The history of football - Summary on a Map

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!

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

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

I feel like the Christmas Armistace could have been mentioned, but this was a great presentation.

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

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.

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

I’ve been watching Geo History as a study tool for my AP World History class, and was shocked to find out that they have made a video completely dedicated to Football. I’m thankful to them for putting in the key factors of history that went through the journey of this sport. It’s fun to see the sport of many cultures to be played world wide.

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.

“The first international game ends in a 0-0 draw” …what a surprise

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.

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…😊

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

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

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.

Misses the 1833 first ever list of football rules from Scotland! The first written rules by a guy called John Hope in Edinburgh. Very important document in the history of the sport.

You forgot to mention that Aston Villa founded the first football league by writing to 11 other clubs to form the competition in 1888

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

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

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.