Category talk:Pre-1914 association football players
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Why is 1914 chosen as a limit? Poulsen 10:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 1914?
The style of football played, tactics and formations all changed fairly radically between about 1900 and 1920; the players listed in this category all played in a distinctly different style to those who played after about 1920, and for that reason seem to me to be usefully placed in a separate category. Plainly it is impossible to draw a line that exactly demarcates this change, but the outbreak of World War I - which resulted in the suspension of professional football in all territories outside South America - seemed the best compromise. Mikedash 12:10, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Note
Please note that this talk page was moved per CFD. Thank you. --S up? 14:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

