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Early British sport e.g. agricultural society
Football in the agricultural society of Brittan was usually only carried out at public outings as people were too tired to play football recreationally. Mob football was the name given for the sport as we know as football nowadays. Mob football didn’t have many rules and was quite violent. Kicking and hitting was allowed as long as it did not result in murder or manslaughter. Both teams could have as many players as they wanted and the game was usually played between two villages. -
Effects of industrial revolution
The industrial revolution refers to the massive growth in machine based manufacturing which occurred from the 18th to 19 century. This massive growth caused massive changes in the agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation and technology. Due to the technological developments caused many places to move towards machine based manufacturing. This also encouraged more people to move towards the fast growing towns and cities. -
Effects of industrial revolution 2
This caused people to discuss the workers’ rights and allocations of time for work and leisure time. This improved public health, work hours and pastimes. These changes to work made the distinction of work and leisure time clear. A concern for worker’s health meant that Saturday afternoons became time off for workers and holiday time was allowed. -
Effects of industrial revolution 3
More forms of sport began to form as a result of the influx of people into towns and cities and lead to sports becoming more organised which improved spectatorship. On the other hand, people could no longer celebrate every religious holiday as the new regulated plan meant that the traditional pattern could no longer continue. People living in towns also didn’t have as much space as they used to. The influx of people to towns and cities destroyed the village community. -
Influence of public schools
Organised sporting expanded rapidly among schools in England. Public school athleticism dominated sport at this time. Sports was used to allow students to let out energy and aggression instead of wasting that energy in something less productive. Public schools were the first to give sports rules around 1860 and the development of sports began to increase at a faster pace. -
Influence of public schools
Some people would go on to study developing sport in oxford which lead to national sports, rules and governing bodies for each sport. (Price, 2020) -
Rationalisation And regulation
As more people began to study development in sports, rules were beginning to be implemented into sports and governing bodies for these sports were also developed. As sport became popular within public schools, so did discipline within sports. Respect for authority and fair play was implemented which was essential for sports to get to where it is today. However, around the 1900s, there had been riots because of women playing sports as well. -
Twentieth century e.g. better working conditions, outdoor activities;
In the 20th century, the standard of living was greatly improved due to better working conditions which also allowed for more recreational time for a greater participation in sport. During this time television coverage of sports increased the popularity and importance of sports and sponsorship. Sports were underfunded at this time and professionals had a hard time getting fair rewards for their participation in sports. -
Rationalisation and Regulation
This perception of women not allowed to participate in sports only changed in the 1970s when the first organised women’s association football was founded. Many people from all over Brittan had ideas of rules that should be implemented. These rules would need to be agreed and implemented before playing. In 1848, rules were made at a meeting at Cambridge university. A revised set of these rules were made later in 1863. A meeting of clubs at London in 1863 ended in forming the FA. (Pearson, n.d.) -
Influence Of War on Sports
In 1914 when war was declared, it was expected that sports would come to a halt because of the need for soldiers for war. But despite the declaration of war, matches were still played in the football season of 1914-1915 season and the FA Cup was held as normal. Even though the Football league suspended its programme, they still allowed clubs to organise their own competitions. As many students around the early 1900s would become soldiers in the war. -
Influence of war
They would also bring with them, their interests in sports. Soldiers also used sport as a recreational tool during the first world war by most countries as a morale booster and also to keep them fit. It was also used to improve the leadership skills of officers during this time. (IWM, n.d.)