The history of Soccer - England, Not at all

[JJ33]

There are many nations with great football players and teams around the globe. But how many people know that the origin of football comes from Ancient China?

A Chinese game called cuju (蹴鞠) has been recognized by FIFA as the first version of the game with regular rules. It existed during the Han dynasty and possibly the Qin dynasty, in the second and third centuries BC. The Japanese version of cuju is kemari (蹴鞠) and was developed during the Asuka period.[16] This is known to have been played within the Japanese imperial court in Kyoto from about 600 AD. In kemari several people stand in a circle and kick a ball to each other, trying not to let the ball drop to the ground.

There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games, played by indigenous peoples in many different parts of the world. The Ancient Greeks and Romans are known to have played many ball games, some of which involved the use of the feet. The Roman game harpastum is believed to have been adapted from a Greek team game known as "ἐπίσκυρος" (Episkyros). The politician Cicero (106–43 BC) describes the case of a man who was killed whilst having a shave when a ball was kicked into a barber's shop. Roman ball games already knew the air-filled ball, the follies. Episkyros is recognized as an early form of football by FIFA. The Māori in New Zealand played a game called Ki-o-Rahi consisting of teams of seven players play on a circular field divided into zones, and score points by touching the 'pou' (boundary markers) and hitting a central 'tupu' or target.

These games and others may well go far back into antiquity. However, the main sources of modern football codes appear to lie in western Europe, especially England.

Edited November 20, 2018 by JJ33

[lordsnot]

football as we know it was invented by the english...just because the chinese played some diluted version of it doesn't mean they invented it.

[JJ33]

17 hours ago, lordsnot said:

football as we know it was invented by the english...just because the chinese played some diluted version of it doesn't mean they invented it.

To make this clear, from what the English invented soccer, and why the sport appeared in England?

Secondly, things are not just about the name, but the skills and moves, and many have found and develop their style, not from the 'original' English or modern sport soccer, but from the old time 'diluted version' in ancient China.