The early years of English roller hockey, 1885-1914

the long version

Finally, someone has blown the dust off the stuffy world of pre-war English roller hockey to reveal this vastly underrated sport as the vibrant, energetic and dynamic pursuit it genuinely was! Rarely in the field of factual sport writing have I seen such fluidity of language, clarity of argument and masterful treatment of socio-historical archival data. Mr Pout glides you through the infancy of this great sport with consummate ease, throwing in fascinating insights and witty anecdotes, and cleverly performing the tricky balancing act of maintaining the gravitas required for such a seminal piece of work whilst rendering it accessible to the less informed roller hockey aficionado. I eagerly await the next tome to be produced by this talented author regardless of which topic he decides to grace with his writing.