This is what Penny Brookes was up to in Wenlock .
It is what other British reformers were hoping to accomplish when they began standardizing and professionalizing team sports , most notably football , in the second half of the nineteenth century .
This is what Penny Brookes was up to in Wenlock , and it is what other British reformers were hoping to accomplish when they began standardizing and professionalizing team sports , most notably football , in the second half of the nineteenth century .