Prompted by discussions in the 1990s that led to professional football clubs (FCs) replacing schools as the main agencies responsible for the development of promising young players, this book examines how association football came to be introduced into elementary schools and what significance that might have had for the subsequent development of the Following a chapter on other agencies, mostly instigated by ex-public-schoolboys, that preceded the work of teachers in promoting football in working-class areas, the main focus is on the work and influence of elementary-school football associations
