... rules, penalties, boundaries and a timekeeper. Football clubs were formed by companies, chapels, churches and publicans, each having their own pitch and provided changing room facilities. The Football Association was formed in 1863 with the first FA Cup Final being held in 1871, football was growing and the 1900 FA Cup Final (held at Crystal Palace) attracted over 100 000 people. Football as a leisure activity had arrived. There are many reasons for the participation of football between both genders and all ages. Roberts (1996) argues that young people's and adult's sport participation levels are characteristically distributed among a bell-shaped curve. Despite this since the 1980's a major increase has become apparent in the participation of sports and leisurely activities by adults. This indicates that more people are participating in sport and leisure than they were twenty years ago. Coalter (1996) puts this down to the increase of ...

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