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<blockquote data-quote="Beebe82" data-source="post: 794346" data-attributes="member: 9778"><p><strong>Football</strong> is a family of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_sport" target="_blank">team sports</a> that involve, to varying degrees, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_(football)" target="_blank">kicking</a> a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(ball)" target="_blank">ball</a> to score a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal_(sport)" target="_blank">goal</a>. Unqualified, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word)" target="_blank">the word <em>football</em></a> is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. Sports commonly called <em>football</em> in certain places include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football" target="_blank">association football</a> (known as soccer in some countries); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_football" target="_blank">gridiron football</a> (specifically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" target="_blank">American football</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football" target="_blank">Canadian football</a>); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football" target="_blank">Australian rules football</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football" target="_blank">rugby football</a>(either <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league" target="_blank">rugby league</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union" target="_blank">rugby union</a>); and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football" target="_blank">Gaelic football</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> These different variations of football are known as <strong>football codes</strong>.</p><p></p><p>There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played by indigenous peoples in many different parts of the world.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-fifa-or-5" target="_blank">[5]</a> Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_public_school_football_games" target="_blank">the codification of these games at English public schools</a> during the nineteenth century.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> The expansion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" target="_blank">British Empire</a> allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British influence outside the directly controlled Empire.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> By the end of the nineteenth century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic football, for example, deliberately incorporated the rules of local traditional football games in order to maintain their heritage.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a> In 1888, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_League" target="_blank">The Football League</a> was founded in England, becoming the first of many professional football competitions. During the twentieth century, several of the various kinds of football grew to become some of the most popular team sports in the world.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-Bale-10" target="_blank">[10]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beebe82, post: 794346, member: 9778"] [B]Football[/B] is a family of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_sport']team sports[/URL] that involve, to varying degrees, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_(football)']kicking[/URL] a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(ball)']ball[/URL] to score a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal_(sport)']goal[/URL]. Unqualified, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_(word)']the word [I]football[/I][/URL] is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. Sports commonly called [I]football[/I] in certain places include [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football']association football[/URL] (known as soccer in some countries); [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_football']gridiron football[/URL] (specifically [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football']American football[/URL] or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_football']Canadian football[/URL]); [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football']Australian rules football[/URL]; [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_football']rugby football[/URL](either [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_league']rugby league[/URL] or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union']rugby union[/URL]); and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football']Gaelic football[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] These different variations of football are known as [B]football codes[/B]. There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played by indigenous peoples in many different parts of the world.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-3'][3][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-4'][4][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-fifa-or-5'][5][/URL] Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_public_school_football_games']the codification of these games at English public schools[/URL] during the nineteenth century.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] The expansion of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire']British Empire[/URL] allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British influence outside the directly controlled Empire.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] By the end of the nineteenth century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic football, for example, deliberately incorporated the rules of local traditional football games in order to maintain their heritage.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] In 1888, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_League']The Football League[/URL] was founded in England, becoming the first of many professional football competitions. During the twentieth century, several of the various kinds of football grew to become some of the most popular team sports in the world.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#cite_note-Bale-10'][10][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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