2.  Most popular sport in the world.  Earliest record: 11 th century England  Evolved from folk to popular culture.

3.  Origins are obscure, but first recorded event: 1042, England (hearth)  Excavators use a Danish soldier’s head for a ball  Ball evolves to an inflated cow bladder.  Evolved to a “mob game” between local villages.  Local folk culture at this point.

4.  Clubs founded in 1800s England  Churches & Factory workers  Taught in schools  Professional players by mid- century  Soccer exported through colonization

5.  Folk: Traditional  Local start  Rivalries between English villages  Popular: Innovative  International organizations and rules  Adoption of modern technology

6.  Folk: communal  Village competitions  Local clubs  Popular: individualistic  Still communal event  Also, accessible at the individual level:  Video games  Stats analysis

7.  Folk: Slow  Local diffusion for many years  Spread slowly throughout centuries Popular: Fast Diffused internationally within several centuries

8.  Folk: Slow and Limited  Possible contagious diffusion within England  Popular: Rapid and Extensive  Hierarchical and contagious diffusion through colonialism

9.  Folk: Oral Communication  Small village contests  Contagious diffusion  Popular: Mass Media  Adoption of mass media and technology

10.  Folk: Highly Similar  Homogenous population  Popular: Highly Dissimilar  Heterogeneous population

11.  Folk: Limited  Limited to England  Popular: Extensive  International

12.  Rubenstein, James M. The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography. Tenth ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. Print.