Fair Play Comprehension


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1. By which year had football established itself as a sport in London?
2. Why was Edward II an unpopular king?
3. Why did so many future kings after Edward II continue to ban football in England?
4. Why did the upper classes and royalty dislike football in general?
5. Why do you think that all the bans really didn't have an effect on the playing of the game?
6. What aspect of playing football concerned Philip Stubbes the most?
7. Richard Mulcaster was a great advocate of the game of football. However he did believe that certain changes had to be made to the game - what were the key ones?
8. What is the relevance of William Shakespeare mentioning football in his writings.

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1. 1175.

2. King Edward II was unpopular due to the defeat of the English Army by the Scots in the battle of Barnockborn.

3. The Kings of England generally felt that the English population were spending too much time playing football and not enough time practicing their archery.

4. Football was not popular at all with royalty or the upper classes who detested the fact that the game had originated from commoners. It was certainly not considered a royal sport as all royal sports were conducted on
horseback.

5. There are a number of potential reasons why the bans were not effective in stopping the popularity and playing of the game. Firstly, the policing of the ban was probably quite difficult to maintain and monitor. It was probably even more difficult to arrest all the players in a game (up to 1000 players per game) and we imagine that not too many officers of the land would even approach that many people to mention the fact that they were breaking the law to them!!!!

6. The fact that the game was so violent between players and occurred on the Sabbath were of great concern to Philip Stubbes.

7. Richard Mulcaster believed that the game needed some order and reorganisation. A set number of players and a set of rules were the two immediate changes to the game he supported.

8. We can assume that football had enough popular appeal across the country that Shakespeare should mention it in his writings.