Tuesday, May 1, 2012
H ave you ever thought of how soccer, and football games get into our daily life, where and when is the origin of this game from, and why is it that many people in the world is crazy about this game, and almost every culture has reference to the history of soccer. The origin of football soccer can be found in every corner of geography and history. The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, ancient Greek, Persian, Viking and many more played a ball game long before our era. The Chinese played foot ball games date as far back 3000 years ago. The ancient Greek and the roman used football games to sharpen warriors for battle. Soccer and football were so common in England. B ut it was in England that soccer and football really begin to take place, but it all started in 1863 in England when two football association(football and rugby football) split off on their different course. Therefore the first football association was founded in England. On October 1963, eleven London clubs and school sent their representative to the freemason’s Tavern. The representatives were intent on clarifying the muddle by establishing a set of fundamental rules, acceptable to all parties, to govern the matches played among them. This meeting marked the birth of football association. Soccer and football were the most common sport in England, London, and Spain. T HE eternal dispute concerning shin-kicking, tripping and carrying the ball was discussed thoroughly at this and consecutive meetings until eventually on 8 December the die-hard exponents of the Rugby style took their final leave, They were in the minority anyway. . They wanted no part in a game that forbade tripping, shin-kicking and carrying the ball. A stage had been reached where the ideals were no longer compatible. On 8 December 1863, football and rugby finally split. The football association already had 50 member clubs; the first football competition in the world started in the same year- the FA cup, which preceded the league championship by 17 years. This international football community grew steadily, although it sometimes met with obstacles and setbacks. In 1912, 21 national associations were already affiliated to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). By 1925, the number had increased to 36, in 1930 -the year of the first World Cup - it was 41, in 1938, 51 and in 1950, after the interval caused by the Second World War, the number had reached 73. At present, after the 2000 Ordinary FIFA Congress, FIFA has 204 members in every part of the world. Soccer and football is now the most known sport in the
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