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 on ancient version of football, where we have covered three different variants Cuju, kemari and Pok A Tok, both though similar in approach have little variation of rules. In last series while reading about Pok A Tok, we hit upon mention of dynasty known as Aztecs and Zapotecs, the mention came with a highlighting point where we have mention of human sacrifice related to game of football in these dynasties, so we use this space to have a look on of the dynasty zapotecs The Zapotecs, known as the 'Cloud People', dwelt in the southern highlands of central Mesoamerica, specifically, in the Valley of Oaxaca, which they inhabited from the late Preclassic period to the end of the Classic period (500 BCE - 900 CE).  Version of Pok A Tok, the game where basic rules are concerned remains same, which is of hitting the ball through thigh and hip  towards goal circle which is situated at height above the ground, ...

Hello friends continuing our series on ancient version of football, where we have covered three different variants Cuju, kemari and Pok A Tok, both though similar in approach have little variation of rules. In last series while reading about Pok A Tok, we hit upon mention of dynasty known as Aztecs and Zapotecs, the mention came with a highlighting point where we have mention of human sacrifice related to game of football in these dynasties, so we use this space to have a look on of the dynasty Aztecs,    Aztecs Dynasty/Empire also known as triple alliance existed around 1430, the allies were Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopna, forming an empire around valley of mexico Version of Pok A Tok, the game where basic rules are concerned remains same, which is of hitting the ball through thigh and hip   towards goal circle which is situated at height above the ground, what is found unique is stadium and ground specially designed for this game and the ...