Holiday Read-Aloud & Christmas-themed Chants: "Kane and the Christmas Football Adventure" (no, not Harry)

About this episode

This episode features a read-aloud of a children's book about a time-traveling boy and his dog who visit the first organized football match in 1863.

Welcome to the 3rd Advent/Christmas/Holiday episode this year. It’s a read of a children book again, and that book involves a time-traveling boy and his dog. They time travel, through goalposts, to the first organized football match under Football Association rules, in 1863, between Barnes and Richmond. The game was played at Barnes commons, in West London, across the river from Fulham’s FCs stadium, the Craven Cottage. And the boy and his dog (Kane is his name, no relation to Harry) mess up ...

People in this episode

Host: Philipp Gollner

Topics covered

• children's literature
• time travel
• football history
• Christmas
• soccer culture

Keywords

• children's book
• time travel
• football match
• Christmas
• Kane

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Football Association

Places: Barnes, Richmond, West London, Fulham, Craven Cottage

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