Learn History - The History of Football

The Beautiful Game, as it is known across the world, was first organised in England in the 1800s. The World Cup, held every four years, is the most-watched sports event on Earth. There are more member-countries of FIFA, the sport's governing body, than there are in the United Nations.

How did football grow from its humble origins on the playing fields of English schools to becoming a global phenomenon?

You will answer this by completing this coursework.

There are five questions. You will answer them by referring to the sources in your booklet, and by using your own knowledge.

Before you start, you should read about:

a) popular entertainment and leisure in Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century. (1801-1850)

b) the origins of football in this time

c) how the social and economic changes in the 1800s affected sport

d) the development of professional sport between 1850 and 1900.

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