Football is arguably the most popular sports in the world, bringing in millions of fans, wealthy individuals and organisations and of course large sums of money. Modern Football game first originated in the Green and pleasant land of England around the year 1863 but it is known that many countries and different types of cultures played a game that was very much like the game of football that date back to ancient Egyptians and Romans. For example the Romans played a similar to soccer I 27 players play each hand and often ended with small and big injuries, as the game was too violent.
The first written record of football in a Chinese military manual dating from 300BC and was called cuju, in this game players kicked a skin made ball between a hole created in a piece of silk that was stretched between two poles. This was the basic sport and did not have the technology and facilities as we do today, but back then it was a fun past time.
The medieval times when there are also records of football, but during these dark times of war and anger Football match usually resulted in fights and brawls with kids getting hurt seriously, because there were no standards laid down.
Move to modern times, the game has changed completely, Add with ition, arbitrator and organising bodies behind the game of football has become a business entity. With TV cameras, and thousands of fans packing land everything is visible and picked on so there is no room for fraud or dishonesty. What we are doing, get punished by suspension or a fine.
Mike Del Maggio is a part-time writer who enjoys writing about sports on behalf of setanta Online.
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