Sport in England are traditionally considered 'elitist', such as cricket and rugby union. Participants of other sports, notably association football, rugby league, boxing and athletics, are much more likely to come from state schools. In addition to many of the sports already mentioned, popular sports at junior level include netball and rounders, both of which are played almost entirely by girls. However, in recent times schoolgirls have increasingly played sports which are traditionally male, especially football and cricket, but also others such as rugby. Sport in England Sport in England plays a prominent role in English life. Sports brackets were found in Richard
Goal kick is found in the first version of the Sheffield rules (1858). The original FA rules of 1863 defined the "free kick from the goal line", the ancestor of the goal-kick, thus: There are several differences between this "free kick from the goal line" and the modern goal-kick: It was not possible for a player to be offside from such a kick, a feature of the laws that has remained constant to the present day. In 1866, the law was changed to award a goal-kick to the defending team regardless of which team touched the ball. (If the attacking team touched