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The people's Game
For all it's simplicity,football has ever been played on a grand scale. It began with whole villages playing each other in matches that lasted days at a time : now it involves the global village ,with international competitions and worldwide television.throughout ,soccer has remained the ultimate people's game,capturing hearts and minds from Iceland to new Zealand,from Mexico to Saudi Arabia
Factory footballer's
The more formalized game gradually spread until ,in 1863, the football association was formed__ with a revised set of rules.this was primarily an upper -class body, as is reflected by the early winners of their first competition,the FA challenge cup. the picture changed as the game developed in the industrial English midlands and north ___often encouraged
Opposite: the first world cup Final in 1930___ Argentinian Goal Keeper Botasso Foils Hector 'Mano'. Castro of Uruguay..
By factory employers,who saw it as a way of organizing their workers ' leisure time. The better clubs began to attract spectators and charge admission.they also began to pay players. Many Scots were attracted south of the border.
'professionalism' was frowned upon by the FA hierarchy and was initially illegal.
HOWEVER, unlike the case with Rugby football (which had derived from Association Football and was soon to split into the amateur Union and the professional league), an accommodating in was found. The balance of power moved northwards, accelerated by the formation of the Football league in 1888.
Meanwhile, as the British Empire expanded, English and Scottish and other emigres were spreading the game across the world, notably to Europe and South America; the Anglicized names of many clubs (Everton in Chile , Athletic Bilbao in Spain, Athletic club Milan in Italy, Newell's,
Old boys in Argentina, etc.) reflect : Bilbao began with a Sunderland strip and Juventus with Nots County Shirts..
