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Agricultural society
Most people spent time on te land that they worked on however they never really had any free time to play any sort of sport. the agriculture work was dictated by the season which meant that workers had to prepare for the unexpected. -
Industrial Revolution
when the industrial revolution hit it meant that workers had to work extra hours. This meant that people would have to sty on their working land for a lot longer to get the extra work done which effcted the chances of people getting any sort of freee time to participate in sport. -
Influence of public schools
If your child was attending a public school it meant that they would be getting a recommended amout of sport each day as sport was very popular and well organised as the schools had top class facilities to use. the schools were exclusive to say the least and were available to the upper class families. from the year 1850 and onwards sports in schools really developed quickly as students had a huge amount of free time. some of the sports that developed quickly were rugby, tennis an cricket. -
impact of better/changed working hours
this had helped workers do a little bit of sport as the hours were cut down and it gave workers sight bit of free time each day were they could play a game of football. the hours may be early in the morning which meant they woudd gt a break around lunhtime to do what they wantand meet up on the land. -
Saturday half day
This is a major factor when it comes to the development of sport as it provided workers with a half day on a Saturday which meant that once the workers finished their work they had more time to participate in sporting activates this had a huge effect because by the end of the 19th century workers had more time to participate in sport. Since most of the wokers had a poor living it took sport a while to develop. factory owners knew that a happy worker would help so they encouraged sports clubs. -
600 AD- 1600 AD
Mexico and central America created a ball made out of rubber and they used it on a court which was 40-50 feet long. -
700's
The first football gmes played in Britain were played by the locals of England. This all startd after a "legendary" game that involved kicking around the severed head of a prince in who they defeated at war.these games were violent where injury and even death were not uncommon during this time. -
1170
The first ever description of a live football game was described by a man who went by the name of William Fitzstephen. -
1331
Due to high demands and the popularity of the sport King Edward III of England to pass law to ban the playing of the game. -
1424
The game was also banned by fellow King James I of Scotland -
1572
Queen Elizabeth I of England introduced laws that could sentence a football plyer to jail for a week hich would be followed by a penance in a church for playing the sport. -
1605
The game football was again legal to play in England after the ban being over ruled. -
1815
Eton College of England decided that they would established their own set of rules for football. -
1820
Football was played in America by the North-eastern universities such as Harvard, Princeton Amherst and Brown. -
1827
Freshman and Sophomore classes at Harvard had instituted a annual football tournament n the first Monday of the new school year. Gams were often quite rowdy as the event was known as "bloody Monday" -
1830
Football grew across working class communities and it was also seen as a way to keep young children out of trouble both and home or at school. -
1848
Rules of football were further standerized in schools, college and universities. these rules were known as the Cambridge rules. -
1862
Due to the demand of football being so popular back home in England there was the first ever club to be formed outside of the United Kingdom and taht team was called Oneida FC and they were formed in Boston America. -
1863
Football in England were taking things to a whole new level when they formed the football association now known as the FA on the 26th October 1863. Later on 11 London schools and clubs came together to establish a set of rules that would be useful in the upcoming matches. -
1869
6 years after the football association was formed the FA decided to further amend the rules by excluding outfield players from handling the ball. -
1871
A historic day in the FA was when the first ever FA cup final was played at the London Oval cricket ground were the Wonderers in who was a team made up of public schools and university players, this was also the first ever knockout tournament in the world. -
1872
A year after the first ever FA cup final the first official international game took place in Glasgow Scotland were the hosts Scotland took on England on the 30th November in which finished 0-0. -
1873
Just a year after their first ever international game took place in Glasgow Scotland decide to form their very own football association. -
1875
The first ever wooden crossbar was evented which seen the end of the ropes that were tied up by upright stakes. -
1882
The biggest score line in international history came along when England beat an Irish team with a staggering 13-0 victory. -
1883
Four British associations agreed on making a uniformed code which would see an international FA board. -
1885
The first ever international football match outside of the United Kingdom was contested between the USA and Canada. -
1886
The football association decided that it was time to start training match officials to become proper referees and also this was the very first meeting between the international football association board. -
1888
The penalty kick was introduced into football. -
1888
The English league was formed which made it the first ever league in the history of football which was a big deal because it meant that football was getting more popular and competitive. -
1889
After the first season of the English league a team called Preston North End won both the league and the FA cup in a historical double. -
1890
Football goals were evented by Liverpool and they were then first put to use in a game in 1891 and just a year after they were first used they were then used for the 1892 FA cup final between West Brom Albion and Aston Villa and the kenningtown Oval which seen Aton Villa come out as 3-o winners on the day. -
1895
A horrible day in English football when the FA cup had been stolen when it was on display at Birmingham. -
1904
A new football company was established by the name of FIFA. This new company in football was made from delegates from France, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and finally Switzerland. This meeting was held in Paris France on May 21st. -
1908
The debut of football came at the 1908 Olympics which took place in London with 8 teams entering and the hosts Great Britain won the Gold medal while Denmark took the silver and the bronze medal went to the Netherlands. -
1913
The international FA board decided that they were going to elect FIFA as a new member to the association. -
1923
The FA cup final was now moved to the Wembley stadium instead of being at Kennignton oval. -
1930
History was made yet again when FIFA decided that they were going to have the first ever world cup in which 13 teams participated, which was held in Montevideo Uruguay. -
1938
The FA cup was televised for the very first time and the live coverage was broadcasted by BBC, the final was contested between Preston North End and Huddersfield Town. Preston North End won the game 1-0. -
1954
UEFA was later formed on the 15th June 1954. -
1956
The European cup took place for the very first time which was made up of the best teams around Europe. The final was held in Paris France with Spanish Giants Real Madrid taking on French side Stade Reims, Real Madrid won the competition on a score line of 4-3 on the night crowning them the first ever European cup winners. -
1958
This was the first time since the invention of the world cup that it would be broadcasted live for viewers to watch at home. the tournament was broadcasted on BBC. -
1960
this was the introduction to the first ever European championships better known as the euros. The championships were held in France and the final was contested between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. The game went into extra time which saw Soviet Union come out victorious of a score line of 2-1 making them the first ever European champions. -
1966
This was the year that action replay machines and videotapes were used in the world cup. which meant for the spectators they would be able to see an action replay of what just happened. -
1966
England won the FIFA World Cup in dramatic fashion by beating great rivals West Germany 4-2 in front of a crowd of 96,924. Geoff Hurst became the first ever player to score a hat trick in the world cup final. -
1975
Guiseppe Salvodi was the very first £1m pound player when he got his move from Italian team Bologna to fellow Italian team Napoli. -
1991
the very first World Cup for women was held in China with the United States Of America coming out of the tournament as the overall winners after beating Norway in a 2-1 victory. -
1992
this was the year that the premier league was founded which would feature 20 teams from England. The premier league developed from the original football league. The objective is to separate the leagues by different standards and quality within the teams. -
2001
Zinedine Zidane became the first ever £40 million pound played when Real Madrid paid £46 million pounds from Italian giants Juventus. -
2009
Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record currently set by the £40-million-pound player Zinedine Zidane when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid for a fee of £80 million. -
2010
the Fifa world cup in 2010 was the very first world cup to be held in Africa with South Africa being hosts to the competition. The final was played out between European champions Spain and Holland the game ended 1-0 to Spain after extra time declaring them champions of the world. -
2012
Spain made footballing history when the won the Euros in 2012 after beating Italy in the final of a score of 4-0. Spain became the first ever country to win back to back European Championships and hold the Fifa world cup at the same time. -
2015
Lionel Messi broke yet again another football record when he swept up the Fifa Ballon D’Or for a fifth successful time which is more than anyone in the history of both the sport and the award. -
2016
Manchester United broke the transfer record by signing their former player back from Juventus for a fee of £93 million pounds. Paul Pogba left Manchester united for free due to a lack of game time buy that did not stop his former club from bringing him back home.