Leisure, Citizenship and Working–Class Men in Britain, 1850–1940From the bawdy audience of a Victorian Penny Gaff to the excitable crowd of an early twentieth century football match, working class male leisure proved to be a contentious issue for contemporary observers. For middle class social reformers from across the political spectrum, the spectacle of popular leisure offered a view of working class habits and a means by which lifestyles and behaviour could be assessed. For the mid Victorians, gingerly stepping