If you want to understand the history of soccer Carey
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a natural urge to kick things. Whether it's to release frustration, or simply
for fun, we do this even without noticing.
How many times have you not walked on the street as a kid (and not only),
simply kicking
They might not have had our modern commodities, but ancient people sure knew
how to have their fun. And, you guessed, kicking a "ball" around (obviously, the
balls were extremely rudimentary compared to what is used today) was considered
a fun activity in many areas all around the globe, most of them developing at
the same time Alexei
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In history of soccer the first written statement regarding the start of
soccer comes from a Chinese military manual at around 300 BC, which describes a
practice called "cuju" that involved the players kicking a leather ball through
a hole in a silk cloth stretched between two poles. On the other side of the
globe, in the Americas, the Aztecs were playing a similar sport, although some
compare it to basketball more than soccer.
The purpose of the game was to kick the ball through a small stone circle
that was placed high up on the arena's walls, hence the relation to
basketball.
Now I don't know about you, but to me it sounds a lot more difficult to place
a small leather ball exactly in the middle of a stone circle that's well high
above your head with your foot, than striking a modern "high-tech" ball in an 8
yard goal.
- History of soccer during the Middle Ages
We usually think of the medieval era as a time when war was viewed as a
necessity and a "job" rather than a calamity. Despite being quite a serious,
"dark" period of time, somehow the medieval people managed to take some time for
some sports, including soccer.
The forms of soccer played during this time were obviously incomparable to
our current definition of the sport; hence they are usually classified as "mob
soccer".
While their dads were off at war, children would often grab a patched up
leather ball, hit the nearby field and start a "war" on the field. The lack of
rules often lead to fights and serious injuries and the sport was regarded as
dangerous in many locations.
A clear example of this can be found in the London British Museum, where an
engraving shows a group of men struggling to win a leather ball, with a second
image showing a man with a broken arm. You do the math.
- Modern-day soccer
As mentioned above Paul
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do know when it was organized as a sport under a clear set of rules. Being a
popular practice in England, soccer was played chaotically and oftentimes it
would lead to the same on and off-pitch battles similar to the ones occurring
during medieval soccer matches. On each match, the two teams would agree on a
particular set of rules, but with the lack of a referee arguments would often
spark up.