FootBall journey back to History

Mob Games Hello Friends Continuing our series tracking the growth of ancient football, in the series where we discussed forms of ancient football Cuju, Kemari, Pok a Tok, we have reached the stage of middle ages football famously known as Mob Games Excerpts 1)       Name of Game : Mob games 2)       Cultures Involved : Celtic and Anglo-Saxon 3)       Number of Players : Unlimited 4)        Teams : Village against village, town against town 5)       Rules : Hit the ball towards a landmark This form of football was played during Celtic and Anglo-Saxon cultures, before proceeding ahead let us read few lines on Celtic and Anglo-Saxon cultures, Celts consisted of Indo-European people in Iron age and Medieval part of Europe, while Anglo-Saxons were people from German tribes, migrat...

Hello Friends Continuing our series in development of football, we have come up with 3rd series. In the first two part we discussed the very primitive form of football form known as Cuju and Kemari, take a small look on those, where Cuju was about kicking a leather ball from 30ft while kemari was more of kick ball where ball should not be dropped to the ground Now we have reached to another form known as Pok-A-Tok  or  Gomacari  around 3000 BCE, evidence of which was discovered in MEXICO, the discovery indicates the MAYANS dynasty playing this form of ancient football The object of the game was to shoot a leather ball through a vertically mounted ring at the end of a forty/fifty yards long field. The players could use their feet, legs, hips or elbows. Variations of this game were developed and played by Aztecs and Zapotecs. The Aztec's game is perhaps most well-known because the players of the losing team were put to death at the sacrificial altar ...

Hey friend you Know Goal not only get your life to fame but also kills you (a paraphrase) but this sad incident has taken place with a very famous footballer  Name : Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga            famous line "Life doesn't end here". Country: Colombia Club :  Colombian club Atletico Nacional and Swiss club Young Boys International Goal scored :1 : Against England: Match was draw: 1988 Rous Cup   Killer Goal Event: Date 22nd June 1994 World Cup Against : United States Match Result : 2-1 In favor of United States  Host Nation : United States Day of Assassination When 1st July Year 1994 Place : El Indio nightclub parking lot Time: Approximately 3 next Morning, Killer Arrived: 3 men starts argument, 2men take out handguns, but was shot by Humberto Muñoz Pistol Model: .38 caliber Shot : 6times Killer shouted : "¡Gol!" ("Goal!")  after e...

Hi Friends 39 Players In One team !!!! You do not believe me ? Alright!!! let me introduce to the first ever dedicated Football Club The   FootBall Club (active 1824–41) of  Edinburgh  Rules from the first football club Still Existing in World Football Forbade Tripping Yes Pushing & Holding No Picking Up the Ball No Number of Players 39(No) Founder John Hope 17-year-old trainee lawyer                       Initial Members 61  First Known Ground: Park on the Dalry Estate in the city's south-west suburbs      Starting with 61 Members, club grew upto 85 in the season of 1826-27 Members Information (1824-25) Some Info Additional  Club moved to  Greenhill parks in Bruntsfield latter, where one of ...