The Father Of Modern Sport

During his lifetime, Charles W. Alcock revolutionised modern sport, by introducing many of the aspects of football and cricket we see today.
Find out what this great Victorian trailblazer contributed to two of the most popular games in the world.
Credit: "From photo by E. Hawking & Co., Brighton.", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
"The FA Cup Trophy" by Carlos yo is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
"Coat of arms of the Football Association" by Di (they-them) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
"Professional Footballers Association" by Mark Morgan Trinidad B is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"FA Cup" by Original work by Riccardo de conciliis at it.wikipedia. is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5.

[@MrBazzdoc]

Great video. It was really interesting watching a biography on a founder of the game, and you brought it across well too. It'd be cool to see more like this

[@BritanniaFootball]

Thank you for your kind words. I will be doing more bios and some videos on grounds and teams. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching and commenting 🙂👍

[@paulwhalley4746]

Another brilliant video. So interesting. Thank you.

[@BritanniaFootball]

Pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍

[@leeturley4146]

Brilliant insight, leaned a great deal from this video. Keep them coming!

[@BritanniaFootball]

Thank you very much. There will be more where that came from 🙂👍

[@paulwhalley4746]

For what he gave the world he should be household name. Perhaps had he been of any other nationality then I’m sure they’d have made a hero of him. Charles Alcock, what a man.

[@BritanniaFootball]

Yes, sadly he seems to get little credit for his many achievements. A true legend of sport.

[@historyoffootball87]

It would be interesting to do a video on the original Crystal Palace Football Club.

[@BritanniaFootball]

I might just do that 🙂👍