Played in Liverpool
Product Code: 51080In Played in Liverpool, the fourth of English Heritages groundbreaking Played in Britain series, social historian Ray Physick guides the reader on an intimate tour of the citys lesser known sporting treasures; from the site of the 19th century Liverpool Olympics on Mount Vernon and the dockside location of Britains first municipal swimming baths, to the football giants Liverpool and Everton confronting each other across the expanse of Stanley Park. It was in Liverpool that a canny city engineer designed footballs original goal nets in the early 1890s. The Cavern Club, that ferry across the Mersey, and Scouse humour have long been celebrated in popular British culture. Now, as Liverpool prepares to act as City of Culture for 2007, its time to reveal its sporting secrets.
