Why did Rugby Union and Rugby League split?

Union wanted to stay amateur and League went professional.

Australian Rules Football was developed to

Keep Cricketers fit over the winter.

Up until the 1990s Football leagues in Australia were locally or regionally based due to

The very large distances between places in Australia

Professional sportsmen came about in English Football because

The best players got big crowds which increased profits.

Soccer players can ply their trade around the world. David Beckham has played for big clubs in

England, Spain and the United States

The Italian club AC Milan was started by

Two Englishmen working in textiles

Why was soccer unpopular in Australia, Ireland and USA in the 1800s?

It was a British game and they were the colonial masters.

How did workers unions encourage the popularity of football.

Shorter hours + higher wages let workers watch games

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Prof Hales: The Changing Geography of Football

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How the football codes have been diffused around the world.

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1
An Australian Indigenous game of Football was called?
Berowra
Woy Woy
Marn Grook
Illawara
2
In order to spread Australian rules game across the country the South Melbourne club became
Port Adelaide
The West Coast Eagles
The Brisbane Lions
The Sydney Swans
3
Why did Rugby Union and Rugby League split?
Union players refused to play Sundays for religious reasons.
Union wanted to stay amateur and League went professional.
They couldn't agree on the number of players ( 15 vs 13)
One was based in the South of England and one in the North
4
In the 1990s there was a lot of violence at Australian soccer clubs due to the break up of
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Charles and Diana
Gang led syndicate betting
5
The governing body of world soccer is
IFU
Association Football
Futbol
FIFA
6
Who was responsible for starting American Football?
US Army
Ivy League Universities
New York businessmen
English expatriates living in Boston
7
Football codes make most of their money from
Gate takings
Television Rights
Buying and selling players
Donations from wealthy industrialists
8
Games between villages or towns with unlimited numbers and played in the streets is known as
Bullrush
Barbadoor
Gaelic Football
Mob Football
9
Which group of people were largely responsible for spreading football.
Factory workers
Vicars and Priests
Football development officers
Ex pupils from elite schools.
10
Australian Rules Football was developed to
To keep Anzac troops occupied waiting to embark on ships.
Keep rebellious youths in Melbourne busy on weekends.
Be played by Irish (Gaelic) + British (Soccer) gold miners.
Keep Cricketers fit over the winter.
11
One football code that is still an amateur game is
Association Football
American Football
Gaelic Football
Canadian Football
12
How does the AFL avoid the richer clubs dominating the competition.
Salary cap and draft system
Tops up poorer clubs finances
Ensures transfer fees are very high to stop players moving.
Limits the number of players coming on to the market.
13
Spatial mobility means players play in front of culturally different crowds. This can cause
Homesickness
Stage fright
Racism and Prejudice
Embarassment
14
Up until the 1990s Football leagues in Australia were locally or regionally based due to
Migrants wanted to play against their fellow migrants only.
Television reception was limited to the larger urban areas.
Football codes lacking national administeration.
The very large distances between places in Australia
15
Professional sportsmen came about in English Football because
Workers lost wages if they played and missed work.
The best players got big crowds which increased profits.
Players were being paid to lose games so bets could be won.
Wealthy oil barons wanted to own the best teams.
16
The NRL now has teams in Queensland, Melbourne and New Zealand. This spread is know as
Diffusion
Propagation
Concentration
Disintegration
17
In the last Soccer World cup finals how many countries competed?
28
24
16
32
18
Rugby Union is seen as a middle or upper class game in most countries except
France and Ireland
England and Scotland
Wales and New Zealand
Australia and Argentina
19
The carrying the ball version of Football began at which school?
Cambridge
Eton
Harrow
Rugby
20
Soccer players can ply their trade around the world. David Beckham has played for big clubs in
England, Germany, and the Netherlands
England, Italy and China
England, France and Japan
England, Spain and the United States
21
Which group of workers took football to Argentina.
European sailors
British Rail
Blackfriars Transport Company
Colonial Cattle company employees
22
What encouraged schools and clubs in England to start to play each other in the late 1800s.
Compulsory education
Cars and Buses
Development of Railways
Prize money
23
The Italian club AC Milan was started by
Two Englishmen working in textiles
A touring English cricket club
Electrical workers at a factory playing at lunchtime.
British Railway workers
24
Why was soccer unpopular in Australia, Ireland and USA in the 1800s?
It was a British game and they were the colonial masters.
It was seen as not being physical enough.
It was professional and they couldn't afford players wages.
It was seen as a lower class game.
25
How did workers unions encourage the popularity of football.
You got paid more if you paid for the company team.
Shorter hours + higher wages let workers watch games
The spread leaflets advertising local games.
Organised Tipping competitions at work.

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