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- Title
How Football was Born.
- Authors
Sanders, Richard
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of soccer, also known as football, focusing particularly on the establishment of the Football Association in London, England in 1863. Topics considered include the development of soccer in the countryside during the early modern period, the rules of soccer at public schools such as Eton, Harrow, and Rugby, and the use of passing by Scottish soccer teams.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FOOTBALL Association (England); HISTORY of soccer; SOCCER; SOCCER teams; SPORTS teams; ENDOWED public schools (Great Britain); 19TH century British history; 20TH century British history; HISTORY
- Publication
History Today, 2013, Vol 63, Issue 10, p40
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article