| The history of soccer can be said as old as recorded | | | | and seen in the games and some minor injuries as |
| history. The game has been played in varying forms. | | | | well. |
| A game resembling soccer was played by the ancient | | | | Still there was no official rule book for the sports. |
| roman and had 27 players at each side. But the game | | | | Later in the mid 19th centuries, many colleges and |
| was said to be so violent that most of the players | | | | small groups started making their own rules and the |
| had to be given medical treatment and suffered | | | | matches arranged by them had to be played in |
| many injuries in which both major and minor types | | | | accordance to their rules. But a little later, Cambridge |
| are included. Still not much record is available for | | | | University introduced some rules which were called |
| sports related activities as historians at that time | | | | Cambridge laws, were then followed by many groups |
| were not so interested in them. | | | | and colleges and many matches had started to be |
| Soccer also had to face difficulties in growing up as | | | | played within those rules and regulations. |
| well. First it was not given too much attention and | | | | Then an association named Football Association was |
| was played by people at a small scale. The 14th | | | | formed and only a single college and other small |
| century also gave soccer some tuff time. King | | | | groups and people joined the association. In the year |
| Edward passed laws against the soccer in the early | | | | 1863, a number of meetings were held by this |
| 14th century. Anyone who was found playing soccer | | | | association and a few round of meetings between |
| openly was imprisoned. | | | | October and December 1863 proved successful and |
| The king said that the game makes a lot of noise | | | | the first group of agreeable rules and regulations |
| through the people watching it and also by the | | | | were decided. At first many groups decided to leave |
| players playing the game. Though it may be said as a | | | | the association's governance because they were not |
| completely senseless decision but considering the | | | | happy with a number of laws. |
| time, too much noise may not be liked by the people | | | | One of these laws was that the ball cannot be |
| or the kings at least. | | | | carried by the player in the hand and tripping (known |
| But the game was living inside the people and they | | | | as hacking) was not allowed and was considered a |
| didn't seem to give up on the game. The game again | | | | foul and the opponents were given due advantage |
| saw a boom and public support from the start of the | | | | for the foul. These and some others were not |
| 19th century and again started to gain popularity | | | | preferred by some so they decided to leave. |
| among the masses. There was no official governing | | | | But after some time, the football association was |
| party so the game events were held by individual | | | | changed into Federation Internatinale de Football |
| clubs and small group of people who were willing to | | | | Association also known as (aka) FIFA in the early |
| keep the game alive. | | | | 20th century. The FIFA was also not given a |
| But the games usually didn't seem to end peacefully. | | | | welcoming hand at first but later people decided to |
| Some injuries could be seen during the game and | | | | accept it and the groups seeing this fame, joined it |
| some maybe after the game during some quarrellings | | | | and this body is still governing the official matches |
| between groups of people supporting different | | | | held internationally and between clubs. |
| teams. Broken legs and busted heads could be heard | | | | |