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Agricultural Society
most people worked long hard hours on the land to survive, which meant there wa s little time for activites or sport. most days and sports wer a good opportunity to take part in sports, such as: knuckle fighting, bear baiting and dog fighting etc. the rich were able to travel in style on horses or in carriages to take place in things like boating, sailing or tennis etc. poorer people only took part in archery, fencing or mob football etc. -
Pre-industrial revolution
The pre-industrial sports that people played were crude forms of sports we would reognise today. for example, folk football was a sport played between different villages with the aim being to get the ball. the ball was made from an inflated pigs bladder and in order to score you had to get the ball between the church gates. there was no limit on the players on each team, no boundaries of the pitch, no time or conduct of players. -
Pre-industrial revoultion(2)
it would go on over a bank holiday weekend and violence or unruly behaviour played a major part in the sport. Pre-industrial sports required large amounts of land. -
Industrial revolution (1780-1850)
from around the mid eighteenth century, the English economy underwent a fast transformation. it had been based on agriculture, with particularly busy periods of work for planting and harvesting. working hours varied and there were long periods of free time available for workers to enjoy leisure activites. the industrial revoultion saw the development of factories producing a wide range of consumer goods. factory owners required workers to work longer hours. -
Industrial revolution (1780-1850)(2)
tyipcally a worker would have to work from 7am to 7pm. there may also have been a night shift to maximse the output and reduce unit costs. overhead costs were expensive and it was cheaper if the machinery was being worked for as many hours as possible. the second issue was most workers lived out of town and cities were the factories were based. they had to offer better wages and customer goods to lure people to work for the business. -
Industrial Revolution (1780-1850)(3)
the reality was a little different from the promise because workers traded in there leisure time for more wages. Leisure avtivites became a problem because violent sports could result in serious injuires and also alot of drinking led to hangovers and absenteeism. leisure costed the factory owners money and affected the output. Factory owners supported the middle-class efforts to clean up society and impose a new form of morality. -
Industrial revolution (17801850)(4)
campaigns were mounted against excessive drinking, ideness, sexual promiscuity, gambling, violent sports and the excessive holidays. the aim of the middle classes was to impose a work ethic on the scope and quantity of production increasing. this meant that the population of England became better fed, healthier and had more energy for work. -
Industrial Revolution (1780-1850)(5)
The economic forces contributed to changes in traditional sports because the employees had to bow to their employers demands and moreover, they had little time or energy to play aggressive contact sports. These demands were supplemented by the efforts of religious reformers, who believed violent sports led to moral corruption, and sport on the sabbath was eventually banned. The Royal Society for the Protection of Animals put pressure on the authorites to ban sports involving cruelty to animals. -
Influence of public schools(3)
An offside rule was added. A man could play a ball passed to him from behind, so long as there were three opponents between him and the goal. it was also decided that each game should only last one hour and a quater. The first game under these rules took place between the old etonians and old harrivans in november, 1862. -
The industrial revoultion (1780-1850)(7)
first, the industrialists, who saw sport as promoting values which would make their workers more productive, such as teamwork and loyality. second, a group called the muscular christians took team sports to working-class communities to teach the bible through sport and promote the value of a healthy mind in a healthy body. -
Industrial revoultion (1780-1850)(8)
Spectating was growing as was professionalism in the sport of football. cricket and horse racing. social change included the urban population growing from 50.2 per cent in 1851 to 77 per cent in 1900. working class wages rose by 70 per cent and a half day holiday was granted on saturdays. this meant sport could be played and watched on saturday afternoons and is the origin of the three o'clock kick-off in football matches. -
The industrial Revoultion (1780 - 1850)(6)
The industrial revoultion led to growth in the size of town and cities which ment a reduction in the amount of space available for recreation. The 1860s saw the development of mnationally agreed rules known as the codification of sport, and a changing attidue of the middle-class factory owners to their employees sports activites.two groups promoted the benefits of sport. -
Influence of public schools
Sport flourished in public schools as they were wealthy and had good playing facilities. Rules such as the cambridge rules were created to structure sport, these rules from the basis of our rules today. Public school made a great contribution to sports with student carrying their traditions around the world. sometimes public schools played football football against boys from the local town. -
Influence of public schools(2)
Although these games often ended in fights, it did help to spread knowledge of cambridge rules football. former public school boys also played football at university. many continued to play after finishing their eduation. in 1862 a new set of rules were established at cambridge university. these specified 11-a-side, an unpire from each side plus a neutral referee, goals 12ft across and up to 20ft high. -
Influence on war(2)
many men who took part in sport were called fight, many never returning. after the war new techology was created, people were motivated to compensate themselves after the war and enjoy their leisure time. Sport provided safe shared competition, it provided a bridge to mend relationships between countries and it carried national pride as did armies. Alot of sport people played was preperation towards the war for example: sword fighting. -
Rationalisation and Regulation
Rational recreation is the term given to the introduction of leisure activites which were seen as being productive and moral. Up until the 1860s and 1870s the workers had relied on their public houses for amusement and entertainment, which were often socially destructive. Rational recreations were brought in by various philanthropic groups, such as the Muscular christians and other middle-class groups who intoruced new alternatives. -
Rationalisation(2)
There were several motives for rational recreation - to make people healthier, help them forget about drudery of work, compensation for hard labour and to get fresh air and escape poor working conditions. -
Twentieth century sport
The development of sport started to spiral from about 1860 onwards and we can tell this because we have written records to confirm this, we can put the development, condification and adminstration in to charts to creeate timelines. -
Twentieth century sport(2)
When boys become young men and started to leave their public schools to go on universities such as oxford and cambridge they still played an important role in the developing of sport. They were able to bring together diffeent strands and develop national sports, they also would have wrote out rules for various sports and set up governing bodies to oversee sports -
Rationalisation and Regualtion(3)
The middle-class philanthropists wanted to provide better activities for the working class to improve their standard of living. but their ulterior motive was to make sure they were healthier. fitter and more productive workers. -
Influence of war
War had a major impact on sport. it was football that provided the most soldiers during the war. At the beginning of the 1914 football season, hearts was scotlands most successful team, winning eight games in succession. On 26th november, 1914, every member of the team joined the british army, This event had a major impact on the public and inspired footballers and their fans to enlist. Many professional players joined the Football battalion. -
Rationalisation and Regulation(2)
Thus, societies such as the Mechanics soceity, the Boys Brigade and the young mens christian association developed, and facilities such as libraries, public baths and sports grounds offered more purposeful activities. This is an example of using sport and leisure as a means of social control, whereby people are persuaded to take part in positive, socially acceptable activities to prevent them from participating in otherwise socially destructive acitivites such as drinking, gambling and fighting. -
Hitory of football (Football beginning)
Football first began in the 11th century. In 1280 was recorded as the first account of kicking a ball. One of the players was killed as he ran into an opponent dager. -
History of football (First football club)
The first football club in the world was formed in 1796 it was called the gymnastic society. this was based in London as a sports club for football and wresling, Matches took place south side of the river thames which is now called surrey. -
History of football (The pass)
The first description of a "pass" comes from studies in suffolk in 1823. The rules indicated that a player was not allowed to advance when received the ball, they had to pass it to a team mate. -
Histroy of football (First referee)
In 1842 the first use of a referee was used in a match in rochdale between two local teams called the bodyguards club and the fearnaugh club. -
History of football (Referee)
Referees were advocated to local public school football games in eton in 1845 -
History of football (90 minute match)
In 1846 the length of a football match was first introduced in lancashire. it was 45 minutes a half and there was 2 halfs. This rule is still used in todays football matches. -
History of football (Oldest football club)
in 1857 the worlds oldest football club was established sheffeild football club. The sheffeild rules was also formed. -
History of football (oldest existing football club)
In 1867 the worlds oldest footbll club was established notts county FC. They are the oldest team in the the world to play at professional level. -
History of football (First competition)
The first ever football competition that was played was caled the youdan cup, played in sheffield with 12 teams taking part in 1867. -
History of football (First international match)
In 1872 the first offical international match is recorded by FIFA which ended 0-0 between england and scotland and was watched by 4,000 people. -
History of football (Scotish FA)
In 1873 the scottish FA formed which 7 teams attended a meeting to confirm. -
History of football (Crossbar)
In 1875 the crossbar was introduced this replaced tape as the top of the goal. -
History of football (Welsh FA)
in 1876 the welsh FA were formed in a hotel in wrexham. -
History of football (Irish FA)
The IFA were established in 1860 by football clubs in Belfast. A meeting called by cliftonville for this to take place. -
History of football (offside rule)
Despite the unification of the rules and the creation of the FA in 1863, disputes, largely involving sheffield clubs who had announced their own set of ideas in1857. persisted into the late 1870s however, the creation of the international football assoisation board finally put an end to arguments. Made up of two representatives from each of the four associations of the united kingdom the IFAB met for the first time on the 2nd of june 1886 to guard the laws of the game. -
History of football (Barcelona)
The spanish giants FC barcelona were established in 1899. -
History of football (penalty)
In 1891 the penalty kick is introduced by william mc crum from Co armagh, if a foul was in the box a penalty was given from 12 yards out. -
History of football (Liverpool football club)
in 1892 Liverpool football club are established on march 15th when owner of anfield john houlding gives them funds. -
History of football (3 o clock kickoff)
Social changes included the urban population growing 50% in 1852 to 77% in 1990. Working class wages rose by 70% and hald-day holiday was granted on saturdays. this was meant the matches could be watched on saturday afternoons. this is where the tradional 3 o'clock kick-off in football matches came from. -
History of football (Real madrid)
Real madrid were founded in 1902 -
History of football (FIFA)
FIFA was formed in England in 1904. which to today is in charge of the whole football across the world. -
Histroy of sport (Chelsea football club)
Chelsea football club were established in 1905 in a pub called "the rising sun" -
History of sport (Charity sheild)
In 1909 the charity sheild is founded. this is the winner of the priemer league plays the winner of the FA cup and is still played today. -
History of foobtall (numbers on tops)
Arsenal and chelsea became the first teams to play a football match wih numbers on their tops in 1928 -
History of football (first world cup)
The first ever world cup was plaued in urguay in 1930. the hosts beat argentina 4-2 in the final. -
History of football (Largest crowd outside wembley)
84,569 watch manchester city defeat stoke city at maine road in the FA cup 6th round in 1934. the biggest crowd ever recorded for an english game outside of wembley stadium. -
History of football (highest attened league game)
in 1948, 83,260 people watch manchester united vs arsenal st maine road on 17th january to become the highest attendance at an English league game. -
History of football (first European cup)
The first European Cup is won by Real madrid in 1955 -
History of football (Match of the day)
Match of the day makes its debut on BBC2 at 6:30pn on 22nd august 1964 with highlights of liverpools 3-2 home win over arsenal. Kenneth wikstenholme is both presenter and commentator to an audience of just 20,000. -
History of football (Red and yellow cards)
These were invented by a referee called Ken Aston. "while i was driving the light turned red. i thought yellow, calm down, red stop. go out" he recalls. thinking that two cards and colour would be a clear code for players who do not speak the same language. these were first used in the 1970 world cup in mexico. -
History of football (Nottingham forrest win the European cup)
1979 Nottingham forest liftes their first European cup in munich, defeating Malmo 1-0 in the final. -
History of football (Pemier league)
Also in 1992 the english primer league is founded -
History of football (Greatest players 20th century award)
in 2000 one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greated football player of the 20th century, was awarded to Pele and Diego maradona. -
History of football (Wembley stadium)
The new wembley stadium in London is built and holds 90,000 people in 2007. -
History of football (Ballon d'Or)
The FIFA ballon d'Or is awarded for the first time in 2010, awarded to lionel Messi -
Histoyr of Football (Goal line technology)
Goal line technology was introduced to the premier league at the start of the season 2013/14. Every stadium in the league had to put up 7-8 cameras on each goal. if the ball crossed the line the ref would get a buzz on his watch to say goal, the TV systems can also check as it can get a side view of the goal. if it crosses the line it says 'GOAL' -
History of football (Vanishing spray)
Vanishing spray was first used at the world cup 2014. the spray is used when a free kick is awared and the ref lines up the wall 10 yards back and sprays across infront of their boots so they cant cross the line if they do they will recieve a yellow card. -
History of football (World cup 2014)
Brazil host the FIFA world Cup 2014, Germany beat Brazil 7-1 in the semi final and beat argentina 1-0 in the final