The Welsh Revival of 1904–1905 remains one of the most remarkable outpourings of religious fervour in modern history. Its stories are legendary: 100,000 converts in six months, empty pubs, and police forces forming singing quartets because crime had seemingly vanished. But perhaps no aspect of the revival vividly illustrates its total, culture-shaping power better than the so-called "Football Crisis." It was a period when the nation’s primary secular devotion, sport, was temp