Richard Holt is the author of several books and articles on the history of sport including
Sport and Society in Modern France (1981) and
Sport and the British (1989). He also edited
Sport and the Working Class in Modern Britain (1991).
Tony Mason is the author of numerous works on modern sports including Association Football and English Society (1980) and Passion of the People: football in South America (1995). He also edited Sport in Britain: a social history (1989).
Richard Holt and Tony Mason are members of the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, Leicester.