Football History

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We could go back to past times to talk about the first origins of football, but we will only refer to
the birth of modern football, which dates back to the end of the 19th century. During this period
the rules of the sport began to be written as we know it today. In 1848 the different rules that
were used in the regions of England to play football are unified in a document known as the
"Cambridge Rules", although no originals are preserved from these texts. However, a few years
later, in 1856, new rules are developed that are still used today: the start and restart of the
game after each goal, the goal and band kicks, the use of the hands to touch the ball and push
or hold the rivals, the definition of the matches and even an offside rule.

The Cambridge rules were taken as the basis for the creation of the football association and the
Football Association in 1863. The only differences were that the rules of the Association did not
allow rough play and the use of the hands to move the ball of feeling . They were stuck in the
trees of Parker's Piece, a large park in the city of Cambridge used for popular games, and there
the first game was played following the new rules.

Parallel to these rules emerged the so-called "Sheffield Rules" in 1857, which allowed the
creation of the oldest football club in the world according to the Football Association: the
Sheffield Football Club, recognized by FIFA with an Order of Merit. The "Sheffield Rules"
provided several rules that are currently used in modern football: the use of a solid material
crossbar to join the vertical goalposts, the introduction of corner kicks, free throws after
receiving a foul and the throw-ins, the first matches with artificial lighting and the tie-breaker
systems, including the notion of extension and the gold goal.

Although it is difficult to establish a specific date, the birth of football is usually dated October
26, 1863, the day of the founding of The Football Association, which governs the designs of
football in England.

Despite the unification in a single code, disputes over the creation of a definitive and universal
code continued until the late 1870s, particularly with the followers of the Sheffield rules. In 1878
there was the definitive merger between Sheffield and London (FA). The creation of the
International Football Association Board put an end to all differences.
The FA Cup, a tournament that is still played every year in England and was founded in 1871,
laid the foundations of modern football in terms of making players real professionals. It was the
first time that they began selling tickets to watch the games and thus offer money to the players
to play the games with the participating teams. In 1885 the world's first football league began to
be played: the Football League. You can watch live football matches on ​bee789.com​.

Football gradually spread to the rest of the European countries at the end of the 19th century
thanks to the activity of soldiers, sailors, civil servants, businessmen, engineers and English
teachers, who practiced the new sport and promoted its dissemination. Among the locals.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, best known for its acronym FIFA, was
founded on May 21, 1904 in Paris, France, by representatives from 7 countries: Belgium (Union
Belge des Sociétés de Sports), Denmark (Dansk Boldspil Union), Spain (Madrid Football Club),
France (Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques), the Netherlands
(Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond), Sweden (Svenska Bollspells Förbundet) and Switzerland
(Association Suisse de Football); Germany (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) confirmed its affiliation the
same day by telegram. FIFA's foray into the Olympic Games from 1924 led to the creation of its
own and higher level tournament. Thanks to the work of Jules Rimet, on May 28, 1928 in
Amsterdam the realization of a Soccer World Cup was approved every four years.

Due to the number of existing national associations, from the beginning and especially in the
middle of the 20th century, sub-organizations affiliated to FIFA began to be created with the aim
of organizing football in the different regions of the planet.

Today, football is constantly evolving. Adapting to the development of new technologies, today it
is precisely controlling phantom goals, those balls in which it is not possible to know for sure if
the ball has crossed the goal line or not completely. With 14 cameras watching each of the
goals it is possible to know in real time (thanks to a device worn by the referee on the wrist) if
the ball has entered or not. Currently, the Premier League incorporates this new system and
other competitions begin to incorporate it.