Post World War II Flashcards
Urbanisation
Large numbers of people living in one place gave a large captive audience
Why did people have more free time
Less time working in the factories
What did improved transport allow fans to do
Fan were able to travel
Why was professionalism increased
They played professionally via broken work time payments
How did the middle class impact football
Middle class influence and approval gave football more respectability (higher moral code and etiquette)
How did the organisation of football increase
Highly structured, rules, leagues, teams (churches and factories), refs.
When was maximum wage abolished
During the mid twentieth century maximum wage was abolished as the result of a strike from the PFA
What was the Bosman ruling
This allowed players to transfer clubs for free
