Teachers and Football Schoolboy Association Football in England, 1885-1915 By: Colm Kerrigan Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780713040630, 0713040637 eText ISBN: 9781135782894, 113578289X Edition: 1st Pages: 224 Copyright year: 2004 Format: EPUB Available from $ 27.18 USD SKU 9781135782894R90 The 1870 Education Act that opened up elementary education for all children contained no provision for outdoor games. This book explains how teachers, through the elementary school football association, introduced boys to organized football as an out-of-school activity. The influence and significance of this work, insofar as it relates to the elementary school curriculum and the growth of professional and amateur football are explored in detail, including: * How ideological commitments and contemporary concerns for the physical welfare of children in cities may have led teachers to promote schoolboy football when it wa Download ebook: https://ouo.io/JZkpsD
