Physical Education A-Level
Mob football
What Mob football means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Mob football
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Reference: AQA
A rough, violent, mass game played by large numbers of working men, often between villages on holy days and festivals, with few rules and basic equipment on open land or streets.
Topics that use Mob football
- Pre-industrial (pre-1780) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Class separation in sport
- Handmade equipment and simple facilities
- Limited written communication
- Local variation in rules
- Local, occasional and vigorous recreation
- Localism and regional variation
- Occasional play
- Oral tradition and custom
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