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Bob, I know it's only fun but you should at least check your facts before attacking Howie and his plebian/proletarian chums.
Footie, well the organised variety, was invented/created in public schools such as Harrow, Eton, Rugby, Donnington and one or two others, plus Cambidge Uni and some chaps oop ter North in Sheffield. ALL the early leading lights were of public school background including the immense Lord Kinnaird and Charles Alcock, two of the main drivers of the sport in its infancy.
The plebs only took over once hacking, tripping, holding, throwing and barging were outlawed; mostly because W G Grace gave up the sport in favour of the less dangerous and infinitely more boring cricket.