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3000 BCE
The Start
Soccer’s origin is ironic considering its popularity today. Historians tried to trace the individual who began the history of football but soccer’s ancient origins has clouded him in mystery. Yet historians successfully traced the cultures that first played football-like games. To see more clearly how football began, we can divide its origins into two. First the ancient times that goes back as old as 4,500 years and then the modern period, the immediate predecessor of the football we love today. -
the soccer as a sport
In 1815, a major development took place that made soccer popular in Universities, Colleges and Schools. The popular English School and Eton College came forth with a set of rules, known as the Cambridge Rules. Football was segregated into two groups; some colleges and schools opted for Rugby rules that allowed tripping, shin kicking and also carrying the ball. These rules were exclusively prohibited as per the Cambridge rules. -
The rules change
The history of modern-day soccer was established in 1863. In October 1863, eleven representatives from London clubs and schools met at the Freemason’s Tavern to set up common fundamental rules to control the matches amongst themselves. The outcome of this meeting was the formation of the Football Association. In December 1863, the Rugby Football and Association football finally split as the supporters of the Rugby School rules walked out.
