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ORIGINS OF SOCCER FOOTBALL By - TOM
MALONEY
Introduction
This is a brief on the origins of Soccer Football and when
complete the reader will gain an understanding of when and where Soccer
originated.
Modern Soccer - Mid 19th Century this is the game as we
know it today, but the first recorded game resembling soccer was:
Tsu Chu - 206 BC in the HAN DYNASTY and is the first
recorded history of any game resembling soccer
Tsu - MUST KICK & Chu - STUFFED LEATHER BALL
Chinese Influence - Emperor Chi’Eng Ti - Enthusiastic
Player & Spectator
GOALS – were 2 x 30ft high Bamboo posts
RULES - No Red or Yellow Cards, Fines or Suspensions,
simply Decapitations or brisk floggings – there’s an incentive for you!
POET - Li-Yu put Tsu Chu to verse and his is the first
footer Poem
Tsu Chu Flourished until 25 AD
The Game in Britain
ROMANS Introduced SOULE to Britain in 1066
Medieval Times - Rough, Violent and sometimes to the Death
Hogs Head used as a ball and the Game was eventually Banned
EDWARD II/III & HENRY IV Banned the game
JAMES I recorded the game as a Crime against the Nation
Game Flourished despite bans, evident by two sweaty players
shown in misericord in Gloucester Cathedral
CHARLES II Cancelled the Soccer Ban
Sir Walter Scott Poem 1815 on a match between Selkirk &
Yarrow
This Poem beckoned the arrival of the Modern Game
Rules Initiated
Cambridge Rules Drawn Up - 1848
Sheffield 1855 - Oldest Soccer Club still in existence
Notts County 1862 - Oldest Football League Club formed
December 1863 - English Football Association (FA) formed
1871 - Rugby Union formed
Soccer became official in England
• F.A. Cup
C.W.Allcock - First Secretary of the F.A.
F.A.Cup Launched
1st Cup Final - 1872 at Kennigton Oval, between
WANDERERS (1) - Vs - ROYAL ENGINEERS (0) - CROWD - 2000
Rules Milestones
Hand Ball – 1863,
Tapes for Crossbars – 1864,
Offside Rule - 1865
Goal Kicks - 1869
Umpires - 1874
Crossbars - 1875
Referees - 1878
Modern Soccer
1812 First Official International between England (0) Vs
Scotland (0)
1880 - Beginning of Modern Soccer
Professionalism and legalised - 1885
Preston North End - First Team to Win Both the Football
League Championship & the F.A. Cup - 1889
Blackburn Rovers & Aston Villa Dovetailed with founding
the Football League in 1888
FIFA - Founded in Paris – 1904 and Included; France,
Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, and Sweden.
3 Memorable Events Occurred in 1920s
First Wembley Cup Final - 1923
Offside Law Changed
World Cup Launched - 1928
First Final Held in Uruguay - 1931
Won by Host Nation
Other Important Events
Brazil Won the Trophy 3 Times
England Joined - 1950 & lost miserably
Most Important England Loss was to Hungary 6-0 - 1953
Ended the Baggy Shorts ERA
TOM MALONEY
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