FOOTBALL CLUB

The contemporary history of the world's favourite game spans more than 100 years.
It all began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched off on their
different courses and the Football Association in England was formed - becoming the sport's first
governing body.

Primitive football was more disorganised, more violent, more spontaneous and usually
played by an indefinite number of players. Frequently, games took the form of a heated contest
between whole villages - through streets and squares, across fields, hedges, fences and streams.
Kicking was allowed , as in fact was almost everything else. Sometimes kicking the ball
was out of the question due to the size and weight of the sphere being used -
in such cases, kicking was instead limited to taking out opponents.