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Where And When Was Football Invented?

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    By Football if one means Soccer as it is more popularly known, then the game is said to have a history dating back thousands of years. There are records of a game called Cuju played in China about 4000 years ago which resembled football in some ways.

    In fact there have been mentions of a game somewhat similar to football being played in various parts of the World throughout history. The Greeks, the Romans, the Mexicans, the Japanese and the Eskimos have all played a game involving the use of their legs, a spherical object and in some cases a goalpost at some time or the other in their history.

    However, the place that is credited to be the birthplace of modern day Football are the British Isles with records of matches being played between different villages in the middle ages. In fact a recent discovery of a book written by a Scottish teacher, David Wedderburn way back in 1633 describes in detail a match of football played in Aberdeen, Scotland.

    According to another story a game closely similar to Rugby was already being played at the Rugby School in 1823 when a player William W Ellis ran the ball into the net thereby giving birth to another form of football better known today as American Football. The date for the start of modern American Football though is said to be 1876, invented by a man named Walter Camp who had supposedly heard the Ellis story.  
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    Mahendra  

    answered 4 years ago

      In 1823
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      Guest

      Guest  

      answered 7 months ago

        1840 in Cambridge
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        Strawbail7  

        answered 6 months ago

        It was first played by a group of nuns in England in 1823.
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        Spurskid  

        answered 6 months ago

        It was first established by a group of nuns in england
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        Gunnerboy  

        answered 5 months ago

          It was invented in london and was played in the 1700's when the horban farleys were around
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          Guest  

          answered 5 months ago

          Sorry m8 scotland are the inventers of football the first modern rules were writin in 1663 by a teacher from aberdeen . The oldest football team records belong to a team from leith in edinburgh scotland dating to 1824. The oldest football belonged to MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS R.I.P. And is still in existance. The oldest darby is hibernian fc.of Edinburgh est 1875, Vs heart of midlothian of Edinburgh est 1874. FACT
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          Hibbygod

          Hibbygod

          commented 3 months ago

          England
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          Guest  

          answered 3 months ago

          Football was invented in sheffield when two cricketers needed a game to play to keeps them fit inbetween (seasons) of cricket, this is where the first official rule book was invented which can be seen in bramell lanes (hall of fame)
          The worlds oldest football club is Sheffield FC which are now an amuteur team.

          There you can not get more proof if you don't belive me could down to sheffield and find out
          even pele now knows this is where it started.
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          Mort_9393

          Mort_9393

          commented 3 months ago

          And leith athletic were formed in 1887 not 1824
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          Mort_9393

          Mort_9393

          commented 3 months ago

          Im Wedder burn give u a short sentence: It was written by Aberdeen Grammar School teacher and school-master David Wedder burn in 1633.
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          Guest  

          answered 3 months ago

          1920 and 1922
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          Guest  

          answered 2 months ago

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