1. The History of Football By: Amal Al Kuwari Class: 8D Subject: PE Teacher: Mrs. Turriago

2. Table of Contents Where did Football Originate come from? Who made up the first organized set of rules for football? Why did they do this? How many countries play football as their national sport? Why do you think football has become so popular around the world? Do you think there are different ways of playing, or styles, of football in different areas around the world? Bibliography

3. Where did Football Originate come from? Football was played in many places around the world. For instance in Japan, Italia, Ancient Greek, Persia, Viking, and many more places around the world. But it is originally from China. China played football as a normal game they didn’t know that it was a big deal, but then the Britain people made it as a famous sport, and as you can see now that football is a famous sport.

5. Who made up the first organized set of rules for football? Why did they do this? In England they organized the set of rules for football, they made a Chinese normal game into a famous sport, and now it is many used as the country’s national sport. They made the rules because it was turning into a really popular and famous and they needed rules, to make the games fair.

6. How many countries play football as their national sport? Many countries love football and their football team is a good and strong team, so they would play football as their national sport. The first country play football as their national sport was England then after England there were many countries that played football as their national sport like: Netherland, Denmark, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Hungary, Finland, France, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany.

8. Why do you think football has become so popular around the world? Football has become so famous around the world thanks to England. It’s a really popular because it is not a really hard game if you know the rule and the technique, and you don’t really need any materials beside the goal, and the ball.

9. Do you think there are different ways of playing, or styles, of football in different areas around the world? Yes I think that there are different ways of playing, or styles of football. It depends on the player, each player has his own technique, for example: David Villa the famous player for Spain sometimes plays football with his left foot, many other players play with their right foot but in their own style.

11. Bibliography http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/images/exbig_images/1dd428dc4553125c81486e27e3f5885d.jpg http://www.google.com.qa/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chinancient.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/cuju- 01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.chinancient.com/ancient-football-game-cuju/cuju- 01/&usg=__L6vWX3jxKAlUc3kzO7_5lNoQLiQ=&h=413&w=450&sz=36&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=qzsD15LZrOiX3M:&tbnh=137&tbnw=149&pr ev=/images%3Fq%3DAncient%2BFootball%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D628%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&i act=rc&dur=445&ei=E2AATbyQKoPjrAffjZ2TDw&oei=E2AATbyQKoPjrAffjZ2TDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=53&ty=66oei=E2AATbyQKoPjrAffjZ2TDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0&tx=53&ty=66 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4mPceSuW4VQ/TJiKLUPGFMI/AAAAAAAABNE/QQcBGlICNz8/s1600/Argentina+Football+Team+Picture1.JPG http://www.google.com.qa/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zjsmvdUTcoE/SwQ-UqKX89I/AAAAAAAAAnk/Cdp_fQlFJnk/s320/ricardo-kaka- brazil-football.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fifa-worldcupfootball.blogspot.com/2010/08/brazil-football- team.html&usg=__Afn2Lo7vGAzm82ilV8yUMMtkY3E=&h=300&w=300&sz=16&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Y7M6ZoOM48Q4nM:&tbnh=146&tb nw=146&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBrazil%2BFootball%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D628%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1 &itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=439&ei=D2YATcrtEdHOrQe8-OCTDw&oei=EGYATZzTKci8rAf- _YiXDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=77&ty=41=1&iact=rc&dur=439&ei=D2YATcrtEdHOrQe8-OCTDw&oei=EGYATZzTKci8rAf- _YiXDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&tx=77&ty=41 http://www.google.com.qa/imgres?imgurl=http://football.star.md/files/2010/01/david-villa-e28093-the-evolution-of-the-spanish-football-player- 300x300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://football.expertiseo.com/2010/12/05/david-villa-%25E2%2580%2593-the-evolution-of-the-spanish-football- player/&usg=__A38XJ2On31MOaWsRf9Y49Py6ZSo=&h=300&w=300&sz=26&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=oPaUHhLXy8Ds_M:&tbnh=154&tbnw= 154&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDavid%2BVilla%2Bleft%2Bfoot%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26gbv%3D2%26biw%3D1214%26bih%3D628%26tbs%3 Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=372&vpy=72&dur=1790&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=113&ty=139&ei=pmYATcnHDsLZrQfH6qCTDw&oei=pmYATcnHDs LZrQfH6qCTDw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0 http://www.google.com.qa/imgres?imgurl=http://www.football- wallpapers.com/wallpapers2/cristiano_ronaldo_10_1024x768.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.football-wallpapers.com/cristiano-ronaldo-wallpaper- 1/comment-page-28/&usg=__LxuMSIR8Zq82TgLC8r0GHJX4BMU=&h=768&w=1024&sz=142&hl=en&start=20&zoom=1&tbnid=HD2HVM2awD- XzM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=184&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCristiano%2BRonaldo%26start%3D12%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DX%26gbv%3D2 %26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D628%26output%3Dimages_json%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C637&itbs=1&ei=6mYATbKwBpGEvAPL6rGbBw&iact=rc&dur=461 &oei=6GYATeG4B8bNrQfBnuyTDw&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:20&tx=132&ty=53&biw=1280&bih=62826tbs%3Disch:10%2C637&itbs=1&ei=6mYATbKwBpGEvAPL6rGbBw&iact=rc&dur=461 &oei=6GYATeG4B8bNrQfBnuyTDw&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:20&tx=132&ty=53&biw=1280&bih=628 http://www.all-soccer-info.com/ http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_football_originate http://www.soccer-fans-info.com/history-of-english-football.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_countries_is_football_a_national_game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football#History http://expertfootball.com/coaching/styles.php