From: Tony Williams 

Adam > wrote:
> Tony Williams wrote:
>
>> Football was banned at our school because it wasn't considered civilised
>> enough ...
>>
>
> WinCoFo was periodically banned coz we were meant to be practicing our
> archery & sword play coz it's quite an old game:
>
> E.g.:
>
> "Just how correct Matthew was in
> calling football `lawful' beyond the school is debatable. Elias and
> Dunning remind us that there were at least 23 edicts prohibiting
> football between 1314 and 1615"
>
> "Winchester

Just about the time people were leaving for America. To get away from the
football hooligans? 

BTW, my somewhat less venerable school: http://www.whgs.co.uk/ . I can't
believe they started letting women and commoners in. (Sarcasm - I got a
free place and was bitterly envious of my friends who went to
co-educational schools.)

--
Tony

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