History of Soccer: The world that we live in has many different faces to it. These are marked by history and the events that took place at those times are recorded for people many generations down in time to able to know what happened. This is also true of soccer. The history of soccer is however somewhat difficult to know as there is very little documentation or folk tales that are told about it.
We shall however try to piece this veil of history and inform you about all that is known about the history of soccer. So where shall we begin? The first place to begin is still unknown but there is evidence that some form of soccer was played more than 3000 years ago. We also have solid evidence that soccer was played in Japan sometime in 1004 BC. There is a historical text from China that informs us about a “soccer” game that was played between China and Japan.
So we now see that in the history of soccer matches were also played between two countries. Hey, it looks like the mists of history are slowly lifting and we are beginning to see more of the modern game of soccer. Now besides these pieces of historical evidence, we find that there is a mention about a soccer game being played in Kyoto which was the capital of Japan in 611 AD.
These are known to be the earliest recordings of soccer. Now we will move to England which is said to be the home of modern soccer. According to the history of soccer, many kings and queens regarded soccer as being a vulgar game. For this reason, they tried many times to have the game banned and stiff penalties like imprisonment for playing the game enforced. This however did not work.
It is known that Eton College in England had designed some soccer rules around about 1815. These are regarded as the earliest signs of soccer being an organized game. Thereafter soccer was exported to other countries and it has evolved into the game that we all know about – to some degree. Today you will find soccer being played in many parts of the world.
The playing fields may be different but the enthusiasm for the game is the same. Now when you look back at the history of soccer you will see that in many ways soccer is still being played with the same passion as our ancestors. For this reason, you can see why soccer can travel so far and in so little time.