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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 · Here’s what you need to know about the real men of the new Netflix series, and what happened to them after the events of the show. Arthur Kinnaird was the 11th Lord Kinnaird and helped...
Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, is played by Edward Holcroft in The English Game. In the series, Arthur is portrayed as a wealthy aristocrat who is a star player for The Old...
Jul 22, 2021 · If you haven’t already delved into Victorian football this book will whet your appetite and also provide you with new opportunities to explore the early years of what is now the Global Game through, to give him his full title, Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, the 11th Lord Kinnaird.
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.
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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It was on the front of one of the earliest football books ever published, by Routledge in 1867, and I am lucky enough to have one in my own collection. Although the prominent man on the cover is not identified, there is little doubt in my mind that it could be based on Arthur Kinnaird, complete with bushy beard and long white trousers, and of ...
