American Reacts The history of football - Summary on a Map

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[@jeffjefferson7384]

The way that guy pronounced Uruguay scrambled my brain. ERRRRGWAYY

[@martindunstan8043]

😂😂I need to get out more, it's been driving me insane since I first heard it, then it wouldn't shut up saying it😂✌️

[@whitedrguy6503]

It’s an American thing, they tend to pronounce U as ooh rather than you, they pronounce Emu as Emoo instead of Emyou.

[@astrecks]

@@whitedrguy6503 Actually, he is pronouncing Uruguay more or less the same way as the Spanish speaking people of that country would pronounce it themselves oo-roo-way with a rolled r.

[@davidfuters7152]

Yanks can’t say Jaguar either , every time is see an American car show it drives me mad . Who puts a a w in Jagwar ?

[@whitedrguy6503]

@@davidfuters7152 they do have a state where you put AR in front of another state and end up with a completely different pronunciation, Kansas and ad Ar in front and it ends up as Arkansaw ?

[@VillaFanDan92]

You had it the opposite way around for the entry of England into FIFA. France blocked England because they wanted a Team UK or Team GB instead. But England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland didn't want to merge teams.

[@zo7034]

It was so clearly explained and connor still got it wrong, I like watching his videos some times, but he can be really dumb

[@Cruithneach]

@@SimSim-zf9if More than one, but one is theoretical as it hasn't operated for a while

[@charliedate4700]

Neymar doesn’t get the €220mil they paid that to Barcelona as a transfer fee, his salary is a separate amount negotiated in his contract upon agreeing the move from Barcelona. Transfer fees always go to the club you are purchasing a player from not the individual.

[@perfilgenerico8717]

Exactly. There are also signing bonuses given to the player by his new team but that is a separate thing and it's not mandatory to the deal be made, that bonuses can be higher if the player is a free agent exactly because they don't have to pay the transfer fee

[@blackbob3358]

Forgive the lad, 4700, at least he's prepared to learn stuff. My old man remembered when a player called Johnny Haines at Fulham became the first £50 a week player.

[@Lnch4ALion]

One thing is for sure, Argentina think that cheating is a virtue

[@arwelp]

It’s since 1982 that the final matches in the group stage are played simultaneously in each group, so no-one knows in advance what score is needed for them to progress.

[@Londronable]

Ow ffs. 220 million was given to Barcelona by PSG so PSG had permission to offer a contract to Neymar. 1) Club offers money for a player under contract of that team. 2) Club accepts the offer. 3) Player discusses contract with potential club. 4a) Player accepts the new contract and his club gets paid. Good players are more than 50 million these days. 4b) Player does not accept the contract and decides to continue to stay at the club. The club does not receive any money. Yes, the player is the one with the power. Human rights are a big thing in Europe, you can't just give players to other teams. The price tags of player have nothing to do with their income. It's the clubs that gain that money to reinvest. Wages for top players are around 400k/week. For players like Messi and Ronaldo at their peak it was closer to 1 million/week. That's only club wages without bonusses. It's common to get for example 50k for every goal. KDB gets 65k for example for every goal scored.

[@neilgayleard3842]

2 key things that were overlooked. 1888 the formation of the football league in England. 1966 Jeff Hurst scored the only hatrick ever in a world cup final.

[@ha22el5]

not anymore, Mbappé just did yesterday too

[@bepto4877]

Sheffield Football Club ( Sheffield FC ) is recognized by the FA and FIFA as the oldest football club. It was founded in 1857 by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest, the club established the Sheffield Rules which became the first set of official rules for the game of football. The Sheffield Rules even influenced the rules of the FA. Sheffield became a member of the FA in 1863 but continued to use its own rules. The club finally adopted the FA’s rules in 1878. This team revolutionalised the whole game and its impact on the world. Sheffield FC and neighbours Hallam compete in a friendly what might be the oldest football fixture in the world. In 2004, Sheffield FC became only the second team in history after Real Madrid to be awarded the FIFA Order of Merit. In 2007, the club was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.

[@dannjp75]

Thank god for copy/paste and Wikipedia

[@Wickerrman]

Love it, as a Sheffield Wednesday fan, I'm so proud of my city for its history in the biggest sport the world has ever seen!

[@charlesfrancis6894]

In the 1966 world cup N.Korea beat the mighty Italy which was a massive shock . England won the final against Germany 4-2 and the third goal was very controversial in that it was very difficult to see if the ball crossed the line but the Russian linesman said it did to the anger of the German players. Geoff Hurst later said that the fourth goal was him attempting to kick the ball out of the stadium to waste time but it shot into the goal.

[@InquisitiveBaldMan]

Maradonnas fee isnt adjusted. Thats was the fee in 1982. Adjusted its over 30M euros. Which isnt even that much today.

[@PeterDay81]

The twelve founder members of the Football League are Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Derby County, Everton, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke (as they were known at the time), West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers. No London clubs.

[@JohnMeffen]

So what?

[@JohnMeffen]

The founding members of the stirlingshire football association were, Falkirk, lenzie, stenhousemuir, campsie, east stirlingshire and grahamston

[@PeterDay81]

@@JohnMeffenit is a historical fact on football.

[@lloyd_r]

@@JohnMeffen mong

[@johnp8131]

Why no London clubs??? Well, Blackheath FC should or could have been part of the original football league, however as 'Hacking' became outlawed, they decided to go with the alternative code and later became Blackheath RUFC. How much truth there is in this I am unsure but I have seen it from numerous sources.

[@shakya00]

Just to correct something we see a lot on the news and at the end of this video : It is estimated that 6,500 foreign workers died between 2011 and 2020 in Qatar. It doesn't mean that they died of labor building infrastructures for the World cup contrary to what some people/NGO claim or ambiguously imply.

[@arwelp]

The original Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen in 1983 and has never been found - it’s believed to have been melted down.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Most sports originated in England. Yes, golf started in Scotland.

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

Invented many, and unfortunately we are now crap at them.

[@5thMilitia]

It is more that the rules were written down in England

[@susanpeters5392]

Yes they did

[@valeriedavidson2785]

@@5thMilitia I know the rules were written down in England but football was started in England and definitely regarded as an English game. Most other sports were too. Rugby, tennis, golf (Scotland), badminton, squash, motor racing, skiing and others.

[@johnp8131]

@@5thMilitia It's a little more than that Hendrik. With most of these sports certain things were excluded or included when the rules were written down. For example, Cambridge rules banned 'Hacking', Blackheath FC wanted to keep this rule and therefore moved to Rugby Football. Hence no London clubs in initial Football League.

[@ianmarsh6123]

That goal by Diego maradona was voted the greatest ever world cup goal scored, by the Great British public. Argentina was surprised by the results considering the previous handball goal and the 1982 war. But hey ho that's Blighty.

[@Wickerrman]

The brilliance is that the tongue in cheek part of it means it must have been bloomin' good to have been scored against us! :D

[@bimble7240]

2:13 Mob football is still played today in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and has been since the 14th Century. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWbFhGabma6HpNk Well worth a watch Conner. You will be surprised how brutal it is. Hundreds of players and very few rules.

[@raymondporter2094]

And many other towns/villages in England play "mob-football" - places like Sedgefield in County Durham. They are like a mass-brawl with the young for men trying to score the winner for their team. Such games require shops to shut (maybe board up their windows) and basically the town or village will effectively close for the day. Often the town/village games last for hours, involve hundreds of people and lots of the participants may suffer injury. They often take place on Shrove Tuesday or at Easter.

[@gheddafiduck8239]

Harpastum is STILL played in Florence, they call it Calcio Storico and it’s extremely violent, you should react to it

[@Tobi_3L]

32:00 In the group stage the goal difference is taken into account. All three countries had 4 points, but Algeria had more goals against his goal. So Germany and Austria stopped scoring goals to avoid the risk of lowering their own scores.

[@timholder6825]

You're idea for a special cup for triple winners is typically American and cheapens Brazil's achievement. America kept the Americas Cup (yachting) after it won three times and that trophy now resides permanently in America. I think it's something to do with foundation of the sport and traditions and it's also something that can never be taken away or detracted from....which, I feel, is what your idea would do to the history of the tournament. Incidentally, Brasil has now won 5 and Germany 4.

[@thequietman760]

Brazil where gifted the Jules Remet trophy the original world cup after winning it 3 times and then it was stolen and never recovered. The new world cup trophy resides at FIFA in Switzerland on permanent display. So Wen a team wins the world cup now they are awarded the FIFA cup winners trophy which is a replica of the original

[@almostyummymummy]

Even though America's Cup is correctly known as the Admiral's Cup. Which I won't be watching, seeing as Team NZ owner was such a dick.

[@chandradrews3257]

Mate you should watch Game of Their Lives. Should be somewhere in KZbin. It chronicles North Korea’s adventure in the 1966 World Cup. Splendid documentary.

[@jeffjefferson7384]

Yup, Paris Saint Germain, Manchester City and Newcastle United are now owned by 3 different Middle Eastern countries, effectively giving them an infinite spending budget. Chelsea was bought by a Russian billionaire. All 4 teams derived their wealth from the petro-chemical wealth of entire nation states...

[@InquisitiveBaldMan]

The bit that makes this story obvious is the fact they use RFU. Meaning Rugby Football Union. Rugby did split for football.

[@mlee6050]

Bit I saw I liked was on football rules the place called rugby use rules where use hands

[@fabshop6359]

If you took more notice of the map of England, in this video, you would have seen to town of Rugby, and you would then not ask if Rugby was an English creation. The word Soccer is derived from Association, that to is an English creation. Cricket & Baseball too… all the best games are.😂😂

[@marymellor7214]

Red/yellow cards introduced to bring consistency to decidion s so that players would know when they are about to send off.

[@johnp8131]

Connor, modern Golf originated in Scotland as Cricket as we would recognise it is Engish. One thing of interest is, the first international cricket match was not between any of the current big 'Test Match' cricketing countries. In 1844 it was between the USA and Canada, at the St George's Cricket Club in New York. And Englands first oveseas tour was against the USA, fifteen years later. The Canada match, pre-dated Test Cricket by nearly thirty years!

[@blackbob3358]

When i first heard that(cricket) it knocked my socks off. I thought it was a wind up, 8131.

[@101steel4]

PSG still haven't won the champions league, neither have man city. So money doesn't always guarantee success. But it does help lol.

[@garethheskett4236]

In my home town we still play a version of Mob football, there are 3 games over 3 days every Easter, we call it uppies and downies and there are a few videos on KZbin you can watch, nobody has died in about 30yrs but it can be quite violent, there's no limit on the numbers of players or how long a game takes

[@andreanecchi5930]

the Czech republic and Slovakia play a special cup, the winners of their respective national cups play each other, I discovered it playing football manager coaching a Slovakian team

[@DaxRaider]

north korea played in world cup 2010

[@fredkinasingsagain2364]

At the 1930 World Cup USA played in the first World Cup game (there was actually 2 games played at the same time). USA player Ben Patenaude became the first to score a World Cup Hat-trick (He came from Fall River, Massachusetts). And USA reached the semi-finals.

[@ZenoWatson]

Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the sport's first-ever international. It took place on 30 November 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, the West of Scotland Cricket Club's ground in Partick, Glasgow.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

To be fair, in the 1950 games when the US and Spain defeated England, it was just a few years after England had been through the Blitz. Football for like a decade prior to then, would have been a distant consideration for many of them. All that said, it is quite ironic that even though modern football was developed in the UK, we all pretty much suck at it. At least the male teams do.

[@ianstyring9602]

Bring on Friday - my birthday - England vs USA. Come on England!

[@Dave.Thatcher1]

Apparently Kane is reported to have an ankle injury!........nothing of the sort! He (and the rest of the team) are suffering from "Housemaids Knee".😄

[@susanpeters5392]

Hoping sooo but but

[@RB-nt6zx]

About the match between Germany and Austria, that knocked out Algeria: Austria and Germany still had to play the last game. Austria had 4 points (they counted 2 pts per win back in the day) Algeria had 4 points Germany had 2 points In case of an Aus-Ger draw or an Austrian win, Austria and Algeria would go on to the next round. But after Germany scored 1 goal, both teams just played really slowly and didn't attack anymore. This can't happen nowadays, because the 2 last matches of a group are played in parallel, so noone can calculate the points and rig the game.

[@jasonfearnley1744]

When someone buys a club they pay the clubs debts off as well sometimes a football club is bought for 1 pound plus debt payed off which could be in the hundreds of millions

[@sandrogattorno4962]

Because during WW2 in Italy there was also the civil war between fascists and partisans, in 43 there is the armistice and Italy becomes a nation occupied by the Nazis in collaboration with the RSI who were the fascists loyal to Mussolini while Italy had already turned the page. So at the end of the war Italy was paradoxically on the winning side.

[@johntsam7071]

There's a vidio by Oversimplified that covers the Fooball War between El Salvador and Honduras if you wanna check out! P.S. The first World Cup trophy (the one Brazil got after winning it for 3 times) was inspired after the Greek goddess of Victory, Nike!

[@martinbynion1589]

Italy changed sides in WW2 in 1943, so was not considered an occupied country. Also. I don't think "Best of Seven" is feasible for contact sports; there would need to be big gaps between the games and finals would take long periods to complete.

[@teanosuger]

Mob football is still played in Ashbourne know as Shrovetide , the teams are decided by which side of the river you’re from ( upper or downer ) there’s one rule NO Murder.

[@perfilgenerico8717]

Brazil was also in a dictatorship (since 1964) when we won our third cup in 70 and it the football was used as a huge peace of propaganda for the government but not all players and coaches accepted that, Brazil national team coach João Saldanha; a journalist, former player, anti-dictatorship activist and high hanking member of the braziliann communist party; was sacked a few months before 1970 world cup for not complying to the dictator orders regarding who he should play.

[@Smratboy]

So we can now agree that football is the correct name and America needs to make a new name for their pansy run with ball game?

[@chrissmith8773]

They can call it American rugby. I’m ok with that.

[@franzliszt8957]

So fucking childish. It's just a fucking word.

[@victorcapel2755]

@@chrissmith8773 If I understand things correctly, and that's not a given, "Soccer" is comes from "Association Fotball" and is technically correct.

[@Lnch4ALion]

Or you pansies can just grow up and realise different cultures have different names for things . Its always the simpletons who cant grasp it

[@Lnch4ALion]

@@chrissmith8773 Nobody is really bothered what Chris Smith prefers

[@DaxRaider]

italy is allowed because ... well italy wasnt occupied. you know italy always "switched" mid war to be on the winner team its a foul move if you ask me xD

[@gheddafiduck8239]

It’s only a meme

[@timholder6825]

Before the cards there was booking and sending off in the same way, but with no cards.

[@timholder6825]

Oh yeah, golf is Scotland's sport. Most American sports are based on, derived from, British sports. American football/Rugby. Baseball/rounders (traditionally considered a girl's sport in this country. Boys play cricket, girls play rounders). Basketball is however completely American. Netball, it's equivalent here, but with a few differences, is derived from basketball, which is all American (again, netball is traditionally a girl's sport here).

[@JoaoPedroTiago]

Basketball canadian

[@timphillips9954]

baseball from the UKthough.

[@lucaslacour7324]

1978 argentina was a military dictatorship like many others in south america imposed by the united states (plan condor). With the world cup they covered up all the disappearances that the military carried out

[@marymellor7214]

That's why I'm the uk there is the fact ful a knock out and a league in which each team plays every other team and at the end of the season the winner is the one with most wins.

[@jhdix6731]

Well, let's say the team *with the most points* wins. The 2nd might have won more matches, but still have less points due to more losses.

[@OCDean73]

In 1950, when USA beat England 1-0 it was classed as the biggest upset of all time. The USA team were all part-time amateur players. To this day, England have still not beaten USA in any World Cup match. In 1966, North Korea beat Italy 1-0, made it through to the quarter finals where they scored 3 times in the first 25min v Portugal. But then one of the best players the World has ever seen, Eusebio, scored 4 times for Portugal, who won 5-3. In 1974, East Germany shocked West Germany with a 1-0 win. 1986, both Maradona goals v England: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ6oXp2wlL2raLs 2011, yes Qatar's monarch/head of state bought PSG. Chelsea were bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. He was encouraged (forced) to sell them in the months after Russia invaded Ukraine.

[@MisterChrisInTheUK]

Does anyone else wonder where 'Erg Way' is?

[@martinbairstow8706]

great channel long time subscriber you should react to the atherstone ball game

[@gwynwilliams4222]

English invented football and rugby and cricket the Scottish invented golf and the Welsh invented tennis and the modern Olympics that's right the Welsh invented the Olympics

[@nathanfletcher7023]

im sheffield born and bred. sheffield wednesday is my team. established in 1867

[@timholder6825]

Try a reaction to the story of Bert Trautman. The WW 2 German paratrooper who after the war became the iconic Manchester City goalkeeper. Famously breaking his neck during one match but continued to play the match till the end and even making some good saves....with a broken neck! See the footage and you can actually see the guys got something seriously wrong with his neck, but plays on right till the end. Balls of Steel. Lol, at school I was playing footie and broke my ankle, I'd had a broken leg before and knew it was bad, but the teacher thought I was faking it and made me play on for the whole second half. Last lesson of the day, gym/football, by the time I got home my ankle was the size of the football. My dad took me to hospital and it was badly broken, worse because the teacher made me play on. My dad should have sued him, but this is NE England in the 1970's, such things were unheard of. It was just tough luck and Geordie attitudes were stop crying like a baby and get on with it.

[@andypandy9013]

The match in question was the F.A. Cup Final.

[@johnp8131]

Just watched the new Film, not bad.

[@alensmic6100]

recomend you check The English Game tells the true story of the birth of modern soccer. The show is set in 1880s England

[@DillaryHuff]

31:30 The way I interpret it, France and Austria decided to settle for a particular scoreline that would ensure that both teams definitely would advance to the next stage, at the expense of third placed, Algeria.

[@tm3008]

West Germany and Austria

[@DillaryHuff]

@@tm3008 Well, that makes the bias even more obvious lol

[@kieranobrien7342]

You should watch Gaelic football mixed with ausie rules, Ireland v Australia

[@martynnotman3467]

Baseball is also an English Invention

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

But Finland fixed problems it still has for some reason. Maybe England and US like flawed, boring version.

[@rayala21]

Did you notice Rugby in the 1840s were handelers

[@bizzz29]

Soule it's the REAL origin of football (1147)!

[@charlesfrancis6894]

You are correct about money governing football and that is my concern for the future of the game. Money is of course important to society but the share of wealth can become distorted and a catalyst for both civil unrest and corruption.

[@timholder6825]

No the start of Rugby is down to William Webb-Ellis. They were playing football (soccer) at Rugby public (private) school. Webb-Ellis was no good at football (which requires skills) so he picked up the ball and ran with it. Everyone tried to stop him and so Rugby was born. It was very much a upper class people's sport....exclusive and still has posh overtones about it. I think it was 1840's when it was invented and formalised. The saying is, football (soccer) is a gentleman's sport played by rouges. Rugby is a rouges sport played by gentlemen. My own opinion is, people who play Rugby are fatties and public school boys who are no good at football. I think this probably applies to Webb-Ellis and he did what he did out of frustration at his lack of skill.

[@madyottoyotto3055]

There was actually two types of mob football Royal Shrovetide ball games Mostly football Example today Ashbourne Shrovetide ball games And shrovetide ball games Mostly rugby Atherstone Shrovetide ball games

[@grogu9698]

Well, that´s part of the beauty of football. You can be the richest team, with the highest budget and buy the best players and still not be champion

[@JoaoPedroTiago]

No the team with most money doesnt win. PSG spend "all the money" and dont get the trophies to back it up . at least not until today . Man city spend a lot of money and not until they got Guardiola did they won

[@Lnch4ALion]

They do within their oen national League

[@JoaoPedroTiago]

thats not what they spent the money for. Lille didn't spend nearly as mutch money and won the league in 20/21

[@levivalentinovideos]

Man City won the Prem before they got Pep

[@JohnMacbeth]

No they wanted the UK to apply as a single team rather than 4 independent teams

[@charlesfrancis6894]

The U.S.A. has quite a good record against England in football and you may know that they meet in this years world cup on Friday,it should be close and i would not be at all surprised if USA wins .I would also not be surprised if England win because it is one of those matches to close to pick. A surprise would be Germany being beaten by Japan which happened of course or Argentina being beaten by Saudi Arabia . It is likely however that the final will be between two of the more traditional giants. Though Greece did win the Nations Cup [European nations] one time by concentrating on a strong defense and occasional break away goals.

[@rizzcs6018]

X Team Vs Rest of the world happens from time to time. Most people expect the "Rest of the world" to win but the truth is the real team normally wins because they are used to playing together. At least from the games i watched.

[@Freehardy]

PSG bought Neymar from Barcelona and Kylian Mbappe from Lyon. It's Barcelona and Lyon who get the transfer fee, not the players. Yes, the richest teams can buy the best players, but neither PSG or Man City have won the champions league. Having the most money doesn't guarantee success. It's how that money is spent and how the club is managed that will determine success. Lots of money just really helps..

[@jasonfearnley1744]

Sheffield rules and London rules for football merge to make the modern sport as we know it

[@waynelowe3329]

Im surprised it didn't mention Notts County football club

[@D25Bev]

You should watch 'How Qatar Bought the World Cup' by Johnny Harris. You've seen a couple of his videos & that one is a great watch. Edit. Then just after i comment, you mention it ha

[@stevelknievel4183]

The football war was the last war to have piston-engined aircraft used by both sides.

[@robertyoung4523]

the modern passing game was invented in scotland and spread round the world .

[@Jbatley1]

I’m not 100% sure with the yellow and red cards as I wasn’t around them but my parents were n from what they say of football back then it was a much more violent game

[@CaiusAureliusCotta]

They created for the 1970 WC. Before that a player couldn't be sent off. Substitution wasn't allowed either. In 1966, for example, the Portuguese beated Pelé so hard that they need to carry him out of field. There is footage of this, and also of him playing with a knee injured in that match.

[@JoeSurkitt]

It's coming home!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@pabmusic1]

Italy wasn't banned from post-war competitions because it had changed sides in 1943. Sort of.

[@Jbatley1]

Also psg was bought at bargain basement prices because it was in tons of debt

[@Delivery_Boy_Roy]

I think Italy was allowed because Mussolini was kicked out of office and near the end of the war Italy switched sides.

[@dinadangdong]

20 minutes:? March Madness? Wild Card NFL?

[@dinadangdong]

One off games ....

[@rayala21]

Best World Cup result for the US? 3rd place…. ----- What about a best of 2 (most goals scored)?

[@keithsowerby8179]

North Korea did better than expected and was only defeated at quarter final stage by Portugal at Goodison Park. This was big enough for the Dear Leader, who expected them to win the tournament, with team members mostly ending up in prison camps

[@charlesfrancis6894]

Correct again i was half shocked that governing bodies did not stop the whole event after so many migrant workers died working on the Qatar infrastructure but as i have said money combined with greed and corruption and the self interest of politicians and the fact that it did not make headlines for as long as the deaths continued says much about the societies we live in today.

[@SolidusSnapes]

The oldest ball sport is hurley which is 3000 years old.

[@DianeLittle-dd6ej]

Conner you would love still game live from the hydro but you would need to watch a couple of episodes of still game before watching it live

[@mrsiborg]

Italy wasn't occupied after World War 2 like Germany and Japan was so they could take part in the World Cup.

[@daffodil800]

similar to you, I was in Rhodes when Greece won the Euro 2004 final, and the cars were honking in the streets, waiters were being thrown into swimming pools (fully clothed) the place went nuts

[@macadelic2492]

USA was really into Football but eventually American Football became more popular

[@henrimarjoan7876]

North Korea was also in 2010 world cup

[@daffodil800]

the rules for booking and sending off were there, but instead of the referee just saying it, showing the yellow and red card was easier and everyone could see what was happening

[@MrBulky992]

In domestic games in the UK before the yellow and red cards were introduced, the referee used to write the offending player's name in a notebook to indicate that a warning had been issued. If they were sent off, I think he just told them and pointed off the field.

[@blackbob3358]

Money dos'nt just talk, it swears !!

[@DaxRaider]

and now we could reach the end of fifa denmark and other nothern countries think about leaving fifa because of this world cup debakle and other nations might join them ...

[@victorcapel2755]

Won't happen, but I'd love it if it did. We complain a lot about UEFA in Europe, but FIFA is on another level of corruption and pure dickheadery.

[@ianstyring9602]

Britain invented cricket, rugby and football. Scotland invented golf.

[@buildabs]

England, not Britain.

[@ianstyring9602]

@@buildabs when the sports were invented, we were a union. Check the times.....

[@susanpeters5392]

Are we not good lol

[@Mk1Male]

@@ianstyring9602 You need to check your history 😂

[@ellentronicmistress4969]

It was invented in England though. Or at least, if you are going to have the view that it was a 'British invention' then the telephone, television and many other inventions from North of the Border must also be British inventions, not Scottish, and I think many Scots might disagree with that notion.

[@mlee6050]

I was waiting to hear about we called it soccer first Damn a football war cause 3000

[@shymike]

Is that how Americans pronounce Uruguay?!!

[@JJ-of1ir]

let's be real here. It's France and the UK we are talking about! LOL

[@MisterSquiz]

World’s 1st football club: Sheffield FC

[@WKogut]

If you want to know more about all the Qatars wrongdoings in preparation for this year's WC, I recommend the channel named HITC Sevens

[@jonathanashbrook5083]

the funny thing is even after spending all that money on players PSG have not won the champions league 🤣

[@damiandorhoff719]

East Germany actually won against West Germany with 1 to 0

[@williamwhitty7243]

best of 7 sound like a way to cash in ,make as mutch dollar from fans as posable,merican capatilist greed in a nutshell

[@Jbatley1]

Quatar owns more land in the Uk than they have in their country lol 😂 they have a really small population and the worlds larges oil reserve so they have a lot of money. The country knows oil is drying up so it’s diversifying and buying new businesses and stuff to keep hold of their wealth as the world goes green