The history of football - Summary on a Map

[@GeoHistory]

Hello dear subscribers, let's retrace on a map the great historical steps that made football the most popular sport in the world. I hope you like it! If so, remember that you can support the channel by putting a like on the video and by sharing it. Cheers!

[@brianthehedgehog]

Maybe do Basketball sooner

[@jes3d]

ok

[@micoucovic8067]

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[@cloverfinderboygamer3573]

So the city is Kansas city for 2026? If so I don't need to be in a Hotel I love Missouri where I live

[@babaksard9622]

this is more like a European and american history of football. way to not see the "black and orientals"

[@joshmcdonald1141]

I love how you make sure to tie in all the historical factors at the time. The journey of this sport is really incredible

[@Faaadu_]

Definitely, insane how far it’s come.

[@98MAzdaMilleniaS]

OP didn’t title the video correctly. “The history of soccer.” FFS England had chance to prove usa wrong and that it’s not soccer, they couldn’t beat US 🤣🤣🤣

[@jinz0]

Thanks England for Creating the beautiful game

[@Jimjim226]

You’re not on Twitter fella

[@seyioyetade]

@@98MAzdaMilleniaS you also didn't beat England so what's Ur point?

[@theedgar1239]

Never expected Geo History to pull out a history documentary on Football.

[@ironkraken7157]

its called soccer

[@ironkraken7157]

its called soccer

[@ironkraken7157]

its called soccer

[@makingmemesat3AM]

@@ironkraken7157 it’s called football you nonce

[@makingmemesat3AM]

@@ironkraken7157 it’s called football you nonce

[@_Wombat]

An interesting fact about 'Mob Football'. There is a town in England called Ashbourne (Derbyshire) where they still play this every year on Shrove Tuesday. It is called 'Shrovetide'. The people who live on the 'Upper' side of the river play against those who live on the 'Lower' side of the river. Uppers vs Downers. It gets quite serious - all of the shops board up their windows, for instance.

[@AmazinglyAwkward]

Damn, I knew I'd be beat to it! Lived in Ashbourne (for anyone outside of England Ashbourne is pretty much in the middle of the whole country, we're the furthest away from any coast) my whole life and yeah, it can get nasty, people have died iirc via crushing. The whole town is pretty much shut for two days while this game is played, the teams are called Uppards and Downards but other than that yeah spot on. The only other thing is it's now called Royal Shrovetide Football after Prince (now King) Charles threw the ball into the awaiting crowd (or mob if you prefer) in 2003

[@_Wombat]

@@AmazinglyAwkward ah my bad I had a feeling I'd got that wrong. I don't live in Ashbourne but it's my local town growing up. Never played in the game myself but still, it's probably about the most interesting thing about the place haha.

[@patrickchampion8179]

There's a very similar game still going in Sedgefield not that far from me

[@AmazinglyAwkward]

@@_Wombat no worries! Yeah I mean there's not much else the town has going for it other than it being on the edge of the Peak District as you know but Shrovetide has to be the most interesting event of the year!

[@rogink]

Yeah. Isn't this the origin of the term 'Derby' for a match between two local clubs?

[@armandho]

The admin knows how to cash in on the craze of the world cup

[@cautarepvp2079]

He dam sure knows, i am waiting for Ad to finish while commenting, can't wait to see how this video presents the football.

[@AXELVISSERS]

It's nowhere near as popular as in 2018 tho. Qatar just fd it up.

[@DemonetisedZone]

The World Cup is not a 'craze' You make it sound like a fidget spinning contest😏

[@robertm.8653]

Wow, almost as if it's a good decision from a marketing point of view 😲

[@niceguy2568]

Ain't that a great thing

[@The_Lovre]

Fun fact: First football in Croatia was from a British and French guy which were there to inspect harvesting of oak trees for wine barels

[@johnkelly1916]

Fun fact: Site your sources before making a false claim and calling it a fun fact

[@-xnnybimb-9398]

@@johnkelly1916 cite*

[@fourqdash]

@@johnkelly1916 chill for a min

[@johnkelly1916]

@@-xnnybimb-9398 thanks for the correction, I was in a haste with my reply and made a silly mistake. :)

[@johnkelly1916]

@@fourqdash it's an incorrect statement, so that's why I am calling it out

[@tibodeclercq2131]

What could have been mentioned aswell is the 1995 Bosman ruling. This transformed football in Europe and made money, agents and trasfers explode. That is also why no clubs from smaller countries can't make it far in the European cups any more.

[@domiiinik4320]

You made it look like it was a bad rule, but it was one of the best rules ever, this allows players to sign contracts earlier, when you have 6 months of contract with previous club and it prevents keeping player by force in club they don't want to play in

[@domiiinik4320]

@@GARTEN-KATZEN-PARADIES bullshit, it saved careers of many players

[@VladissimoTheMocker]

@@GARTEN-KATZEN-PARADIES bruh, if you want to make a point (no matter how inane it is), do some research. Or better yet, use some brain power. "Everyone goes everywhere"? You wanna shackle players to their home turf, robbing players from underdeveloped areas like Africa or South America of their chance to shine in Europe or what? I guess in your perfect world insanely talented but sickly Messi never accepted Barcelona's offer. Or Son Heung-min never became South Korea's idol and inspiration because he's rocking EPL. "Mass migration destroys national teams"? Facepalm for bozo. "i CanT iDEntIfY wiTh aNyTHinG". I identify you as an idiot. Or troll. Or something in between, I dunno. Yes there's monopolies and poaching (for example, Bayern's infamous for "stealing" all the best german players); yes rich clubs are feuding with UEFA over money (deeply unpoplar Super League) among many other issues. But globalization made football more accessible, more open, more agile. Soccer is about to replace american football as biggest sport in US; Africa and Asia keep churning out promising kids out of academies built for european money. P.S. Trent Alexander-Arnold. He's a scouzer playing for Scouzers. Insane how it goes, huh?)

[@kieronparr3403]

How do you equate the Bosman ruling with smaller clubs not being as competitive?

[@tibodeclercq2131]

@@kieronparr3403 Because before that clubs could receive transfer fees for players who were out of contract. So for example when your contract ended in 1992, clubs could still ask transfer fees, so even though it would take untill 1994 you could find a new club, the new club should always have to pay a transfer fee. This way small clubs were able to hold their talents and key players. That is why clubs from Netherlands, Belgium, Romania, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Yugoslavia .... could make it very far into European cups. If you look at the history of Europa Cup 1, Europa Cup 2 and the UEFA cup then you will see clubs from smaller countries often made it to the semi finals or even the final. And after 1995 that slowed down. That is why Red Star Belgrade, Bukarest, Ajax and PSV won the champions league in the past. Today they are nothing compared to the big leagues.

[@sebastianbate7835]

Uruguay being tiny in land and population but still managing to win 2 world cups, including a david vs goliath match in world cup final 1950 never ceases to amaze me

[@walterpiana7912]

Calcio Fiorentino (also known as calcio storico "historic football") is an early form of football (soccer and rugby) that originated during the Middle Ages in Italy.[1] Once widely played, the sport is thought to have started in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. There it became known as the giuoco del calcio fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio, which is now also the name for association football in the Italian language. The game may have started as a revival of the Roman sport of harpastum.

[@m.dewylde5287]

Cool! Thank you!!

[@neurozee6598]

Right. Not mentioning calcio or the Aztec games is a serious omission.

[@Darrenski]

Basically football started when someone anywhere in the world won a battle and thought it would be a fun idea to kick the head of their enemies leader in a mass free for all. This was such fun that almost every nation on earth had their own version of kick the head around. Thankfully they narrowed it down a little, civilised it (sort of) then wrote down 'these are the rules' one day after a few beers in a London pub between a bunch of drunken northern monkeys and hey presto... football is born. There. That's the entire history of football.

[@paul-martens]

This is probably one of the last long videos about world football history without a single mention of "Messi"

[@dpknesek]

And it's a glaring omission that it didn't. If it's going to mention Pele, Mardonna, Zidane, and Nemar, then it absolutely should have mentioned Messi.

[@19MAD95]

One of my favorite fun facts is that as a result of the lost in the 1950 World Cup final match the Brazilian national team to this day refuses to wear white.

[@welshexile8505]

Just discovered the channel this morning and loving it. Really pleased you included the historical tie with rugby football and the fact that until the late 19th century this was a shared history, rather than the myth that rugby football just appeared as an offshoot of Association Football. Good work. Would love to see a video on the history of rugby… or maybe even Wales…😊

[@DieFlabbergast]

Who believes in or promotes this myth? I've never heard this before. If you're British, you'd have to be pretty stupid to believe such hogwash. Rugby Football, American Football, Australian Rules Football, and Gaelic Football (all "handling" codes) are just as much "football" as Association Football (aka soccer, which is what British people of all social classes called the sport up until the 1980s).

[@aliceroen]

England has really created the best sports

[@Footballmad11]

Yeah cus im from England but we have

[@evazheng3680]

Technically China created it

[@charlotteogden1970]

Yeah we have

[@Ronaldo_is_the_G.O.A.T_7]

True

[@afrojack7755]

Cricket and football

[@jontalbot1]

Football is Englands gift to the world. The greatest sport ever invented, nothing else comes even close. I am 67 now and before l pop my clogs l plan to make a pilgrimage to football Mecca, Sheffield FC.

[@nathansellars3757]

@@stickynotemetagaming no its not

[@the_real_idoit8166]

@@nathansellars3757 it is lmao look at the numbers it beats every sport

[@sandrider1406]

Incorrect, Scotland has developed the game. We created football association by playing the worlds first international football game in Glasgow, Scotland. Football = Scotland

[@jontalbot1]

@@sandrider1406 Oh here we ago another ignorant nationalist who thinks anything about England is an opportunity to take his prejudices for a walk. The English FA was created in 1863; the SFA in 1890. The FA cup started in 1871, the international you refer to was in 1872. The game originated in English public schools not Scotland as you can easily discover for yourself.

[@sandrider1406]

@@jontalbot1 again showing your ignorance, go research again. Football was played in Scotland since the 15th, don’t believe me? Go look into the history Stirling Castle , us Scots we’re worldly and we brought back the game from our French brothers. Yes, got you. The english never created the game , it was always there you fool. To try and claim the game is absurd because we were all playing the game in some from for centuries. Sheffield you say, don’t make me and the rest of the world laugh 🤣🤣🤣

[@jarzhinio]

I used to play for an amateur team in London that was founded in 1907. They still have the same colours and crest and the same ground and club house with all their records and trophies and club captains etc. They used to play in the old FA cup when it was for amateur teams only. The SAL is the league they play in and its one of the oldest amateur league in world football. Ipswich Town used to play in the SAL before they became a professional club. There are still a few of the clubs which originally formed the SAL still going. Especially the ones linked to sports clubs which had rowing, cricket and rugby teams attached. Often these were run by wealthy institutions and were for employees of the companies or societies that ran them. It was brilliant to play in this league because some of the grounds and club houses were like museums and often they had sports centres attached or nearby, some of these clubs had 9 teams! That's 15 players at least in each team, and they had veterans teams too for over 45s 50s. It was great except finding your way around London to get to some of these grounds on a Saturday morning with TFL industrial action and traffic for the various professional football events was a ruddy nightmare (there are litterally hundreds of amateur clubs in london, maybe over 1000 pitches)

[@dand7763]

The first match of Romanian Football Federation (founded in 1909) was held in 1921. Yugoslavia - Romania 1-2 (match held in Belgrade) The FIRST club was FK Csikszereda in 1904 , but at the time Transylvania was part of Austro-Hungary Empire. the second club is one recognized nowadays - CFR Cluj, was founded in 1907.

[@thegarfield2414]

The first football club was in Timisoara and the first football match too.

[@PufikaHUN]

FC Csíkszereda 🇭🇺🇭🇺 Great football history neighbours and a good win against Yugoslavia

[@rodrigonunez4375]

You missed "ball game" by the Mexicas, it was a very popular game here in Mexico and an important part of their culture

[@JuampiRotger]

Why does this video put emphasis on supposedly favouritism to Argentina in 1978 but says nothing about England 1966, which was way more blatant?

[@danpreston564]

Hang on, I watched 1978 all live, and it was some of the most obviously corrupt decision making that you could ever imagine. England 66 had nothing on 78.

[@josephstanton4872]

It wasn't called the FIFA World Cup at start! Frenchman Jules Rimet thought up the tournament and the name stuck until 1974 when the new name had to be found after the trophy changed when Brazil got to keep the original after being the first country to win it 3 times! The new trophy would be bigger and heavier and made of solid gold!

[@jucar29]

Hello, Did you know that the ancient Mayas played a ball game. I believe it was called Pitz. This game did not use hands and each team used a small ball where they tried to score in an opponents goal. Also considered an early ancestor of soccer.

[@hugo57k91]

Wasn't that played with elbows or did I confuse it with something else

[@Kauãsouzz]

What is soccer

[@jrduez]

@@hugo57k91 if i remember right the hips and legs were used alot in the game the Maya played.

[@lostheir7988]

did u mean pok a tok

[@therealcanada12]

​@@Kauãsouzz soccer is what we call it here in america and canada and we have a diffrent sport called football

[@dazpoz]

This is as good a history of football as you’re going to find in just 20 minutes.

[@walmars3curity]

Not at all. Barely mentioned club football at all. Its basically the history of the World Cup...

[@lordprefab5534]

No, it's very poor. No mention of the building of railways, mining and engineering projects worldwide spreading football around the globe.

[@walmars3curity]

@@lordprefab5534 They literally mentioned 2 football clubs in the whole video. It had some cool insight of the World Cup but gave about .002% of actual football history.

[@thomasmillward3671]

@@lordprefab5534 bruh the vide would be hours long if he included all that. So stop being annoying 🤦‍♂

[@lordprefab5534]

@@thomasmillward3671 wind your neck in son. It's supposed to be the history of football. Some of us actually know the history and were interested to see this take on the subject from the land of "Sacker".

[@derin111]

It’s amazing how recent the modern game is really but how it grew so quickly to be such a Global phenomenon.

[@gardenshed6043]

If I remember right, Henry VIII had to ban football briefly because too many young men were needlessly dying in it for him to conscript enough soldiers for war.

[@luxford60]

Several English kings banned football, but less because people were dying and more because if they were playing football then they weren't practicing archery, and archets were needed for war.

[@jinz0]

Henry VIII was a legend, he had a song made called greensleeves which is about one of his wives anne bolyn

[@johnnyoranges]

It certainly wasn't soccer football, but more probably a cross between rugby and UFC.

[@lordprotector3367]

Technically, it's still illegal not to practice archery on a sunday in the UK.

[@pert-smith]

@@luxford60 What Henry VIII banned was what the video refers to as "Mob Football." Also known as Yuletide Football, it was played mainly during the Christmas season. As Britain was beginning to industrialise, the game was interfering with business (many shop's windows were broken during the games and workers would experience brutal injuries). Legend has it that when the Riot Act was read at Hampton Court, it could not be enforced as the police officers were playing the game themselves.

[@anac7588]

Also, the greatest historical epic feat in the history of World Football🇺🇾: "the Maracanzo"...🏆

[@Swalalalashimieyshimia]

No it's not😂

[@yurigaviolis]

As a Brazilian I gotta say it's mythic by Uruguayans side. A tiny country 3 million people against a huge colosso like Brazil, inside an arena crowded by 200k. I've always respected the Uruguays. They got the biggest balls in the world, greetings from a Gaucho.

[@anac7588]

@@yurigaviolis Of course, for a Brazilian it wasn't mythical! They were the ones who lost 😂 (Look on KZbin for the preview of that match and how the FIFA authorities enter the field with both teams and how there is no shame when they say to the microphone: "now the Brazilians are going to be world-champions", totally underestimating the opponent... And then the sepulchral silence... It was epic... Brazil even changed the color of the t-shirt because of the trauma! There's Nothing's wrong with accepting that... it is not gonna change Brazil later awesomeness or anything, but facts are facts...) A big hug from Uruguay, and if you're a gaúcho from Rio Grande do Sul, then you were also Oriental back in the day 🇺🇾... You used to respond to the leadership of Father Artigas, we were the same thing🩵🫂🧉👍

[@yurigaviolis]

@@anac7588 you miss understood what I said. I stated it was mythical what you guys accomplished back there, recognising Uruguay bravery and qualities. And yeah, Im gaucho and we have many similarities.

[@blab1265]

​@@yurigaviolisAhh ok, big hug from 🇺🇾 🫂😘

[@protection4nature]

Thanks for this football episode. I've learned a lot of interesting about the past of football ⚽️. Hi from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿!

[@johnnyoranges]

Greetings from Scotland.

[@martincoronado5318]

It locate between Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan, and assholes Uzbekistan

[@sheffsteel7]

If you want to learn the true origins in detail check out the documentaries on the "Sheffield The Home of Football" channel, it's where the modern game with organised clubs, leagues, cups knockout, paying customers and professionalism started.

[@JadF1729]

This is very nice. I love how he does other things.

[@lilrestart]

“Pele,Who would come to one of the greatest footballers in history.” I miss Pele 😢

[@MokuTom]

what are you talkin about, you weren't even alive when he was playing..

[@Deano-Dron81]

@@MokuTomDey have dem football reels…😂

[@kyawnyuntlinn6487]

The record amount in the history in 1982 was roughly 7 million euros. I can imagine how things are happening nowadays. :)

[@mejsjalv]

Not even adjusting the amount for inflation, because football moves truckloads of money, much more so than in the 80's. It's about 21 million in 2022 dollars, which is a far cry from the most expensive transfers of the past few years, like Neymar for €222 million or Mbappe for €145 million. Some pro footballers nowadays are rich beyond normal comprehension. I mean, Maradona was rich but humanly comprehensible. Messi is wealthy.

[@rogink]

@@mejsjalv Neymar rolls around for a living, Mbappe scores goals. It's hard to say which is worth more...

[@mejsjalv]

@@rogink I'm not even a bad amateur footballer. But I really cannot comprehend the amounts of money they make in uch a short time. Paul Mc Cartney and Mick Jagger became multimillionaires over 5 decades of a rock star career. Football star make way more money than music or movie stars.

[@rogink]

@@mejsjalv Playing devil's advocate - a good musician or actor can keep going for 40-50 years if they want to. A star footballer has 15-20 years max. And it's only in the last 20 odd years that players have made such astronomical wages. Are they worth it? If clubs are prepared to pay it, then yes.

[@DemonetisedZone]

Up to 1860s the game was played by dribbling and by each player individually trying to get as far up the field as possible. It was at this point that passing was 'invented' in Glasgow, Scotland. They called it 'The Combination Game' and after Scotland repeatedly thrashed England many clubs in England would hire Scottish players

[@Fummy007]

Doubt

[@Ash-ve8hh]

source?

[@mynameisjoejeans]

Being that there were debates within the Sheffield rules committee in the 1860s over the offside rule, your assertion is clearly misinformed. Indirect free kicks existed from at least the 1850s too.

[@OblivionGate]

You've clearly made this story up, nowhere in history has Scotland repeatedly thrashed England and the rest of it is absolute bullshit.

[@nightowl3218]

Just false Scot pride bs

[@alaasadek173]

Masterpiece 🔥🔥

[@brankobelfranin8815]

The Mesoamerican ball game is a sport that people in Mesoamerica have played since about 1,400 B.C.E. It was the first team sport in history, as far as historians know. The Olmecs, who lived from 1,200 B.C.E. to 400 B.C.E., played the Mesoamerican ballgame.

[@lordprotector3367]

BCE?

[@Ula5216]

Omission of ball game played outside Western civilization is telling. Are other videos in this channel so Western centric? btw. I am myself European and I don't like that bias.

[@estudiantes68]

It's interesting how history changes according to the narrator. Since this is an English view of history, a lot of effort is put to make Argentina appear as a cheater, but nothing is said about the PHANTOM GOAL of England against Germany in 1966. The ball never crossed the line, but, since the World Cup was organized by England, the referee conceeded a goal to them. The most obscure episode, however, was how the organization excluded Argentina from the final, with Rattin's expulsion.

[@JamesL42]

Stay mad the Falklands will always be British

[@WorldXl_]

i love the amount of details and effort, i fell in love with history and culture due to this amazing game, just one thing Australia should be coloured with the asian countries after 2006 since they switched to the asian federation but great video!

[@ChristianYoga]

Still proud that Indonesia is the first Asian country to participate in World cup, though under Dutch Indies name...

[@waso778]

If your country still Dutch. Ohhhh you will be not so poor lol

[@discorddev316]

Now argentina beat france 3-3 with penalty shots 4-2

[@juampinarbondo]

robbery of the century

[@Kolket1389]

Football is football because it's played with feet. There is a sport called Handball for a reason

[@antonsmith]

2015 FIFA corruption case, You left that out!

[@omessiasdogol]

Technically he was talking about it when he narrated the suspicions of corruption within Russia's and Qatar's election to host the 2018 and 2022 WC respectively.

[@hawx00145]

Would be cool if you could do a vid about the history of hand/gridiron football(Rugby,American,Canadian,Australian etc ruleset), after it split off from foot/pitch, association football...as well as the history of other sports. Also wonder if ppl tried to bring back the hybrid hand/foot versions as a casual thing like pickleball is to tennis.

[@mejsjalv]

Check out some Gaelic Football from Ireland. It's a good example of combining hands and feet. Quite an underrated sport!

[@corgg2]

Interesting to note, the first college American football game (1869, Rutgers v. Princeton) was played with association football rules. It was 4 years later when Harvard played McGill of Canada and adopted the Rugby football rules, thus beginning the development of American football. Association football has a longer history in the US than Rugby football. The USSF is older than the NFL and the US Open Cup up until 2020 was the third longest continuous football competition. Long history for football (aka soccer) in the US, just never became popular until of late.

[@merseydave1]

The English Upper Class brought the game of Rugby Union or as the used to say "Ragahh" to the U.S. and Canadian Colleges in the late 1800s ... You changed some of the rules of play and turned it into your Grid Iron game ... I have just given you a Factual account of what happened.

[@omessiasdogol]

Maybe your greatest video 👍🏻⚽ Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷 Long live the beautiful game!

[@piedrablanca1942]

Vammos Argentinaaaaaa

[@wobblybobengland]

Unlucky lads

[@omessiasdogol]

@@wobblybobengland This isn't ended yet. This has just begun

[@omessiasdogol]

@@wobblybobengland Told ya 😉🇦🇷 ⭐⭐⭐

[@kimberlysabillon3005]

@@omessiasdogol Queremos la TERCERA; Queremos ser Campeon MUNDIAL !

[@FilosofiaDeJuegos]

Remember that this video is seen by people all over the world, not just North America or Australia. That's why it says "Football", instead of Soccer.

[@leefisher]

Very enjoyable. It would have been nice if it mentioned the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which took place in Turin, Italy in 1909 and 1911, and was won by West Aukland on both occasions.

[@merseydave1]

A very valid point

[@onufmi]

it was soo interesting to see how the game worked during world wars. I would love to see video about Formula 1 in the future

[@Kamalean]

i like that you added animations as well

[@JohnRome-xn7hx]

The second World Cup title of Italy was in 1938, not in 1936 when Italy won the Olympic Games.

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

Good video but just to correct you- it is not commonly known as football or soccer, it’s commonly known just as football. That 1% of the world calls it soccer is up to them but it is not commonly known as such. Also, the game didn’t start out with the name of association football, its original name given was just football. The association part was added much later to distinguish between this and rugby. It was quickly dropped in favor of just calling it football and that is the name to this day.

[@owenklein1917]

I find it super interesting how much FIFA and geopolitics are intertwined.

[@clydesideproductions]

You are missing 1867 when Queen's Park FC was formed in Glasgow, who pioneered the passing game that people recognise as football today. They also went on to help found the SFA; every player who played that first game against England was from Queen's Park.

[@walmars3curity]

Missing about 99%. of actual football history lmao

[@paulies5407]

Only claim of glory jocks will ever have involving football

[@CalumOH]

@@paulies5407 It was "jocks" that first brought the big cup to British shores. Celtics Lisbon lions, all from Glasgow, became the first non-latin European champions.

[@rohnnyjotten3985]

@@paulies5407 we added passing, frre kicks, penaltys and the crossbar, all added to the rules by queens park football club in glasgow. first football club was in edinburgh not sheffield, its just been proved by the finding of the accounts that predate sheffield. get a clue.

[@lorddoofenshmirtz9100]

​@@rohnnyjotten3985penalties are irish

[@TheLmfaoperson]

1998 World Cup also saw the first time a Golden Goal was played in a world cup, it was during the France vs Paraguay Match. Paraguay at the brink of eliminating that year's WC winner.

[@krampusx9784]

I was expecting you guys to mention how in 2010 S. Africa, people who saved up for luxury flat-screen TVs for an international sporting event that comes around twice a decade had their spirits crushed when all game play was disrupted by constant "WHIRRRRRRRRRRRING" noises. Team winning? "WHIRRRRR" Team Losing? "WHIRRRRRRRR" Nothing happening? "WHIRRRRRRRR." The vuvuzelas were a disgrace. This year, the World Cup is being held in a reactionary, backwards, slave-state. Maybe FIFA should be more selective about who they allow to host the World Cup.

[@jtom2958]

An interesting thing with the split from what became rugby. After the split, there were groups in England who kept referring to rugby as football and then ⚽️ they started calling soccer as an abbreviation of association football. Then many of them immigrated to the US and introduced ⚽️ and they also brought rugby which they called football which then evolved into American football. It’s the fault of the English that we Americans call 🏈 football and ⚽️ soccer.

[@Hellenic_ionian08]

My favourite channel makes a video about my favourite sport. How can I not watch it???

[@fitz12ify]

A very well produce video, and great info. But what bewilders me most is that the producer respects international borders depending on the timeline, thats meticulous work.

[@pix-can-fix643]

Oh man the animations have became 100 times more advanced since last video

[@Whoami691]

"England wins the final against west Gemany" And as an England fan, that concluded Footballs history and all world cups. There is nothing more to be said after this. Goodnight.

[@dave_dynasty]

Great video. I would lime to see something like this for basketball or other sports.

[@AbCd-lw5vs]

3:16 “ends in a draw zero to zero”. That’s not how we say the score in football, “0-0” is said “nil-nil”.

[@paulsmith7636]

No mention of how it was SCOTLAND that invented the modern game we see today. In England they simply played a bastardised version of rugby (kick and rush) until they seen the Scottish play a passing type of football, which they then adopted (stole). You’re welcome👍🏻

[@uzaidgurjee4798]

No you invented passing. All the other rules were made by England. It’s why the oldest team, competition, and national team is in England.

[@drkintobor2597]

Yeah no that's not what happened. The Scots definitely mastered the art of passing but they did not invent the modern game.

[@sujatapaul588]

11:33 he just passed away RIP LEGEND he revolutionised Football

[@chameleonicblu22]

Interesting fact: my great-great grandfather coached in the famous 1869 football match between Rutgers and Princeton University in New Jersey. His team team (Rutgers) was victorious. This was the first known college match in the US. Around this time, the rules were still being formulated as per handling and footing (as the video says), and the American leagues seemed to prefer handling over footing. Within ten years, US football rules were mostly established. I wasnt aware that rugby and soccer we're splitting at the same time in Britain, but that makes sense. So US football is a closer relative to rugby than soccer (this I knew), but I didn't know it was the same age. A fascinating family tree of sport! And please, if my use of the word soccer triggers you, kindly bugger off...

[@Snotzalotz]

Football**🥸

[@Nommswey]

Mayans and Aztecs played the game of the ball, literally translation, and it was a team of up to 6/7 hitting the ball into a small raised hoop like hole with their hips. That another early form of football

[@Ula5216]

the channel is biased. Any true fan of football heard about Mayans and Aztecs playing it. It's quite amateurish video.

[@phase0400]

As a British, I find it hilarious how France always tries to exclude us from European organisations. We deserve it to be fair.

[@princeofchetarria5375]

Wish you’d talked about the European super league controversy! 😅

[@Da_Bludster]

this is actually so easy to follow and understand. I love it

[@lowellfinn]

This is unique!

[@gray3553]

Its amazing the great games England/Great Britain gave the world - Soccer, Rugby, tennis, cricket, golf, hockey, down hill skiing even pub games like snooker and darts.

[@TheMapGod275]

17:35 *Germany will remember this*

[@gammaphonic]

Barely even mentioned the creation of football leagues. The national leagues are the absolute bread and butter of football. Much more important (if less attention grabbing) to the development of the sport than the international game.

[@jotapeuy]

If England is the mother of Football, Uruguay is the father. Uruguay nomá!!!

[@joegilbert3149]

England 🤝 Uruguay

[@yvngflame4069]

Lmao my dads family is from England and my mom and her family is from Uruguay

[@gakpo_era]

And in 2022, finally, the greatest player of all time caps off a miraculous career by winning the World Cup!

[@somecanadiandude1343]

I don't think any other country in this video were mentioned as much as Argentina, Germany and Brazil.

[@131alexa]

UK and Uruguay

[@sainjor3932]

Brasil é Hexa nessa copa do mundo

[@amosamwig8394]

ah adults are like kids, playing go ol football, inviting other kids from the neighbourhood, when theres war stop for a bit, then resume

[@merseydave1]

As an Englishman I am very happy to see the Football World Cup finals go back to North America ... is great to see World Football establish itself properly and grow there.

[@sebastianbate7835]

If football establishes in usa it would be the worst that could happen, they will make it all about the profits and kill the mystic of the game. English premier league, and spanish laliga will cease to be the most important leagues of the world because they wouldn't be able to compete with usa's money

[@merseydave1]

@@sebastianbate7835 I notice that you have The Liverpool Liver Bird sebastian bate ... Some things that you have forgotten what Liverpool F.C. have Done ... 1, Up to and before 1992 Liverpool was part of the four Divisonal Football League spreading money down all four divisions. In 1992 they were one of the clubs That Chose to leave The Football League and break away into an F.A. Premier League KEEPING ALL THE MONEY FOR THEMSELVS!. 2, Again Liverpool Football Club was part of the Break Away European League that fell before it started not so long ago So Mr Red Liver Bird sebastian bate, your Hollow Words of "All About Profits and Killing the Mystic of The Game ARE VERY HOLLOW FROM YOU so GET REAL!.

[@sebastianbate7835]

@@merseydave1 I had no idea of that historical information, thanks for teaching me that. I am from uruguay (suarez, forlan, valverde etc) so these uk internal political stuff are not my area of expertise. That being said, it doesn't alter the statement that I made, that everything us (and china for that matter) touches, it becomes a shittier version of itself.

[@merseydave1]

@@sebastianbate7835 Take a Massive Look at Liverpool F.C. as your words would be appropriate to them.

[@sebastianbate7835]

@@merseydave1 I am not saying you are wrong with your arguments about liverpool, what I am saying is that a rising popularity in usa/china would be catastrophic for the premier league and for football in general

[@pert-smith]

Football was played at the 1904 Olympic games but was played by amateur club teams from the US and Canada.

[@DKtrek21]

It's a shame to not include the Mayan football. It was closer to the modern football we know today minus of course the sacrifices (which is very rare)

[@Oscar92839]

9:00 Germany really don’t want competition

[@RealMattHaney]

What a great summarization. Though it feels like an opportunity was missed to mention branch-offs like American football and Aussie rules football (even to less of an extent vs rugby), since these are continually criticized for their name, which derives from the same as association football-and to state the winner of the West Germany vs East Germany match! Also to mention the derivation of the word soccer! But overall a nice history and enjoyable video. Particularly liked the ancient history.

[@DieFlabbergast]

They are NOT "branch-offs": they are equally descended from the same ancestral "county games" that Association Football (aka soccer) is descended from. Aussie Rules (along with Gaelic Football) is probably closer to the original game rules than either rugby or American Football.

[@RealMattHaney]

@@DieFlabbergast so descended from the same roots…like mob football.

[@siobhanahbois]

Stating the winner is redundant since only one of them made it to the finals in (1974)

[@hart-of-gold]

@@RealMattHaney The Melbourne Football Club (Australia) was founded about a year after the Sheffield club with similar rules. Both allowed catching the ball in hand, but no running with the ball, or throwing the ball. Games probably looked more like a game of Gaelic football than either soccer or aussie rules. Gridiron football (both American and Canadian) is Rugby derived with the first major difference being after a tackle, play restarted from a set play called a scrimmage, slowing play down. Rugby League formed from an amateur/professional split and after a tackle, there is a play-the-ball (quick mini ruck), speeding play up. All codes are called football because all are derived from school (or club) rule sets (codes) back in the day. Whichever code is most popular in a region will be called football there. Where I am, Rugby League is football.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@RealMattHaneythats not football its rugby

[@benjsmithproductions]

Kind of wild how organized football in America and England both started in universities.... the USA just kept it in college for generations while the British moved it to clubs before the 20th.

[@BlueLiberty20]

I would love to see the history of technology or military super powers!

[@samsquanch1996]

I'd love to see a history of baseball video

[@strausshome6911]

There were two reasons most Europeans did not want to make the trip to Uruguay in 1930. One, two weeks in boat, but ........Two, did not want to do it and loose again to Uruguay, who was the first Dynasty of Futbol,.....22 consecutive years of international Fifa Competitions without one loss. Never to be equaled.

[@stiv.2809]

I love this channel but I think more could have been said about how influential Scotland was in the making of the rules, especially creating what we know as the passing game today.

[@OblivionGate]

It wasn't mentioned because it didn't happen.

[@jlg8560]

It wasn't said about England making the rules either. It was about universities not countries.

[@OblivionGate]

@@jlg8560 It's so funny how the Scots try and claim part of the glory for inventing football, when in reality it was the English who invented it. Typical Scottish people.

[@jlg8560]

@@OblivionGate I think it’s just a bit of insecurity. I care as much about the Scots as English but they constantly try to remove themselves from some of britains bad history, claim the good that was them and act as if England takes their glory.

[@rohnnyjotten3985]

@@OblivionGate what a cluless fool you are, crossbar, freekicks, penaltys and passing all came from amendments made by the scottish fa.

[@jeffleake1960]

its crazy how good Brazil are that losing badly to a 4 time winner 8 time finalist i believe of the cup is humiliating to them

[@yurigaviolis]

It is not humiliating losing to Germany, it was the context and end-score itself. Letting them score 7 home is something inexplicable.

[@F00TNews]

FYI if you are new to football and thought he meant Rolando CR7 He meant Rolando R9

[@loduca16]

This is a fantastic video and zero mispronunciations that I noticed

[@RandomnessTube.]

Missed out on a lot of things but still interesting crazy to think Brazil and Germany have only played each other once in a final.

[@real_luigitalks]

Fun fact: Penalties was created in a small town by a local Irish man because it was unfair for the defenders to brexit all of them without any warning 😅😅😅

[@christiangaligao8750]

Thank you Geo history

[@TeddyMack]

Great video, really well done but can't believe you mentioned Harpastum but not Calcio Storico (aka Calcio Fiorentino)

[@DougGlendower]

It would have been nice to cover both Association Football and the various Gridiron Football too (Rugby Union, Gaelic, American/Canadian, and Austrailian Rules)

[@jinz0]

Thanks England for Creating the beautiful game

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Those sports are not football.

[@DougGlendower]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek I'm sorry, I guess you can't read.

[@lorddoofenshmirtz9100]

​@@jinz0Scotland

[@jinz0]

@@lorddoofenshmirtz9100 no mate it was England

[@facuexpandido]

Rugby has some interesting facts to do one of these to continue the series and make the most of this year's world cup ❤ would be awesome

[@pert-smith]

"Mob Football" was also known as "Yuletide Football" because it was typically played during the Christmas season. Typically, towns played amongst themselves, dividing East vs. West or North vs. South. It was eventually banned due to the violence and chaos affecting businesses during the rise of industrialization. Legend has it that when it was first banned in West London, the police were not around to enforce the ban because they were busy playing with the crowd.

[@tvojamamaomg]

Its funny how nobody even considers changing a single rule that is put in place almost 150 years ago because too much money is involved especially in betting.

[@mpdias2003]

11:30 Ontem o Brasil e o mundo se despediu de Edson, mas o nome Pelé será eterno para todo o sempre. RIP PELÉ (1940 - 2022) THREE TIMES WORLD CUP CHAMPION 🏆🏆🏆🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@DerekPhin]

RIP Pele. Greatest player ever. Love from Scotland.

[@HonestMan112]

Could've mentioned the Italian Calciopoli... Pretty big event in world football

[@DragonBlueSpirit]

Didn't know that the world cup was filled with major issues since the beginning

[@CheezDoodlezz]

I love riddle teaching us People history

[@stijngouverne7916]

Netherlands, never lucky.... still waiting to win our first god damn WC :(((

[@MihkelKukk]

hey at least you guys Qualify xD

[@gorje4511]

SPAIN CHAMPIONSSSSSSSSS

[@dogchamp7924]

@@gorje4511

[@Sphagetti__]

I just hope it's not in Qatar

[@rxmbo3749]

“The football association, or which is more simply known as…” _dont fucking say it_ “…soccer.” *AAAAGGHHHHHHHH*

[@coderdbd]

I was like: -"[...] simply known as..." -"Don't you dare say it!!!!!" -"Football or Soccer" -"... alright, that's 50/50, I give you a pass for now..."

[@sploinkusdoinkus]

ok now history of germany??

[@EL_Masturbante]

Not mention Messi and Ronaldo, two GOATs of football, in whole video is criminal.