Spectators at a football match in Manchester between Everton and Wolverhampton Wanderers in the late nineteenth century
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The emergence of rational recreation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is an important topic area across all the major exam boards.
In 1885, the Football Association (FA) in England legalised players being paid, ushering in a new era of professionalism in the sport. Three years later, in April 1888, Aston Villa Football Club (FC) director William McGregor founded the Football League – the oldest football league in the world.
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