnaird was a footballing legend; as a player in nine FA Cup finals, winning five, and as President of the Football Association for 33 years from 1881 to the First World War. Kinnaird’s aristocratic upbringing gave him power and influence; but also set him apart from the working-class roots of football in the industrial towns of ...
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Aug 21, 2012 · Arthur Kinnaird: First Lord of Football, by Andy Mitchell, CreateSpace (available through www.lordkinnaird.com), 2011, 204 pp., illustrations, index, £9.99 ...
