Growth of Spectator Sport
- Created by: Shannon Cunningham
- Created on: 23-04-13 20:10
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- Growth of Spectator Sport
- Increased Leisure time
- more public holidays
- bank holidays
- laws which meant workers got paid holiday time
- laws decreased hours worked by adults allowed more time to attend events
- travel across country to follow preferred sport
- bank holidays
- more public holidays
- better transport
- trains
- cheap transport
- stadiums built near stations
- cars
- more people started to own cars after 1950's
- improved motorway links
- spectators could travel across country to follow their teams
- trains
- influence of radio
- 1922 BBC started broadcasting
- 1927, first live broadcast of sporting event
- this meant if you couldn't attend an event in person, you could still listen
- raised popularity
- 1922 BBC started broadcasting
- Creation of leagues
- competition across season
- made following a particular sport more interesting
- maintains interest for longer
- Town rivalries
- local derbies add interest and competition
- one team wins one season, interest to see who wins following season
- development + popularity of major sports
- radios
- wireless sets appeared in peoples houses in 1020's
- people could find out results a lot quicker
- wireless sets appeared in peoples houses in 1020's
- radio times
- published grids, in order to ascertain in which area of the pitch the action was taking place from listening to the radio
- TV
- first live broadcast in 1937
- arsenal V arsenal reserves
- first live broadcast in 1937
- radios
- Increased Leisure time
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