History of Football
1855 - Sheffield FC -First Football club to be formed.
1872- Scotland V England- First International match played.
1891 - Nets put behind goals.
1895 - The first F.A cup is stolen. It was never seen again.
1908 - England win first Olympic football competition.
1938 - First cup final shown on television.
1951 - White footballs used instead of brown ones.
Football ! Football Down the Ages.
The Chinese started playing football. The Roman's got wind of it. Their game had two lines drawn on the ground behind the teams. A ball was thrown and scoring occured when the ball went over the line. You could kick the ball, throw it, run with it or hold it. You could even push the other team over the line to score.
England 800 years ago.
Football was played between villages. There were up to 100 players. The goals were miles apart and there could be ponds or riveres in between. Exciting and rough I would think.
1314
A black day for Football. King Edward 11 banned it. Anyone caught playing it was put in prison.
19th Century
The game was played in schools and colleges. 1863 was the year the Football League was formed. That same year the rules of football were established. Unfortunately the rule about carrying the ball could not be agreed upon.
Rugby League and Rugby Union is the game using hands and feet.
Soccer is the game played mostly by kicking the ball. This game is often called -Football.
