The History of Football

By: Amal Al KuwariClass: 8D

Subject: PETeacher: Mrs. Turriago

Table of Contents• Where did Football Originate come from?• Who made up the first organized set of rules for

football? Why did they do this?• How many countries play football as their national

sport?• Why do you think football has become so popular

around the world?• Do you think there are different ways of playing, or

styles, of football in different areas around the world?

• Bibliography

Where did Football Originate come from?

Football was played in many places around the world. For instance in Japan, Italia, Ancient Greek, Persia, Viking, and many more places around the world. But it is originally from China. China played football as a normal game they didn’t know that it was a big deal, but then the Britain people made it as a famous sport, and as you can see now that football is a famous sport.

Who made up the first organized set of rules for football? Why did they do this?

• In England they organized the set of rules for football, they made a Chinese normal game into a famous sport, and now it is many used as the country’s national sport. They made the rules because it was turning into a really popular and famous and they needed rules, to make the games fair.

How many countries play football as their national sport?

Many countries love football and their football team is a good and strong team, so they would play football as their national sport. The first country play football as their national sport was England then after England there were many countries that played football as their national sport like: Netherland, Denmark, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Uruguay , Hungary, Finland, France, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany.

Why do you think football has become so popular around the world?

Football has become so famous around the world thanks to England. It’s a really popular because it is not a really hard game if you know the rule and the technique, and you don’t really need any materials beside the goal, and the ball.

Do you think there are different ways of playing, or styles, of football in different areas around the

world?

Yes I think that there are different ways of playing, or styles of football. It depends on the player, each player has his own technique, for example: David Villa the famous player for Spain sometimes plays football with his left foot, many other players play with their right foot but in their own style.

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