Who invented football? Where and when the beautiful game was born
Soccer, or football as many call it, is the world’s most popular sport, with events like the World Cup attracting hundreds of millions of viewers. People can play it almost anywhere—on streets, in backyards, on well-maintained fields, or even virtually. You only need a ball, some players, and a basic idea of goals to start playing. That’s why the sport has spread globally.
People have played football for a long time ago, but the Football game that took shape in the 19th century. In 1863, the Football Association in England set rules, ending the chaotic, rule less versions of football played in public schools. Though the rules have evolved over time, the core structure of the game has remained the same.
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Industrialization and urbanization in Victorian Britain closely influenced the development of modern football. As industrial workers in Britain gained Saturday afternoons off from the 1850s onward, many gave up old pastimes like badger-baiting and embraced football as a new form of leisure. Key urban institutions such as churches, trade unions, and schools organized working-class boys and men into recreational football teams. Rising adult literacy spurred press coverage of organized sports, while transport systems such as the railways or urban trams enabled players and spectators to travel to football games.
