Influence Of War Section

The war had a big effect on society and it happened after the wars Britain took part in. But the war had a positive side and that was the benefits on sport and leisure. During the war most men were away fighting for there country, meaning that the women were put into jobs that normally men would do. Other than work, women had a chance to do activities including sport in there leisure time. This meant that women were slowly getting accepted in society more and more. People were also given a wage for playing sport, giving them another good reasons to take part in sport.

The war not only help women get excepted in society more, not only in more working environments but it helped to changed the peoples opinions that women were meant to be housewives and child bearers.
Other than helping women get socially accepted and involved in sports because of  the world war 1, England were accepted as a powerful country the were entered as a country in the first world cup in 1930.
This developed football greatly by bringing it into the spotlight. More or more people wanted to support there country leading to more and more people watching football, making it more and more popular.

Other than football, Cricket became more and more available to the masses of people because it didn't need much equipment and it meant that there was yet another sport for the people to watch, this meant that there was yet another thing for people to participate and spectate.