Account
for the rise of association football as a mass spectator sport in Britain
- the context
What's all this about then? This page
sets the context for an essay
on the rise of football, and should help place when it was
written and why...
Why did I write this?
It was part of a first year University course on the Development
of Modern Britain, and out of the list of possible questions,
this was the obvious one that caught my eye!
When was it written?
February 1996.
What happened to it?
It got a middling mark and a fair amount of comments from
the lecturer. Nothing to worry about, as it didn't count towards
my final degree.
Would I change anything
about it?
I would have liked to have concentrated more on the modern
renaissance of football, but had to stick to the historical
context. As it happened, the modern focus drew criticism as
it was.