Sports Collectibles Sports Collectibles-Sports-Authority Sports-Best Buy For Sports Merchandise Brief History Of Sports

Medieval period (1200 - 1485)
Leisure time activities were originally confined to feast days
Games were local in nature, each village having its own particular activities for feast days

Tudor and Stuart period (1485 - 1714)
Traditional folk games and activities flourished in Tudor times
Puritanism greatly reduced the opportunities to play and types of activity allowed
After the restoration in 1660, traditional activities were revived
Sport moved away from its former links with merrymaking and lawlessness

Hanoverian period (1714 - 1790)
Play and sport were largely ignored by the government
People of all classes enjoyed their leisure to the full
Increasing industrialisation demanded regular working patterns
There was some pressure for Sunday to be a day of rest
Large gatherings for sport often meant social disorder
Regular, organized, rule-governed sport on a national scale emerged

Changing times (1790 -1830)
Traditional sport was under attack
Factory owners wanted a regular working week
Property owners feared damage caused by large crowds
Churches criticized idleness, drunkenness and slack morality
Commercialization of sport developed, especially in horse racing, cricket and prize fighting

Victorian Sport (1830 - 1901)
Sport developed in the context of industrial capitalism and class inequality
Sport became linked to a moral code defined by the middle classes:
it was accepted that sport developed character and morality
competition had to be fair and rule-governed with similar conditions for all players
Nationwide sport developed through the influence of technology, the public schools and the national
governing bodies
For the masses, Saturday afternoon free from work was the turning point, enabling them to play and
spectate.
Amateur and professional sport became increasingly separated
Working class sport in school was limited largely to drill and therapeutic gymnastics

Edwardian Sport (1901 - 1918)
Organised sporting involvement expanded rapidly across all classes
Increasingly, the different classes played their sport separately
Public school athleticism still dominated sport
Male working class influence increased, notably in football in England and rugby in Wales. However,
working class women were largely excluded from sporting involvement
Commercialisation of sport continued with large numbers of spectators and increased numbers of
professionals in major sports
Sport was increasingly a matter of national concern

Between the world wars (1918 - 1940)
Steady growth in sports participation continued for all classes of society.
Football ( all versions) continued to increase in popularity and by the 1930s, was the most popular
sporting activity
Lack of facilities became an issue, particularly when national teams failed
There was little government involvement in sport, apart from physical education in schools
School physical education moved from therapeutic exercises to recreative physical training
Commercialisation  expanded rapidly, especially the provision for spectator Sport, as a part of a
national culture, now extended to the majority of the population.

British Sport (1940 - Today)
An improved standard of living has enabled greater participation in sport for most social groups
Professional sportspeople had a long battle to be given fair rewards
Television coverage increased in importance for sport and the sponsors
The definition of amateurism for competition was replaced by the concept of eligibility
Central government involvement in sport has always been fragmentary
There has been a long standing underfunding of sport by central government
An advisory Sports Council was established in 1965 and the independent executive Sports Council
in 1972
Physical education was established in the 1944 Act for its educational value
There has been an increasing influence of market forces on schools, physical education, sports
facilities and sports Collectibles.
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