It is important to have specialization in the game, for example, take soccer as an example. Soccer was first codified in 1863, when the Football Association (FA) was formed in England. At the time the sport was played mainly by public schools or teams with public school roots, and amateurism was the norm. This remained the case until the 1880s, when working-class teams began to vie for supremacy. Blackburn Olympic, made up of factory workers, won the 1883 FA Cup final. They were the first working class team to win the competition since its inception in 1870. Although professionalism was not allowed, the Olympics arranged jobs for their players and supplemented their income with extra pay, a common phenomenon among Lancashire clubs.
The issue of professionalism began in ?1880? when a row began between the FA and Bolton Wanderers (founded in ?1874?), who offered professional terms to Scottish players. Scottish players who played professionally in England were known as Scottish professors. Until the ?19th?century?80s, the subject was heated, directly or indirectly involving many other clubs outside Bolton. Their neighbors Blackburn Rovers (founded in ?1875?) and Darwin (founded in ?1870?) also signed Scottish players in the Professional League. The FA supports what people like Corinthian Football Club promote as so-called ? amateurism? s ideals, the phrase ? Corinthian spirit? was born from him.
The difference between the amateur idealists from the south of England and the increasingly professional teams from the industrial towns of the north reached its zenith in?1884. After Preston North End won the FA Cup against Upton Park, Londoners protested that the result was overturned because Preston had paid players present. This sparked a series of events that could split the FA. Preston withdrew from the match and Lancashire clubs Burnley and Big Lever followed suit. The protests intensified, with more than ?30? clubs (mainly from the north) announcing that they would form a rival English Football Association if the FA did not allow professionalism. 18? months later, the FA gave in, and professionalism was formally legalized in the UK in ?July? of 1885.
While English clubs employed professionals, the Scottish Football Association continued to ban the practice. As a result, many Scottish players migrated south. Initially, the FA imposed residential restrictions to prevent this, but by 1889 these were abandoned. In the first season of the Football League (1888-89), champions Preston North End fielded ten Scottish professionals.