History of Football

According to Bill Murray, an expert in football history, in his book The World Game: A History of Soccer, football has been played since the beginning of AD. At that time,the people in the era of Ancient Egypt are familiar with carrying and kicking a ballgame that was made of linen cloth bundle. History of Ancient Greece also noted there is a game called episcuro, using a ball game. The evidence is illustrated in the reliefson the walls of the museum which depicts a young boy holding a round ball and playwith the thigh.

Football is also said to come from mainland China. In a military document stated,since 206 BC, during the reign of Tsin and Han Dynasty, people are already playing a ball game called tsu chu. Tsu has a meaning of "hit the ball with the foot". While chu,meaning "ball of the skin and no content". They played ball made ​​of animal skins by kicking and led him into a net stretched on two poles.

Japan did not want to miss. Since the 8th century, it is said people are familiar withthis game. They call it over here. Ball made ​​of deer skin filled with air.

Interestingly, there is a legend in the Middle Ages. It is said that time, the wholevillage followed a ball game. The ball is made ​​of the skull, kicked one of the residentstoward the neighboring village. Then, by the recipient of the ball in the village, followedthe ball was kicked into the next village.