Duncan Stone recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Huddersfield, UK. His main research interests include amateurism, regionalism, the role of urban/suburbanisation upon social and cultural identities, the 'cultural war' over the definition of sporting practice, and the legitimate function and meaning of sporting activity.

John Hughson is Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is also the Director of the International Football Institute, and works in research partnership with the National Football Museum, Manchester, UK. He is author of The Making of Sporting Cultures (Routledge, 2009) and principal author of The Uses of Sport (Routledge, 2005).

Rob Ellis is a lecturer in History at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He has published articles on the West Riding Pauper Asylum's relationship with the Poor Law. More recently, he has worked with West Yorkshire Archive Service, the Thackery Medical Museum, Leeds City museums and South West Yorkshire Mental Health Trust to bring the asylum story to a wider audience.