tailieunhanh - Teachers and Football Schoolboy association football in England, 1885–1915

Prompted by discussions in the 1990s that led to professional football clubs (FCs) replacing schools as the main agencies responsible for the development of promising young players, this book examines how association football came to be introduced into elementary schools and what significance that might have had for the subsequent development of the Following a chapter on other agencies, mostly instigated by ex-public-schoolboys, that preceded the work of teachers in promoting football in working-class areas, the main focus is on the work and influence of elementary-school football associations | Teachers and Football Schoolboy association football in England 1885-1915 Colm Kerrigan ff RoutledgeFalmer J Taylor Francis Croup LONDON AND NEW YORK Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details Teachers and Football 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 associations introduced boys to organised 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 was not permitted during school hours. The extent to which out-of-school organised football may have led to outdoor games being accepted as part of the school curriculum. How elementary-school football in London in the late nineteenth century influenced the development of the amateur game. This is a fascinating account of the origins of schoolboy football and the factors that influenced its development and the consequences and benefits that have followed not only for school football but for sport in schools and communities as a whole. Colm Kerrigan is a retired teacher who has been involved in school football associations for many years. He is also the official historian of the English Schools Football .