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I like this theory but in England, the standardised game was played mostly by the wealthy nobility around the years 1850-1880. Working class people, such as in
by jonwinstanley 5y ago
I like this theory but in England, the standardised game was played mostly by the wealthy nobility around the years 1850-1880.
Working class people, such as in the teams from mill towns like Preston, Darwin and Blackburn joined the FA cup later on.
- phamilton 5y agoI too have seen The English Game :) Competitive play may have started with the wealthy, but football had been played in various forms as early as the 15th century. Wikipedia has a lot of good citations on the topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word) As with most organically adopted words, nothing is clear cut, but there's quite a lot of evidence that the foot in football is about being on foot rather than on a horse.
- jonwinstanley 5y agoHahaha you’re so right, I’d never have mentioned Darwen before I saw that show!