Soccer, a popular sport, has been prosperous for a long time. As a matter of fact, soccer can also be called “football.” Its name is diverse in different areas. For example, in American, people define “soccer” and “football” in different ways; however, in UK, these two terms have the same meaning. In this article, I prefer to use the term “football” instead of “soccer,” but what I am going to describe in the following contents is European definitions of soccer.
The origin of football, as scientific evidence showed, was an exercise, which could be traced back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries in Han Dynasty in China. Its original name in Han Dynasty was “Tsu Chu” that required certain skill to play. During that period, the ball people used was a leather ball filled with feathers and hair and measured 30 to 40 cm in width. Moreover, players were allowed to use their feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of opponents; however, using of hands was forbidden. On the other hand, there were also some other original forms of football in other countries such as Greece and Rome. In Greece, the game was called “episkyros” which was much livelier, as was the game in Rome, ”Harpastum,” which was played by two teams on a rectangle field and the target of the game was to get the ball over the boundary lines of the opponents. However, the earliest form of football is believed to begin in China.
Even though the football flourished in diverse original forms, it glorified in its home, England, as people described. Nevertheless, during the long history of football, there were still lots of prohibitions against this sport. As record described, in 1314 the Lord Mayor of London issued a ban to forbid football in the city because of the rumpus it caused. King Edward III also issued a harsh censure to suppress football because he considered it as a public nuisance. What’s worse, there were still a lot of England kings who punished the practicing of football by law because they thought this entertainment would prevent them from carrying out military disciplines. However, the popularity of football didn’t diminish; on the contrary, it achieved exuberance in Elizabethan times. Though there were many prohibitions in football’s history, there were still some people who supported this sport such as Richard Mulcaster who pointed out the game had a positive value and it could make people strong and healthy. He also mentioned that all people had to do was to refine the football and give it new disciplines and manners.
Although football game was constantly suppressed for 500 years, people never lost their passion toward the game. In the beginning of 19th century when school football became the custom, people could make new refinements under this new circumstance and this was indeed a turning point for football game. Finally, the developments of football reached its climax in 1863. During the year of 1863, there were eleven London football clubs and schools that sent
their representatives to hold a meeting and establish the fundamental rules for football, which could be accepted by every party. Moreover, this meeting also symbolized the birth of The Football Association. However, in the same year, football and rugby set apart because the meeting achieved the agreement forbidding any handling of the ball.
All in all, after the struggling of football in past years, the first competition, the FA Cup, was finally put on stage. What’s more, there were international competitions, which were held in Britain, and the first game was played by England and Scotland in 1872.The spread of football from Britain to the outside world also grew rapidly. Therefore, many other organ
izations of football sprang up in other countries. Today, FIFA has 204 members associations all over the world. On the other hand, FIFA also developed the World Cup Soccer Championship and the first world cup soccer match was held on July 13th, 1930. After that, the world game began its long and prosperous history.
World Cup 2006 - Ten Most Memorable Goals
Written by Jimmy
The origin of football, as scientific evidence showed, was an exercise, which could be traced back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries in Han Dynasty in China. Its original name in Han Dynasty was “Tsu Chu” that required certain skill to play. During that period, the ball people used was a leather ball filled with feathers and hair and measured 30 to 40 cm in width. Moreover, players were allowed to use their feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of opponents; however, using of hands was forbidden. On the other hand, there were also some other original forms of football in other countries such as Greece and Rome. In Greece, the game was called “episkyros” which was much livelier, as was the game in Rome, ”Harpastum,” which was played by two teams on a rectangle field and the target of the game was to get the ball over the boundary lines of the opponents. However, the earliest form of football is believed to begin in China.Even though the football flourished in diverse original forms, it glorified in its home, England, as people described. Nevertheless, during the long history of football, there were still lots of prohibitions against this sport. As record described, in 1314 the Lord Mayor of London issued a ban to forbid football in the city because of the rumpus it caused. King Edward III also issued a harsh censure to suppress football because he considered it as a public nuisance. What’s worse, there were still a lot of England kings who punished the practicing of football by law because they thought this entertainment would prevent them from carrying out military disciplines. However, the popularity of football didn’t diminish; on the contrary, it achieved exuberance in Elizabethan times. Though there were many prohibitions in football’s history, there were still some people who supported this sport such as Richard Mulcaster who pointed out the game had a positive value and it could make people strong and healthy. He also mentioned that all people had to do was to refine the football and give it new disciplines and manners.
Although football game was constantly suppressed for 500 years, people never lost their passion toward the game. In the beginning of 19th century when school football became the custom, people could make new refinements under this new circumstance and this was indeed a turning point for football game. Finally, the developments of football reached its climax in 1863. During the year of 1863, there were eleven London football clubs and schools that sent
their representatives to hold a meeting and establish the fundamental rules for football, which could be accepted by every party. Moreover, this meeting also symbolized the birth of The Football Association. However, in the same year, football and rugby set apart because the meeting achieved the agreement forbidding any handling of the ball.All in all, after the struggling of football in past years, the first competition, the FA Cup, was finally put on stage. What’s more, there were international competitions, which were held in Britain, and the first game was played by England and Scotland in 1872.The spread of football from Britain to the outside world also grew rapidly. Therefore, many other organ
izations of football sprang up in other countries. Today, FIFA has 204 members associations all over the world. On the other hand, FIFA also developed the World Cup Soccer Championship and the first world cup soccer match was held on July 13th, 1930. After that, the world game began its long and prosperous history.World Cup 2006 - Ten Most Memorable Goals
Written by Jimmy
Resources:
“History of Soccer.” Ball History.com. 01 June, 2008. 19 June, 2008. <http://www.ballhistory.com/soccer.htm >
Dr. Wilfried Gerhardt. “Soccer History: More than 2000 Years of Football.” Soccer Training Info. 01 June, 2008. 19 June, 2008.
“History of Soccer.” Ball History.com. 01 June, 2008. 19 June, 2008. <http://www.ballhistory.com/soccer.htm >
Dr. Wilfried Gerhardt. “Soccer History: More than 2000 Years of Football.” Soccer Training Info. 01 June, 2008. 19 June, 2008.
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