Who invented Football? Do you think the game - or the word?

Ready for a surprise? English are the ones who invented football.

Both - the game and the word (that's the surprising part).

Yes, I'm not designed to do. I know you probably think, like most people, that's football, an American word. I. Until my son asked me who made the word football, PE, because his teacher told him he was an English word. I was convinced that the teacher was wrong, but I did not want his authority and the status of the Super Soccer dad, my downfall, so only compromiseWhen the teacher was right, I told my son that I look at. The teacher ... You guessed it ... was absolutely right.

"Football" is a word invented by students of English Oxford. It is a derivation of the word "association".

How is this possible? How could that happen?
Actually it is very interesting, so let us back in time to see how it all began.
No, not in the old days, even if some form of a "kicking" games are played. I do not knowconsider this as an invention, but a home of football.

Dribble Game
In early 1800, a number of variations of football in England played in private schools. Soon the game was by many public schools. The ball games were not football or soccer is not yet known, but "dribbling game", and there was nothing, what is the game we all know now. The ball was the key technique to play the game but the use of the ownedto stop or catch the ball in the air. Nobody could get to the ball with his hands and run them.

Rugby
Everything changed when during one of the "dribbling game" of students from one public school of Rugby took the ball and ran with him over the goal line. The aim was prevented, but many people have the idea to form a new game you guessed it, "Rugby".
The popularity of the dribble and rugby games for the wholeof the country. New clubs and teams were formed from different schools and universities.

Football
It was a great desire of the teams, unfortunately, schools and associations have a hard time playing on the same lines. After many failed attempts to the rules of the game in 1863, several teams and clubs to unite and come to an agreement formed the Football Association with a set of rules. A mix of "dribbling game" and "Rugby". The game wasas "association football".

That's where we come in the football portion of the inventor of the word.
English students used the nickname, such as words, and notify the front. They also had a tendency to "add" at the end of many words. For example, instead of "breakfast," she would say - "Crusher" Rugby was "rugger".

The name association football was "far too long for them, so called the" assoc "develops that soon the name" football ".

And yes, theWord "football" in England since the mid 19th century. Most people, however often the word "football" is used, the more descriptive of the new sport, but this time the game of football was far from the game that we play today.

Reached the World Cup
Soccer or football or just football by the British workers, students, export, and soldiers around the world, where the game and the names are acceptedsoon. Some countries around the rules of football at the beginning of a new kind of football to give. American football, Canadian football, Australian Rules, Rugby League a few, they arise out of football, ie soccer.

Today word "football" is used most in the U.S., Canada and Australia to make a distinction between their own matches. Everywhere else people use the term"Football", including those who invented soccer, the game ... and the floor.

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