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The History of Football GCSE Coursework Research Links
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Britain in the 1800s
Spartacus - the best site for British history in this period. Victorian Britain - excellent place to start. Virtual Victorians - another great site to learn about life in the 1800s. Sport and British Society - a great read from the British Council
The 1923 FA Cup Final - known as the 'White Horse Final'
History of Football
A short history of soccer - by Tony Brown of the Football Statisticians Association - detailed look at the way the rules of the game developed. Bygone Football - The history of football in the East Midlands FIFA Museum - 1000 Years of Football - how football spread across the world. FIFA History of the Game - a page about how football developed. Scottish FA - History of the Game - good site charting the origins and growth of football. A short history of the Football League - again by Tony Brown, a page detailing the founding of the world's first league. History of the PFA - the Professional Footballers Association - the union for players - an essential history site. A short history of the FA Cup - you guessed it! International Football Hall of Fame - timeline of footballing history. Footymundo - search for links in the web's biggest football link database. The First Four League Tables - compare the big clubs then to those now. Goals per game 1889-2001 - has the number of goals gone up or down? FA Cup Final 1923 News Report - the historic first cup final at Wembley. SFA Cup Final 1909 - the infamous Celtic-Rangers riot.
History of Sport and Leisure BBC - Victorian Sport - excellent pages about how sport changed in the 1800s. How our Ancestors Lived - nice article about sport and leisure in Victorian times from the Public Record Office. Past Pleasures - How did the Victorians have fun? From the PRO. Sports History Database - enter the year and the sport to get information. Leisure in Britain 1700-1900 - wordy but detailed look at sport and leisure. How did the railways affect the lives of Victorian Britons? - excellent page about leisure in the 1800s. Victorian hobbies and pastimes - great primary school site.
Football Club Histories Sheffield FC - The Oldest Football Club in the World, founded in 1857. Nice website with history. Needs Flash. Arsenal - began as a weapons factory team in 1886. Also this Arsenal site. Aston Villa - started as a church cricket team in 1874. Blackburn Rovers - started in 1875 by middle-class businessmen. Celtic FC - founded in Glasgow to help the poor Irish Catholics. Corinthians - the legendary amateur club from 1882 which influenced Real Madrid and many S. American sides. Crystal Palace - your local club, founded by workers at the Palace in 1905. Liverpool - formed in 1892 after a split from Everton. Manchester United - started by railway workers in 1878. Preston North End - another cricket team who won the first league and cup double in 1889. Sheffield United - formed in 1889 by a cricket team in the city where it all began. Stoke City - claiming to be the second-oldest football club from 1863. Tottenham Hotspur - founded by teenagers in 1882. Football Club History Database - does what it says on the tin.
Other Sites Football Team Names - rovers, rangers, united etc all explained. Football Crests - explains the meanings of some club badges.
Alf Common - in 1905, the world's most expensive player.
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