1. FOOTBALL ASSIGNEMENT Done By: Mohammed Shalabi

2. Where did Football originate from? Football was first originated in China and it was created around 200-300 BC and it was known at that time in Medieval Football.

3. Who made up the first organized set of rules for Football? Why did they do this? • The first organized set of rules for football were in Cambridge University Football Club(in 1848).In 1863, a revision of the rules played a significant part in developing the rules that became Association football. • They made the rules because they felt that playing football without rules isn’t peaceful and not fair, for example when a player tackles another player it is not fair for that player getting hurt and the player that tackled doesn’t get judged so they made up the yellow card and the red card the offside, the corners, the fouls, the penalties, outs, changing players and ect.

4. How many countries play Football as their national sport? Sixty countries play football as their national sport.

5. Why do you think Football has become so popular around the world? (Describe 3 reasons and explain in detail why you think they were important). My first reason is because of football the teenagers and the small kids in the ages 7 and over are starting to like football from the famous players and their skills. It becomes more popular because they see them playing and they want to go and try it and when they try it they like it because of the skills they get out from it. So they start showing their friends and it starts spreading around in that age of children and becomes popular.

6. Why do you think Football has become so popular around the world? (Describe 3 reasons and explain in detail why you think they were important). My second reason is that football is a game that is so challenging for big players teenagers children and adults because football is played 11 vs 11 and each team has their own strengths that makes it hard on the other team to play against them. Football is challenging because it is used with skills power and strengths and it is hard because when a team is playing against another team either it was a hard team toplay against or easy it is still a hard game to play and it is 1:30 minuets long and each team has only 3 player exchanging in the full match.

7. Why do you think Football has become so popular around the world? (Describe 3 reasons and explain in detail why you think they were important). My third reason is football is starting to be so popular around the world from the skills and goals that the players and the teams scores around the world. Like when a team has good passing and scoring skills like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and ect. These teams has good scoring and passing skills and goalies and defense so they have got a lot of fans witch makes it popular.

8. Do you think there are different ways of playing, or styles, of Football in different areas around the world? Explain your answer using Football terms. Yes I think there is different ways of playing and style of football in different areas around the world. In the middle east and Asia Football is mostly focused on scoring and wining the match with the three points only. In Europe they mostly focus on skills tricks and dribbling the ball and doing tricks before scoring a goal and getting the best trophies in Europe. In the USA like Brazil and Mexico and Argentina and ect. They focus on everything and mostly skills.

9. Bibliography • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_did_football_originate • http://blog.sport.co.uk/Football/757/Top_Ten_Records_in_English_Football_History_Number_9.aspx • http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/xiamen-info-235.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_rules • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_countries_is_football_a_national_game • http://thirdgarage.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html • http://www.magicbox.uk.com/thanks-for-watching.html

10. THX 4 WATCHING :P