History of Football (Soccer)

							History of Football (Soccer)


Ever since time immemorial, mankind has played various ball games. Proof of which can be
observed in many ancient societies, ancient Greek society being an example. The start of the
modern game however started in Britain in the periods leading until the industrial revolution.
Entire villages would band together in opposition to other villages in games, which would span
several fields. These games were usually violent and there was not any particular rules on
which body parts you could use.

Variances of this kind of games continued for quite a while through the 19th century. More and
more people were going out of their villages for the industry of towns. Individuals were feeling
pride and allegiances to their fast growing towns and soon, people sought to represent their own
towns in competition with other new fast growing towns close to them. Before long, games
where-by you could only make use of your feet were being played in stadiums between the
burgeoning settlements. At this stage in history, there were no crossbars on the goals, only a
piece of flimsy tape adjoining two poles. Other variations involved, as you might suspect, no use
of goalie gloves but also essentially, no offside rule, the lack of this kind of a ruling which means
strong attack bias with games frequently ending 10 a piece or greater.

More and more towns created their own football teams and through the start of the 20th century,
the structure of how football is contested nowadays with leagues and cups were prepared. Also
around this time, the game was starting to be spread around the world with teams beginning in
countries like Germany and Italy around this time. International bouts were starting, at this point,
England still supreme defeating the likes of the rest of the world on its own. With this
international popularity, it was not long before the game was being contested on the world stage
in the likes of the World Cup or European Championships.

Tactically, the game was changing too, considering the advent of the offside rule out went 5
strikers and in came more defensive approaches, teams such as Italy trailblazing certain
strategies to the game. England was losing its supremacy and by the 50's, Spanish and Italian
club teams and also South American international teams in particular had risen to an equal
footing.

The game ever since has gradually grown in popularity around the globe, this popularity
appealing to wealth making former little town sports clubs into multinational plcs. With this
greater professionalism has been introduced into the game with better use of nutrition and
exercise as well as strict controls on player’s lifestyles. The use of emerging technologies and
assistance from the likes of sports psychologists are all used taking the game to new highs. The
future of the sport definitely looks rosy.


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