“…Football was the most played activity for boys and required a larger space, which means that football players would take over the main areas of the schoolyard (Blatchford et al, 2003; Boyle, Marshall, & Robeson, 2003). In both our study and other research, teachers mediated in the conflicts caused by the lack of space (Pawlowski et al, 2014; Sallis et al, 2001; Willenberg et al, 2010) and organized it around football providing equipment only for boys who played it (Sallis et al, 2001; Willenberg et al, 2010). However, this solution caused the children who did not play football—usually girls and less skilful boys—to be relegated to peripheral areas and become forced viewers of others (Blatchford et al, 2003; Boyle et al, 2003; Ridgers et al, 2012; Thomson, 2005).…”