Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils): "The first attempt to launch a professional football (soccer) league in the USA came in 1894 and lasted 17 days. Why did football find it so hard to take root? https://jonawils.substack.com/p/on-stony-ground"

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The first attempt to launch a professional football (soccer) league in the USA came in 1894 and lasted 17 days.

Why did football find it so hard to take root?

On Stony Ground

The question is often asked of the United States took so long to become a football country, but perhaps the question should be spun the other way: why did football spread so quickly in Britain?

Wilson's World (of football)

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