![]() ![]() Then in 1863, which is an awfully long time ago, there was a meeting in London, the capital of Britain. Often, the first half would be played to one set of rules, and the second half to the another. Indeed, that is where the idea of half-time came from. At others that was considered to be cheating. At some, you could pick up the ball with your hands. The trouble was that all the schools developed slightly different rules. In fact, modern football emerged in the nineteenth century at British schools, such as Eton, Rugby and Charterhouse. ![]() It was really just a disorganised game, with groups of boys kicking a ball from side to side. It wasn't much like the football we watch today. They soon found that not even the law can stop a boy kicking a ball. In the year 1477, a law was passed banning it, because it distracted boys from practising with bows and arrows. The England football team has continued to this day with the tradition of noble defeats.Īfter the Romans left, football became more and more popular. Some people think that the Celts, who lived in England at the time, used to play football to celebrate each time they won a battle against the Romans - which didn't happen very often. Some historians think that the game goes all the way back to time of the ancient Romans, who lived a long time ago and spoke Latin, and who once conquered Britain. "Maybe Natasha knows."Īnd indeed I do, but only because I went and asked the palace teacher who knows all about everything.įootball, like cricket, came from England. "Er, well, maybe," said Bertie, starting to wonder what life was like before TV was invented. "But didn't it start before TV?" Said Tim. ![]() "If you didn't have football, what would we watch on TV?" Tim is a very curious tadpole, and so the other day when Bertie was trying to kick a piece of round slime around, he asked what was the purpose of soccer. But now he's a frog, he doesn't find it so easy to kick a ball, because his legs are too bendy - but at least he's better than his friend, Tim the Tadpole, who hasn't got any legs at all, and can only do headers. My name is Natasha, and I'm dropping by to tell you the true storynory of the history of soccer, or the game which Bertie and his pond life friends call "footie."Īs you probably know, Bertie the frog used to be a handsome prince - and in those days he was the top goal scorer on the palace team. BBC Football World Cup 2006 (watch the matches live on the net). ![]()
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