History of Football

By IntroBooks Team

ootball is also known as association football or soccer. The
game is played across the globe in more than 200 countries
by 250 million players. The sport is tremendously prevalent
among the people; children and adults and is also deemed to
be the most exciting games. The more famous and prestigious
matches attract up to 100,000 people and more besides the
millions who are glued to their television sets. It is one of the
most popular games in the world. There are different forms of
football which can be known in history, normally prevalent as
the peasant games. Modern ciphers of football can be traced
back to the nineteenth century when the systemization of
games happened at English public schools. Football spread
outside the boundaries of Britain as the British Empire
expanded their area of rule. By the end of 19th century the
distinctive regional code were emergent: for instance Gaelic
football intentionally integrated the rules of local traditional
football games to uphold their heritage. The Football League
was founded in England in 1888, which was also the first of
many professional football competitions. By 20th century many
football associations were formed and became some of the
most popular team sports of the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Nov 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393902027

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Preface

Football is also known as association football or soccer. The game is played across the globe in more than 200 countries by 250 million players. The sport is tremendously prevalent among the people; children and adults and is also deemed to be the most exciting games. The more famous and prestigious matches attract up to 100,000 people and more besides the millions who are glued to their television sets. It is one of the most popular games in the world. There are different forms of football which can be known in history, normally prevalent as the peasant games. Modern ciphers of football can be traced back to the nineteenth century when the systemization of games happened at English public schools. Football spread outside the boundaries of Britain as the British Empire expanded their area of rule. By the end of 19th century the distinctive regional code were emergent: for instance Gaelic football intentionally integrated the rules of local traditional football games to uphold their heritage. The Football League was founded in England in 1888, which was also the first of many professional football competitions. By 20th century many football associations were formed and became some of the most popular team sports of the world.

Introduction

It might sound surprising, but football has a long an fascinating history, according to sources it has been found that the sport was first introduced in 1170 in an account which describes a group of youngsters going to play the ‘game of ball’. Traits of the game can be tracked back to China in second and third century BC. Records taken from the military books describe the Chinese playing a game which was an exercise known as Tsu’Chu where the players used a