What is football? ⚽🏈🏐🏉 ???

Ninh explains - What is football? There are many sports around the world that call themselves ‘football’, but which on is the true football?
Is it American Football? Association Football? Canadian Football? Rugby League? Rugby Union? Gaelic Football? Aussie Rules Football? Calcio Storico? Or Tsu Chu?
The Rules of American Football - • The Rules of American ...
The Rules of Canadian Football - • The Rules of Canadian ...
The Rules of Association Football (soccer) - • The Rules of Football ...
The Rules of Rugby Union - • The Rules of Rugby Uni...
The Rules of Rugby League - • The Rules of Rugby Lea...
The Rules of Gaelic Football - • The Rules of Gaelic Fo...
The Rules of Australian Aussie Rules Football - • The Rules of Australia...
The Rules of Calcio Storico - • The Rules of Calcio St...
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Music: ‘Jazzy Frenchy’ by Ben Sound
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[@NinhLyUK]

I felt compelled to make this video because people seemingly don't understand why different people call different sports 'football'. I thought the answer was obvious personally. But it's mainly to get some form of entertainment from some of the delusional comments that will no doubt appear on here. Popcorn at the ready folks. EDIT: The dislikes must be from the 'offended' ones that perpetrate the handegg 'joke'. Such uptightness.

[@JonVonBasslake]

That ending though... Cracked me up! Great vid, keep up the good work. I love your work, even if i basically never get around to watching any of the sports you cover, it's always interesting to see what different kinds exist in the world. Also, i LOVED and was quite chocked when you covered pesäpallo, given that basically no one outside of Finland knows it exists and even if they know, they probably think it's just a rules variant of baseball, when the two are quite different and only really share the bases and the hitting the ball with a bat...

[@torspedia]

@@JonVonBasslake I agree with the ending of the video, lol.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@JonVonBasslake Thanks man, I appreciate that. The funny thing is that I get accosted all the time when I refer to association football as football. I find it strange that people who can clearly tell that I'm British don't realise that this is football to us. Pesapallo is an interesting sport and I think it's pretty cool.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@torspedia It is to me, but I don't disagree with anybody who thinks that the most popular sport that's played in their country is football.

[@torspedia]

@@NinhLyUK It is to me as well, as I sometimes jokingly call the game Americans played is basically glorified (and over protected) Rugby, lol.

[@mxc10]

wait what a pope with a sword killing me? bro thats free heaven

[@NinhLyUK]

I admire your ability to look for the positive in things!

[@philipandrew1626]

Must be the origin of the term striker.

[@hr1meg]

Macpo33 Uhh, i think you got that mixed up. If the "Vicar of Christ" strikes you down then thats an express ticket to Hell. :)

[@maciek697788]

when Pope killing, You go to hell sorry ;)

[@judychen1038]

Macpo33 3:44 3:45 3:46

[@user-yw8ek4dj5v]

me to my Italian friends: "Hey let's play football' them: *hooks me in the jaw*

[@NinhLyUK]

I wouldn't be surprised if that happened in regular football.

[@gall3y]

It happens in the stands sometimes.... when two fans disagree over a decision

[@theeviking7395]

He means Calcio Storico.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Many Italians refer to Association Football as Calico.

[@comradechamp1683]

You mean CALCIo?

[@Zephyrbal]

I had heard that "Football" originally referred to any field sport played on foot with a ball. The main point being that the players were on foot as opposed to the then more common and aristocratic horse back games.

[@NinhLyUK]

Basically yeah.

[@spencera3075]

You win.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@spencera3075 Thanks.

[@emmettkeane4822]

You could add without a bat/stick as baseball, softball, field hockey, cricket and hurling would be types of football under this

[@celebrim1]

@@emmettkeane4822 You could, but the stick ball games diverged from the non-stick ball games well before the 13th century. Since they are equally as old as football, the need to distinguish them from football is equally old. While "baseball" is generally thought of as an American sport, it's actually an English sport where the original name of "baseball" lost currency in the 18th century and became known as "rounders" (except in America, where it was already played under several different rules). Cricket is a variation that began as "stool ball" (the wicket originated from a 3 legged stool). Hockey is even older and belongs to a different family of sports that could be as much as 6000 years old. Hurling itself is older than football, and goes back at least 3500 years. The reason is that hockey family sports don't require the technology of an inflatable bladder, and so can be played quite well by stone age peoples using wooden pucks and the like.

[@explosionsandstuff7787]

I know it probably won't mean much, but I would like to thank you for handling the subject with such respect.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks. That does mean a lot actually.

[@W1k3dL1zrd]

The handegg segment killed me 😂😂😂

[@NinhLyUK]

It's annoying but it's sadly true. Assume that the number of dislikes in the video were people who were 'offended' by the handegg 'joke'.

[@Slushie45]

@@coordinator3039 I do like the NHL's Superbowl...

[@Slushie45]

@@coordinator3039 nope... NFL would mean that the league is about football but it's about handegg!!! *heavy booing*

[@Slushie45]

@@coordinator3039 I know but it makes sense

[@blackfreethinker2525]

@@Slushie45 your sentiment is no small part of the reason why I pretty much dislike soccer these days.

[@asd36f]

Despite having a population of only 25 million people, Australia is the only country in the world that supports four professional football codes: 1. Association football 2. Australian rules football 3. Rugby league 4. Rugby union Gaelic football and American football are also played, but at an amateur level. Technically, there are other forms of football - "hybrid" games that combine elements of the main forms of football. Examples are "International Rules", which is a composite of Gaelic and Australian Rules football, and "AUSTUS", which was a combination of American and Australian Rules football. There was an attempt to make a composite version of Australian Rules football and Rugby League in the early 1930's, but the idea was abandoned after one trial game.

[@NinhLyUK]

In short: yes to most of those points.

[@epiceditzxzx7080]

Ireland has three

[@gavinoshea4048]

Yup

[@marybolger4291]

Gaelic football is amateur in general

[@SeekerLancer]

They also play American football in Australia but they call it Gridiron.

[@aagg6124]

Barca probably watched this video before their game at anfield, as they had no idea anymore during the game what the objective was.

[@NinhLyUK]

Barca's wheels totally came off in that last game against Liverpool.

[@divyalathasasikumar6842]

@@NinhLyUK Exactly. I already thought Barça had won. And as a United fan, it made my eyes bleed to watch those Scousers win the UCL.

[@sonikkukarafuto3424]

me: hey guys wanna play football? my friends: what type of football (??????

[@NinhLyUK]

Exactly!

[@nickhanlon9331]

@@NinhLyUK Its like asking for wine and then the waiter asking you what type of would you like.

[@zeddyfin]

Associate football ⚽️ is football

[@nickhanlon9331]

A@@zeddyfin Association football is Association football.

[@tkmoneymax5260]

Gaelic football

[@danielsalas3394]

Finally someones addresses the annoying "handegg" thing, I can't believe people on the internet are still fighting over which is the "real football", like you know...it's legal to enjoy both association football and american football and call them anyway you want

[@jojo63920]

handegg 👌👌

[@doggy5]

Great video. Just one small thing though. In Australia, the meaning of "football" actually changes depends on where you are. It refers to Australian Rules Football in most of Australia as you said, but if you're in Queensland or New South Wales (Sydney is in New South Wales and Brisbane is in Queensland), "football" would be understood to mean rugby league.

[@NinhLyUK]

I believe so, yes.

[@pedrodorantes3527]

The greatest video you've ever done sir. Fantastic! Go football... all kinds of football!

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Pedro, much appreciated.

[@matthewlo7868]

Well now... Maybe all the jokers who claim that their code of football is superior can all calm down now after watching this? But then again, that might never happen. Good work, though, Ninh!

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Matthew. I don't think it'll ever happen because haters are always gonna hate. But at least now people are a little bit more educated about it.

[@MrMM1007]

@@NinhLyUK I think a lot of American sports fans believe the argument is partly about anti-Americanism. It seems to be that way to me. Especially from Latin American futbol fans. Ooooh weeee, they can get angry / ellos peuden estar enojados!

[@kyleramsey5189]

Latin Americans hate that Anglophones call the US "America" as well. Different language, different rules.

[@donalcorley8151]

Just because you think the other forms of football are a joke doesn't make your football the best and it just shows the common ignorance among soccer fans a game propped up by oil money and corrupt organisations

[@tylerhumphrey1876]

@@donalcorley8151 non league football isnt

[@Jaichbinhier]

The fact that there are so many "football" sports was so intriguing to me That I once wrote a term paper on how it came to be this way. Researching the histories of the games was fascinating, to say the least; It's still one of my favorite subjects to talk about to this day. :) (Hi Ninh, long-time viewer here; I like learning about sports, But this was the first video that compelled me to leave a comment. It's not that this video was better, just that it covered the sort Of topic that checked all my favorite boxes. Keep making great content!)

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks. I'm glad you decided to comment on this channel. It's an interesting read for sure - the history of how these sports were formed is actually quite fun to learn. I'll try and make more like this :)

[@JD-pv4cu]

Is this paper available for public reading?

[@Jaichbinhier]

​@@JD-pv4cu Not at the moment, sorry, though I did find a file of it on my computer, So I could make it public at some point... but it's an older writing, so I'm not sure.

[@GamePro0012]

I've read that in Canada, depending on context, the word "football" can refer to just Canadian football or to both Canadian and American football collectively. In New Zealand, I imagine that the word "football" refers to rugby union, while association football is still mostly called soccer.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, in Canada - football may refer to both American and Canadian football, just like in the north of England where Rugby refers to both Rugby League and Rugby Union. I think people will generally get the context of what you're trying to say though. And yes, New Zealand refers to Rugby Union as football. And in Namibia, football refers to Rugby League.

[@markdp1983]

Being Australian Im more of an AFL fan, but kind of follow all the codes highlighted here. Im an NFL fan but the game often gets called "Gridiron" or "American Football" here. I also follow the EPL in UK, and A League in Australia, and it still is commonly called soccer here, even though they're trying to not use that term. They rebranded the old National Soccer League to the A League Football.. Just to add another football league to the mix!

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, precisely.

[@thinhnonyt]

I love our country for having like hundreds of football codes in the one country somehow

[@thinhnonyt]

SFC United They’re probably trying to get a sort of culture of soccer going on in Australia. It’s never really been our biggest sport, but there is a strong following.

[@Harun-cd6jz]

I had an argument with an European dude who tried to convince me that only the US says "soccer", and I told him that Australia once had the Australian Soccer Federation and National Soccer League before changing its name but they don't believe. I'm starting to think they are trolls just arguing just to argue. It's amazing how little Europeans know about the world but are always trying to argue with people about it. Most European countries are small and are only the size of a state or province within US and Australia. Australia, America, and Canada could swallow entire parts of the Europe continent. So the Europeans have no reference to understand how there can be numerous football sports played in one place hence the word soccer. Soccer itself is a lesser used British slang term derived from asSOCiation football that became more popular in the US, Canada, Australia, etc where there are other forms of football yet they believe that Americans and Australians invented the term "soccer".

[@markdp1983]

@SFC United Some reasons why Australia is trying to not call it soccer as much; as I understand. Firstly branding the leagues and federations “Football” brings it in to line with the rest of the world’s brandings. Secondly there was some BS argument that calling it “soccer” is disrespectful, as it’s a nickname for the sport. (the nickname is from UK; not US as someone mentioned above!) Thirdly Australia has done better on the world stage; qualifying for the last few World Cups; and many Aus players playing in major leagues in EU, etc. so it’s a sign of respect, treating it seriously etc. Its got to be at least 15 maybe 20 years that they’ve branded the leagues and federations “Football”.. Problem is most people have to still say “soccer” to differentiate. When you say football in the Northern states most people think Rugby League.. When you say football in the Southern and Western states most people think Aussie Rules/ AFL... So I think the term “soccer” will still be used In Australia for a while yet! I cant imagine they will ever rebrand the MLS in the US!

[@razormc954]

Also, I commented earlier, but usually when talking with Americans or Canadians, I refer to Gridrion football as "football" and soccer as well you know. When dealing with everybody else though, I refer to both sports as either "Gridion Football" and "Association football" respectively, it's easier that way But as an American, football for me refers to "American football" I also find it hilarious when English fans get pissy at us Americans for using a term, THEY invented, seriously, the term originates from the English needing to distinguish asociation football from Rugby football

[@rebecca4680]

@@themostliedaboutmaninhisto2055 . Rugby IS football. And what even is "real football"? This video and comment section makes it very clear there is no real football and that all the various 'footballs' are in fact football.

[@grahamkight9111]

As an American thank you Ninh for talking about the hand egg joke as now I can officialy one up any European who tries to do it, because if they do, I’ll show them this video. So thank ninh!

[@Emper0rH0rde]

I've tried showing people this video. They always just ignore the link, and downvote the comment. Some people want to be antagonistic and derisive for its own sake because that's literally what they do for fun.

[@grahamkight9111]

@@Emper0rH0rde Fax

[@XTrapolis942M]

As an Aussie myself, something that’s worth pointing out about my code of football as opposed to soccer is the goal scoring aspect. In Soccer, you can either kick or headbutt the ball into the goal to score, as long as you don’t use your hands of course. Meanwhile in Aussie Rules Football you can only ever score a goal (worth 6 points) by kicking the ball through through the two larger posts. Do anything else like headbutting the ball in and you only score what is called a ‘touched behind’, with similar repercussions to a ‘behind’ (the ball going between a larger goalpost and a smaller behind post); you get only one point and the opponent gets a free kick.

[@nannyoggsally]

Sport historian Tony Collins has a whole book on the origins and diversification of football in its many codes. I recommend his "Rugy Reloaded Podcast" about the history of rugby.

[@NinhLyUK]

Way ahead of you. I already listened to some of those.

[@matthewforeman4229]

Would add to this recommendation and say buy Tony’s book “How Football Began - a global history of how the worlds football codes were born”

[@TheOriginalStix]

Great video as always, Ninh! Note regarding the part about rugby for those who are unaware: It was absolutely played before the formation of the Football Association. Several colleges and clubs around England played a number of different codes of football, and the FA was formed by a number of these clubs to standardise the laws of the game, creating what we now call "association football". One of the codes represented at the formation meeting was rugby (created at Rugby School), however the rugby-playing clubs left after the sixth FA meeting as motions were passed banning players from running with the ball or "hacking" (kicking opponents in the shins, which was ironically banned when the Rugby Football Union was formed).

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, that's accurate.

[@Harun-cd6jz]

I always thought it was funny that European people demand Americans to stop calling American football "football" when American Football is a descendant of rugby football which was one of the early legitimate variations of English football. NFL football, Canadian football, Aussie Rules, rugby union, and rugby league are ALL football derived from the early forms of football in the 1800s that allowed players to pick the ball up from the ground with their hands. Gaelic football also uses hands. Associaton football/soccer has never had a monoplogy on "football" but because it is massively popular worldwide, ignorant people think there is just one sport called football and any sport using hands isn't "real football" when hand versions of football have existed just as long as the foot only version of football. Infact even the "foot only" version uses hands. Goalkeepers can use their hands in association football to throw the ball towards teammates and also bviously to block shots. Players also do "throw ins" when the ball exits the pitch. So they also use hands in association football just like how the ball is also kicked by certain position players in the NFL. But you would think by the way that football/soccer fans speak, that NO ONE on the pitch uses their hand.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, you're exactly right.

[@rebecca4680]

@@themostliedaboutmaninhisto2055 . Your ignorance is astounding. Did you even watch this video or did you plug your ears the whole time? Rugby IS football. Gaelic football IS football. Aussie rules football IS football. Gridiron football IS football. They are not wrestling because none of those sports were derived from wrestling or ever meant to be. But all of them were derived from pre-19th century forms of football and have rightfully carried on the lineage and name.

[@Thomas_Leo]

Thanks for the video. It gets tiresome when Association Football snobs constantly berate U.S. Americans over the term football. And it only happens to the U.S., never to Canada or Australia. It's really just anti-American bigotry when you think about it. Anyway, keep up the good work. I've been watching your videos these past few days. 👍

[@NinhLyUK]

I think it's the American insistence that 'soccer' is the correct term for the sport - which means that Americans usually draw the ire of Association Football fans above the others.

[@razormc954]

@@NinhLyUK Well, yeah, when we already have a sport called "football", it's much less confusing

[@rebecca4680]

@@NinhLyUK . I have never encountered an American who insisted that association football is 'soccer', but I have seen countless people - mostly Europeans and some South Americans - state that American football is not football, that association football is the real football, and that the name 'soccer' is an abomination.

[@mikedl1105]

About a week ago I discovered your channel and binge watched all of these videos. I was impressed by the similarities (rather than the differences) in all of these games. I think you can really see how they might all be related, especially with Gaelic football and the 2 rugbys as intermediate steps between calcio storico and the newer footballs.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Mike. Yeah, the similarities are striking when you compare the games themselves. And when you realise how they were formed - there's actually quite a common heritage amongst them all. :)

[@elhachem3625]

That voice with the "Handegg" reference was hilarious 😂😂 Anyway when will we getting stoolball 🤔 rules video

[@NinhLyUK]

That's probably what goes through my head everytime someone comes out with the handegg 'joke'. Cringe! If I get enough demand, I'll make one.

[@modmaker7617]

Association Football (FIFA) Gaelic Football (GAA) International Rules Football (GAA/AFL) Australian Rules Football (AFL) Rugby Football -Ruby League (RFL) -Rugby Union (RFU) Gridiron Football -Canadian Football (CFL) -American Football (NFL) My theory is that Football is a Spectrum of sports where on a field players are in two teams and trying to get a ball into a the opposing teams goal while defending their goal. One end of the spectrum is FIFA where you kick the ball with your feet and at the other end of the Spectrum is RFU/RFL where you throw the ball with your hands. NFL/CFL goes beyond RFU/RFL. GAA & AFL are in between FIFA & RFU/RFL with GAA being closer to FIFA and AFL being closer to RFU/RFL but the two organisations have merged their sports to create the happy medium International Rules Football.

[@NinhLyUK]

Interesting theory. I largely agree, though I wouldn't class these sports specifically on any spectrum.

[@johnfitzgerald7618]

So-called gridiron football is a direct descendant of rugby union. It goes back to two game between McGill University of Montreal and Harvard. The first game was played under the old Boston rules that Harvard played under and the second under the rugby union rules McGill used. Harvard liked the rugby union rules and the Ivy League started to play under a modified version of them. In Canada, the rugby union rules were also modified over the years. The gridiron came from the adoption of downs in both codes.

[@robinparker5731]

And the king of all codes football is Association Football

[@alfonsovargas3915]

@@robinparker5731 yessssss man you got it.

[@Benjamin-lq1sf]

It will never not annoy me that some people cannot understand the concept that there can be different versions of the same basic game

[@NinhLyUK]

Believe it or not, it's a common misconception. The worst thing is when someone tries to 'correct' you, saying stuff like 'it's not football, it's soccer'. That's super irritating!

[@joshuarankin1905]

Fair enough! I sometimes consider Hackey Sac & it's variations a form of Football.

[@NinhLyUK]

Each to their own I guess.

[@alexfrommwa]

Great video Ninh! I love how much sarcasm you inject into your videos

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Alex, much appreciated.

[@benwhite6261]

Having another look at this video. Great to watch, and understand more about football. The one thing I’d say, as an Aussie, is while it’s hard to argue Aussie Rules was the first football around, it DOES have the oldest continually surviving professional football club in the world. The mighty Melbourne Demons 🔴🔵.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks bro. It's a bone of contention as to which sport came first. But as far as oldest surviving professional football club Sheffield FC was founded a year earlier. A fact that most Melbourne fans conveniently forget.

[@benwhite6261]

Ninh Ly yep probably correct. The main distinguishing factor would have to be the word professional, of which Sheffield FC are currently not, being in the 8th tier of English Football, however even so 2nd oldest is hardly anything bad. Regardless, very interesting history!

[@NinhLyUK]

@@benwhite6261 Thanks for the kudos. Though I believe that Sheffield FC is still a professional team. It's a common misconception that just because the team isn't in the Football League, doesn't mean that the team is not professional.

[@trainco1643]

@@benwhite6261 hopefully Melbourne can win the Grand Final

[@faris4068]

I love you ninh ly, being a know-it-all u are one of my favorite youtubers keep up your magic like so ninh can see!!

[@NinhLyUK]

I don't profess to know it all, but I do try and learn. Thanks!

[@petergeyer7584]

Thank you for a much needed video! It seems there can‘t be a single video on KZbin about American (or Australian, or Canadian, or Gaelic, etc.) football or soccer without somebody getting their nose out of joint because people are using their own local terms for the sports rather than what that particular commenter thinks they should be called. It‘s obnoxious and serves no purpose other than masturbatory cultural imperialism.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Peter. Yes, I completely agree. I do like your last sentence, I might use that one for my next presentation! :)

[@bcdm999]

Every Canadian would also call American football "football" as well. If differentiation had to be made, we'd say "Canadian football" or "American football" as necessary.

[@NinhLyUK]

In my experience, when I ask one of my Canadian relatives and friends - football referred to Canadian, not American football. Though I understand that football can be an umbrella term for both.

[@crondawg101]

Is anyone else watching this a fan of multiple forms of football?

[@sagnik3556]

me. i love rugby union and soccer. and i occasionally watch nfl.

[@Ryanm13988]

as an australian, i will now consider the italian version as ‘real football’

[@crondawg101]

This is the best video Nihh Ly has made! I say that as a person born in the US who is a fan of 7 of the 8 forms of football mentioned in this video

[@vDeadbolt]

Thank god this video exists. I'm sick and tired of trying to explain them "Football Purists" that Football comes in various forms and it all comes down to dialect. Now if someone makes an argument, I can just link them this video. Saves me the hard work.

[@NinhLyUK]

Glad you like this video and found it helpful. Yes, the whole 'football' argument seems pretty redundant because it's different things in different countries. Check out my channel for more like this :)

[@AnthonyMerryman]

Pope gets to play with a sword!? Hell yeah!

[@NinhLyUK]

Hey man, nice to see you on here! And yeah - popes armed with swords. Who'd have thunk it?!

[@jedidr4918]

I find his teasing of British people 🤣

[@NinhLyUK]

It's more of an over-exaggerated piss take than anything else. But thanks.

[@clemfandango619]

He's only revealing anxieties about them.

[@asbood112]

Now THAT'S what I call "Total Football".

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, precisely!

[@bodhisattwasaha3968]

you just cleared a long-time confusion... Great Video... can u please make a video on Formula-E?

[@NinhLyUK]

Cool, thanks man. If I get enough demand, yeah.

[@nannyoggsally]

Formula E is the future!

[@JonVonBasslake]

@@NinhLyUK Maybe have a baseline video covering the various different versions / championships at a very base level and if there's enough demand do proper videos on each. Plus, saves time from having to discuss all the differences for each.

[@NinhLyUK]

I've always said that this is like opening a can of worms. Different versions of the same sport will have different ways of contesting it - it's almost impossible to cover every single one and if you're anything like F1 - the rules change every year. You'll always get some smart-alec pointing out your 'mistakes' - it's a game that I can't possibly win.

[@God_MKII]

Ninh Ly or formula drift

[@noelleshea7878]

Great to see that gaelic football wasn't swept aside by ninh Thanks!!

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks! I appreciate that!

[@oliverpd5583]

In Ireland a lot of people call soccer “football” depending on if they prefer soccer or Gaelic football, because of this, when someone says “football”, it’s very often followed by the question “Gaelic or Soccer?”

[@oliverpd5583]

@JB yep

[@Togher01]

The football in Ireland can either refer to Gaelic football or Soccer. It depends on what region you are from.

[@NinhLyUK]

I believe so, yes.

[@keanuismyfather7477]

I’m an Australian teen and and I watch and love almost all those codes of football. I refer to Rugby, Rugby league and Aussie Rules all as football or “footy.” I call American football American football (up the Rams 🐑) Gaelic football is simply called Gaelic amongst us at school and Soccer is Soccer (Rugby is the far superior sport!)

[@NinhLyUK]

Yeah, each to their own I guess. By the way, I used the terms 'in general' - meaning 'not exclusively'. And thanks!

[@mohuuul2524]

Rugby is big in NSW, QLD, and ACT while AFL is big in VIC, SA, and WA. In the summer, cricket is by far the superior sport while in the winter, it's debatable

[@nicholasbutler153]

By the way, the Australian football clip was Greater Western Sydney Giants v Western Bulldogs in the last game of 2014. The scores were level with less than a minute left, and a Bulldogs player dropped a mark to take a set shot when any score would have certainly won the game, and a Giants player got the ball, took it down the other end and a team scored a goal and won.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, that was a pretty epic game.

[@crondawg101]

Great job Ninh. I’m a fan of most of the forms of football mentioned

[@deppo_zweifler9029]

Even in Germany Rugby was called "Rugby Football" around 1900 In Germany the first trophy in football was called "Viktoria". the artist's dedication said literally: "The trophy remains in the permanent possession of the German Football Association and is contested every year alternately by the rugby football clubs ("Rugby Fußball Vereine") and the association football clubs ("Association-Fußball-Vereinen") in Germany. The right to the first competition - that is to say for the winter 1901/1902 season - is granted to rugby football clubs.”

[@benwhite6261]

Great Video mate, really enjoyed it . I think something that is very interesting is the link between Aussie Rules, and the indigenous game ‘Marngrook’. There are many interesting theories about this, and it is made even more interesting that Tom Wills, one of the founders of Aussie Rules, had close relationships as a child with indigenous communities, likely playing it with them. It’s all very interesting, and if it was inspired by this, chances are ‘Marngrook’ would have been played for thousands of years. Once again, great video 👍

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Ben. Yeah, I actually read about Marngrook - the similarities between this and Aussie Rules are actually quite striking. However, the actual evidence to suggest that this was the basis of the game or an inspiration to Tom Wills is thin. It'd be sweet if it were 100% proven true though.

[@benwhite6261]

Ninh Ly Yep exactly. It was so long ago, and with such little information, it’s difficult to find out exactly whether it did inspire Wills. Hopefully, one day some old book will be found, clearing the mystery up, which as you said would be sweet.

[@rjflesher]

Great work as always, Ninh.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks Ron, much appreciated!

[@Seadragon77]

Popes with swords? Man, the other team had to be sinners of the highest level for this to come in.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, definitely! That'd have to be one seriously angry-ass pope out there!

[@SeekerLancer]

I need to save this to send to people so I don't have to keep repeating the same explanation for why it's called football over and over again. Thank you for saving me time.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks. And yes, my thoughts exactly!"

[@harry.dwyer16]

I love the picture of Sepp Bladder where it says ‘my name is Step Ladder’ 😂

[@NinhLyUK]

It's a Hugh Dennis joke. Look it up, it'#s pretty funny.

[@harry.dwyer16]

Ninh Ly ah I see

[@nannyoggsally]

Can you please cover the traditional game of my hometown Pisa (Italy): "Giuoco del Ponte"? I'd gladly tell you stuff. ;)

[@NinhLyUK]

I've honestly never heard of it, but if I get enough demand maybe.

[@lucazaccaria7605]

Si!

[@Dayglodaydreams]

I would like to learn about that game.

[@mateuszjasinski3702]

American football actually borrowed a lot of its first rules from rugby, so there’s that.

[@dylanchenoweth5875]

The oldest established professional football club of any football is the Melbourne Demons Football Club who play in the AFL (Australian rules footy), established in 1858...

[@NinhLyUK]

A quote I hear all the time. There are many like this from other teams from other sports.

[@NinhLyUK]

@ Chris Fu So how about Sheffield FC founded in 1857 then?

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@NinhLyUK Not professional.

[@henrylong00]

I actually did part of my degree on this exact differentiation. There was also forms of football played in English villages where the aim was to get the ball past the church tower in the opposing village, whoever got the ball there first wins, but you'd have the whole village population against the other village. The modern forms of football we talk about today and how they all evolved separately is more about separate groups of kids playing football rather than countries and associations. I describe it to people by saying imagine the game hide and seek, each group of kids will have tiny variations to the rules but in essence they're the same game. This is how football was for so many years until groups started actually writing down official rules like Sheffield rules football and Eton rules. The FA and the RFU governing bodies would be like two groups of people setting up official institutions to govern the game hide and seek but how they play it, rather than how other people play it. The history is very interesting and it's much more locally based in schools and youth groups than this video makes out. Though I'm sure Ninh knows this already

[@NinhLyUK]

I actually do. It was part of my degree course also. As mentioned to another loyal subscriber - this wasn't intended to be a history lesson as to the origins of the most common variations of football. It was just to ascertain that 'football' means different things in different countries. A concept quite a lot of people don't understand. Thanks for your comment.

[@Dayglodaydreams]

What was your degree in, Ninh, if I may ask?

[@johnmccawson3155]

1:39 That is my Football and I am also a fan of AFL. I live just across the pond from Australia. New Zealand is my home even though I know live in England.

[@NinhLyUK]

Rugby Union is pretty much football in NZ, I understand that.

[@OldFossil]

Fair enough. I’m in a similar situation, I follow AFL Football at heart but I support literally every other type of football lol

[@nethunters]

Universal description of Football: a game played with a ball that has the size of approximatly one foot and can be kicked between two goal posts after succesful offensive play.

[@NinhLyUK]

I preferred my explanation better.

[@cazgerald9471]

It appears some of the Italian football style of play made its way into the NHL.

[@adamender9092]

I'm Irish and in my engineering class we spent like 10 minutes arguing over whether association football or Gaelic football is called football and whether association football is called football or soccer and whether Gaelic football is called Gaelic or Gaelic football or football 😂

[@nannyoggsally]

It's mostly Australians and New Zealanders who call rugby "footy". In Australia "footy" can be either Australian Football (aka AFL) or Rugby League (aka League) or rugby union (aka rugby) or rugby union 7 a side (7s). New Zealanders mostly mean rugby union when they say "footy".

[@NinhLyUK]

There's other countries where Rugby is the dominant code that also call it football. But as mentioned in the video - rugby is the more common term.

[@mohuuul2524]

In NSW, QLD, and ACT they refer rugby league as footy and in VIC, SA, and WA they refer AFL as footy

[@aaronrodriguez1410]

Great video. You should do one of ball and stick sports. Such as baseball, cricket ect. Pretty interesting stuff

[@NinhLyUK]

Probably, yeah. Thanks dude.

[@jasonsun4468]

I'm Canadian and I refer to football as American football

[@NinhLyUK]

Interesting.

[@SpitefulAZ]

Great vid! So are you saying soccer name really came from the full name of football? (Association football)

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes. And thanks.

[@SpitefulAZ]

@@DieFlabbergast great! Nihm coined the name "soccer".

[@Christopher_TG]

"Football" is a generic term that refers to a group of related sports in which the object of the game is to move a ball to the opposing team's end of the field and score by putting the ball into a goal area. The name comes from the fact that the game is played on foot (rather than on horseback) and with a single ball. Various codes of football have sprung up around the world, each differing in the nature of the goal area, how you're allowed to advance the ball, and the amount of contact allowed. But they're all a form of football. In general, the most popular code of football within a country is colloquially called simply football while all other codes use some alternative name.

[@NinhLyUK]

Basically, yes.

[@GeneralDestroyQc]

I often heard that the reason canadian football and American football were call that way was not because the game was played with your feet but because the ball was one foot long in the imperial system.

[@rebecca4680]

@@biggslighter1950 . Was forward passing ever allowed in rugby? Currently it's not, yet rugby uses a 'handegg' ball, as well as Aussie rules.

[@willtato8778]

I live in the UK. I've played the English football, American football and rugby. All I can say really is that catching an American football without a glove kinda hurts ya know?

[@NinhLyUK]

Nah, it's not so bad. It is easier with gloves though.

[@eliowens6483]

Thank you for ending the debate

[@NinhLyUK]

I tried, but there's some that will still argue to holy hell about it.

[@Frahamen]

What is football? All of the above.

[@leemcdonald1342]

The kicking part of American football is called "special teams."

[@DanTheCaptain]

“So Australia, what code of football do you play?” Australia: *YES*

[@NinhLyUK]

Exactly.

[@p0t-8-0s3]

You should do the rules of chase tag

[@NinhLyUK]

If I get enough demand, yeah.

[@aetd106]

Actually, in Australia, "football" and/or "footy" is not nationally defined, per se. On one side of the "Barassi Line" (essentially cutting the country into NSW/Queensland and "the rest"), in NSW/QLD "footy" or "football", as in going to watch the "football" most likely refers to rugby league which is more popular than Aussie Rules. In the other states, "footy" refers exclusively to Australian Football. In Aus, rugby union is the sole "rugby" or sometimes shortened to "union", while rugby league (in particular the NRL) is either shortened to footy or league. This particular debate is based on the most popular leagues of their capital cities or state. In NSW, the NSW Rugby (Football) League was the most popular league of any code. Brisbane and Queensland had their own league too but often players moved to NSW for better opportunities. In Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, the VFL, SANFL and WAFL were the most popular leagues in the state, focused around "Aussie" rules with suburban teams competing. Those leagues were the ones that had the most coverage in newspapers, radio and then TV. In the 1980s, the NSWRL began expanding out of Sydney into other NSW towns, then Canberra and Queensland. The VFL began looking to the other states as well. In the 1990s, the VFL became the Australian Football League, and the NSWRL premiership became the Australian Rugby League, later to merge into the National Rugby League after the Super League War. At the time, both leagues/codes had teams across several states, and for league even in New Zealand. Tl;dr good luck with "football"/"footy" in Australia

[@NinhLyUK]

Whilst you may be correct, I preferred my over-simplified explanation of things. Way shorter.

[@aetd106]

@@NinhLyUK I agree

[@andyxiii8558]

It is pretty complicated in Australia these days. When I was a kid in Sydney 30 years ago it was simpler; football or footy meant rugby league or union (depending on context), the round ball game was soccer, and Aussie Rules was something we saw as an oddity from the southern states. In the southern states it was the other way around. Things got complex when Aussie rules and rugby league both spread into "foreign" states, and soccer fans decided that "soccer" was demeaning and insisted that their game could only be called football from now on.

[@Jivvi]

Most people I've come into contact with here (Sydney) say "footy" or "league" for rugby league, "football" or "soccer" for association football, "rugby" for rugby union (or "union" if they're rugby league fans) and "AFL" or "Aussie Rules" for Australian football, even if they're just talking about the sport in general and not the actual AFL. It sounds kind of strange, but to most people here, "footy" and "football" are not the same sport, although they might use both to refer to Australian football if they grew up somewhere it was more popular than it is here.

[@aetd106]

@@Jivvi Yeah, it really depends on where you are in the country. West of Canberra, "footy" is almost always going to be the AFL's game, but it never means that in Sydney, Brisbane, etc. Crazy folk we are

[@eliascsjunior]

The football games would be a nice world event to watch and be part of. Greetings from Brazil ;)

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, that would be cool. Thanks.

[@gregsky01]

Nice to see a Brit who isn’t weirdly territorial of the word ‘football’. I’m Scottish so I’ve grown up with association football being football. I’m also a massive fan of American football and I refer to it as football for simplicity’s sake depending on who I’m talking to. A lot of folks get really aggressive about this though and even though they know I mean American football, demand that I put the American in front of it. If I’m talking about association football, I’ll also call it football because most folks know what I mean but if ever I need to differentiate between them, I’ll refer to American football as American football and association football as European football (even though it’s not strictly European but it makes more sense than association football to most and I will not say soccer). I’m going on a tangent. My point is, I don’t understand why it’s such a big issue and why there needs to be a claim on the word ‘football’.

[@NinhLyUK]

Thanks. As a fan of most sports, I find it rather quite strange that people don't understand that the term 'football' means different things in different countries? If I had $1 for every American who accosted me when I refer to soccer as 'football', I'd have enough to buy a house. I find the responses unmitigated and severely overreacting and I (like you) don't understand why people get riled up over it. Thanks again, great comment!

[@BKnightification]

Great video and one to bring out during any cross-continental arguments. However, the situation in Australia is more nuanced than he says. Depending on where you grow up and your background Football could refer to one of four things, or the "four codes of football". Also, the definition about being the most popular game in the country is played could be argued by some to mean that Aussie Rules isn't football at all! (For the record I think it is).

[@NinhLyUK]

Yeah, I understand that in some parts of Australia that 'football' refers to Rugby League, but I mentioned "in general". It's not completely exclusively that.

[@juliopalomo4791]

Uso tus vídeos para practicar mi inglés. Un saludo y felicidades por el canal, es muy divertido e informativo.

[@NinhLyUK]

Muchas gracias, me alegro de que te gusten mis videos!

[@Facu_Roldan]

I do the same. Ninh speaks so well and so clear I can understand everything he says.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@Facu_Roldan Gracias Facu! :)

[@Facu_Roldan]

@@NinhLyUK you're welcome man. Love your videos, keep up the good work.

[@NinhLyUK]

I'll try!

[@CaptsuneMiku]

Fun fact: Australian Rules Football has all different kinds of nicknames The game itself: “Football”, “Aussie Football”, “Aussie Rules”, “AFL” (Australian Football League) and “Footy” (Footy is the most referred nickname) The ball: “Football”, “Footy”, “Pill” and “Sherrin”

[@KingEddo8]

I completely agree with this video. I'm a Brit that calls Rugby; Footy, Football; Football, and American/Canadian Football; Gridiron. AFL is just Rugby with football rules on a full cricket pitch and I call it Ozball

[@NinhLyUK]

Interesting.

[@pauljarvis446]

AFL is nothing like Rugby. We have Rugby. The only sport that shares similarities with AFL is Gaelic Football. That's why we have an international series between Australia and Ireland, where both sports are combined to make a hybrid game.

[@philipandrew1626]

There is very little similarity between Rugby and Aussie rules football. Yes they both tackle and don't have pads but Rugby tackles are usually front on (and involve blunt force trauma), whereas Aussie rules tackles usually involve being run down from behind and grabbed below the shoulders and above the knees.

[@PokemonTrainerVince]

I love this video. The handegg jokes were always stupid. It's funny that the British brag about a game that they didn't even invent. Also I'm glad you brought up the Chinese and how they invented Cuju aka Football. All these sports are great but the football that I like the best is the one played in the U.S. Thanks again for the educational video.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yeah, I totally disdain the Handegg jokes ... only one person has had the nerve so far to make that 'joke' on this video. I'm sure the hatred will soon follow. Thanks man!

[@waynechalkley6693]

In China it was called kick ball and American football came from rugby so did the British invent well no all sport's have rules or codes the British made the rules for football and America made the rules for there football so they invented there sport's

[@thenorseprodigy7466]

Different codes of Football: Association Football 🇬🇧 Rugby Football 🇳🇿 Gridiron Football 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Aussie Rules Football 🇦🇺 Gaelic Football 🇨🇮

[@kareemb5624]

No, Canadian football is slightly different than American football( Gridiron football ). Go watch Ninh Ly CFL( Canadian Football League ) video. They are NOT exactly same.

[@ZahoorAliMehdi]

Thanks Sir 💖 Best Information🏈⚽🏀🔊

[@NinhLyUK]

Thank you!

[@josephengel2091]

When I think of football, since I’m American, my mind usually envisions some sort of gridiron football like American or Canadian football, but I came up with an interesting variation of football in my mind that has occupied my imagination a lot. Imagine a variant played by three teams utilizing two balls😈😈😁😁

[@josephbuckley3106]

You said that the Gaelic football playing styles were very similar to ones in different counties - that’s because the Irish in 1845 all nearly died so they emigrated and brought some of their rules with them, this invented squash (from handball) baseball (rounders) ice hockey (hurling) the footballs (Gaelic football)

[@shimnakt955]

People from Mayan civilisation also played a game similar to football

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes.

[@shimnakt955]

@@NinhLyUK 😃

[@philipandrew1626]

The Australian Aborigines played a football game with a stuffed possum ball called Marn Grook. The game was first witnessed by white settlers in 1841 but probably dates much earlier. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marn_Grook

[@MXUS_Sports]

They called it, The Mesoamerican Ball Game!! A game when they play for their own lives from being sacrificed.

[@ntinosd.7483]

And in Ancient Greece, people played a game similar to football, called Επίσκυρος (Episkyros) and it was before the Roman game of Harpastum .

[@philunityunreal7228]

I love this video. Indeed I am from Canada where football refers indeed Canadian football and I am also a French Canadian. Since I speak English, I realized that "football" feeds pretty much more with what I call "soccer" than what I call "football". The reason that there are many sports which share the same name "football" it's because each one is a modern variant of Medieval football which doesn't have any rules. I love Cuju an old variant of association football made in China during the Han dynasty. About Calcio Storico, this is an ancestor of all modern football games. People in Italy played that sport when the British played Medieval football. The reason that association football is called "calcio" (or calcio moderno) in Italy it's because Italy was dominated by the Facism Regim which doesn't allow the Italian language to import foreign words. So they may call it "football" or "calcio" when they talk but only "calcio" when they write a document about this game. About rugby, "Rugby" is basically the name of the school and the town where this football was created. Tody "rugby" more refers to the sport than the town. Thanks for this video, I just love it.

[@de132]

They're all football. Let's watch all of them together. Especially that Calcio Storico stuff, it looks cool as hell. Also, Gaelic Football is cool looking.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes they are. Be sure to check out my videos on these sports to find out more!

[@sodaking6858]

As someone from Ireland I can tell you two things about Gaelic football 1 it was a lot better in the 20th century before the park the bus defending from soccer came to this and 2 we play a sport called hurling its a lot faster far more exciting then Gaelic football

[@macolacko]

Gaelic football is the real football and it has been around since 1300

[@sodaking6858]

#MonaghanForSam2019

[@NinhLyUK]

Proof?

[@clipscentral6195]

Yeah but the Australians one is better

[@macolacko]

@@NinhLyUK first official record of the game was in 1308, but it has probably been played before then aswell

[@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186]

Hurling is even older at 3,000 years old

[@lenzcone]

An Englishman calling American football, "football" is just wrong

[@NinhLyUK]

It happens though.

[@pl9954]

@@DieFlabbergast The subjet was the difference between all the sports called "football", so the topic wasn't american football.

[@nirutivan9811]

I am swiss. When talking german: "Fussball" is association football, "Rugby" is rugby, "American Football" is American football, "Australian Football" is Australian football, "Canadian Football" is Canadian football and "Gaelic Football" is Gaelic football. When Talking english I mostly use just football when talking about the Australian version (because it's my favorite kind of football) and I use soccer to talk about Association football. For the other four I use the same names I use in german.

[@NinhLyUK]

Fair enough

[@shaneb6004]

The indigenous people of western Victoria , Australia were observed by Tom Wills ( the founder of Australian Rules Football ) in the mid 1800's playing a game they called Marngrook . The game involved kicking and catching a ball made from bundled up animal pelts . So perhaps that game is the original form of football - possibly many thousands of years old . Australian Rules Football has components of other football codes and no doubt "Marngrook" is the one vital ingredient that makes Aussie Rules so unique and such a an exciting game to play and watch .

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, the Marngrook idea was always perpetuated as being the inspiration to Tom Wills, but never actually proven. Would be cool though.

[@shaneb6004]

@@NinhLyUK Sadly , we may never have more than just that fragment of information about Marngrook . It's interesting to see how connected indigenous Australians are to the game though - a game that they love more than any other and play with such instinctive skill .

[@NinhLyUK]

Absolutely!

[@dayne357]

Popes playing Italian football with a sword be like: _That sin cannot be forgiven_

[@NinhLyUK]

Well, it's one way of cleansing people's sins?!

[@eksortso]

In a way, your culture AND your subculture makes it "football." I'm a big soccer fan, I'm American*, I love the game, and I say that word "soccer" with immense pride. But I do recall an online conversation with an Australian fan of the game who insisted that the word "soccer" is only used by the haters, and that association "football" is the one true football. *I like American football. But I love the Pittsburgh Steelers more than the game itself.

[@NinhLyUK]

Yes, I'll agree with that. Culture and subculture sometimes defines what football is. But the haters out there are always going to argue the toss why everyone else is wrong and they're right.

[@eliasbairamis5790]

Steelers almost look like soccer fans in Europe

[@robertsheehan5432]

What about Marn Grook? The inspiration for Aussie Rules Footy played by Indigenous Australians for thousands of years. Some say that Tom Wills, the founder of rules, often use to watch Indigenous Australians play Marn Grook. The first ever recorded match of Aussie Rules was played between 2 elite private schools in Melbourne; Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar in 1858

[@NinhLyUK]

I read about Marngrook. Whilst it existed at the time, there's no extensive proof that this was the inspiration for Tom Wills to codify Aussie Rules Football. If it were proven true, then that would be sweet. But generally, historians agree that Tom Wills most likely got the inspiration from Rugby, of where he was educated.

[@ClumpyWoods]

Hey ninh, please do the rules of the BTCC (British touring car championship)

[@NinhLyUK]

If I get enough demand, yeah.

[@nightclyve2857]

Thanks mate. This Video was the final proof to win a bet with my girlfriend.

[@NinhLyUK]

Ha, cool! Which bet what this?

[@nightclyve2857]

She said the correct translation of the german word: "Fussball" (which is soccer) would be football, I said football is every sport that can be played with only a ball, feet and an certain area. Now she owes me an evenig at the cinema including popcorn and drink. And by the way: What's about Tlachli? This is Atztec sport, where the goal is to get a ball through a ring of stone about 3 meters above the sandy ground, only contanting the ball by feet shoulders, head and butt and the loser gets sacrificed to some ineffabel god? I always thought this to be the oldest variation of football.

[@NinhLyUK]

Sweet. Enjoy your winnings. As far as Tlachli is concerned - there's not as solid a proof that this was the game as it was played. A lot of hypothesis surrounds it, but very little actual proof.

[@nightclyve2857]

@@NinhLyUK Well, thanks for the information.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@nightclyve2857 No worries bro.

[@bn8994]

Association Football The most popular sport in the world!

[@NinhLyUK]

It seems to be.

[@ameen7538]

@@DieFlabbergast basketball is cheaper

[@sammy_dog]

so is McDonald's n we all know that's shit as well

[@pl9954]

@@DieFlabbergast Baseball is also cheap, same goes for basketball or even american football is cheap of you play whitout kickscoring or protection. The thing is football is the most popular anyway.

[@glenn1001]

@@pl9954 Good luck trying to find a basketball hoop outside the US. You dont need that in soccer. The rules are very easy as well.

[@Bodaciousbirdbains]

Gaelic football does predate most of them because the goal posts used to be like the aussie ruels posts until it was changed

[@SaddamHuss3in69]

As an irishman the most popular sport can be called football. Which is of course the one where they predominantly use their feet.

[@NinhLyUK]

Except if you live in North America.

[@glenn1001]

Feetball