There are many legends about the origin of football, but these legends are either not verified, or they are not real football after verification. So what is football in the "real sense"? FIFA has always advertised that "fair competition" is the real football. In fact, the word "fair" is just a fashionable coat, and only "competition" is the true meaning of football. FIFA believes that "football originated in China, then spread to Britain through Persia, Egypt and Italy, and then developed". However, "competition" is the product of industrial society, and modern sports, including football, are also the product of capitalism and industry. Any records and legends about football in ancient times only belong to those feudal and agricultural societies in ancient times. In that society, only "games" belonging to the leisure class can be produced, but it is impossible to produce "sports" with a broad mass base. Therefore, any talk about ancient football is meaningless to modern football, because modern football only belongs to the modern. No matter "Cuju" or "Haba storm" or anything else, it is impossible to develop into modern football.
Britain is the oldest capitalist country in the world, so it is not surprising that modern football originated in England, but how the prototype of modern football was formed has not been strictly verified. It is generally believed that football is a sport that originated from the people, social strata and slums, because only the poor will kick a dirty thing that rolls around on the ground with their feet.
Modern football has many interesting experiences from its birth to its formation. For example, at the beginning, there was no referee on the football field, and the court was full of disputes and fights. In a game held at Cambridge University, the organizer invited a policeman to keep order. Whoever fouls will eat batons, but batons still can't stop the brutal foul. Both sides braved batons and still went their own way. There is nothing the police can do, and the situation is very chaotic. At this time, the police habitually blew the siren. As soon as the siren sounded, the people in dispute immediately stopped, so the referee and the referee's whistle were born.
Let's talk about the goal. The goal was originally two wooden stakes with the same height (that is, the current upright post), and the remains were made up of a rope tied at both ends of the wooden building. Because the rope was soft, it often caused the goal to deform, so people simply nailed a piece of wood to both ends of the wooden stakes, forming the current beam. At first, there was no net in the goal, so there was often a dispute over whether the ball entered or not. Once again, there was an argument. A fisherman on the sidelines had a brainwave. He went home to get a fishing net and hung it on the goal, so that if the ball entered, it would stay in the net. If it didn't, it would fly out of the field, and the net was born.
There are many interesting rules. For example, there was no goalkeeper at the beginning, and it was gradually found that the goal was too simple and there was no fun and challenge, so a player was allowed to use one hand in the penalty area, and then he developed into two hands and became a goalkeeper now. Another example is that the foul ball is not served by the opponent who kicks it out of bounds, but by whoever grabs it. The original intention of this rule is to encourage players to pick up the ball outside the court. Later, because of the foul ball problem, there were frequent disputes, so the rules were changed to what they are today. Corner kick didn't exist at the beginning, mainly because there were too many people on the court, so it was necessary to simplify the rules and spend more time kicking sports balls instead of punishing set pieces. This rule is still very popular among amateurs nowadays, especially in irregular small fields.
On October 26th, 1863, the British established the world's first football association-the English Football Association at the Frimason Hotel in Queen Street, London. In addition to announcing the formal establishment of the English Football Association, the meeting formulated and adopted the world's first relatively unified football competition rules and recorded them in writing. The birth of the English Football Association marks a new stage in the development of football. Therefore, it is recognized that October 26th, 1863, the day when the English Football Association was founded, is the birth day of modern football.
At the end of the 19th century, the British brought football to Spain, Portugal, Italy and other western developed countries, and football became popular in Europe. The colonists also brought football to America and the East, and football became popular all over the world.
On May 21st, 194, the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA for short) was formally established in the back building of the French Sports Association's residence at No.229 St. Honnore Street in Paris, France. Representatives and agents from seven countries including France signed the relevant documents. On May 23rd, 194, FIFA held its first General Assembly, and Robert Gelling of France was elected as its first president. On April 14th, 195, the English Football Association joined the International Football Federation. The establishment of the International Football Federation marks that football, as a worldwide sport, has entered the world sports arena. FIFA is the highest authority of the world football, and its headquarters is located in the FIFA Building, No.11 Hitchchi, Zurich, Switzerland. Today, FIFA has developed into the largest single sports organization in the world, and as a single sports federation, its scale is unprecedented to the extent comparable to that of the International Olympic Committee.