Download or read book Foundations of Managing Sporting Events written by Kevin Tennent and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has as yet been no academic book on the 1966 World Cup Examines the first significant UK government intervention in football, or indeed one of the first interventions in sport in general apart from the 1948 Olympics. By providing a ‘depth study’ of one event, rooted in its historical context; we will also be able to show how big events work and how they connect to the wider sport.