Another important difference at this stage could be noticed between English and Scottish teams. Whereas the English teams preferred to run forward with the ball in a more rugby fashion, the Scottish chose to pass the ball between their players. It would be the Scottish approach that soon became predominant. In the beginning, football was dominated by public school teams, but later, teams consisting by workers would make up the majority. Another change was successively taking place when some clubs became willing to pay the best players to join their team. This would be the start of a long period of transition, not without friction, in which the game would develop to a professional level. a b c d e Francis Peabody Magoun, 1929, "Football in Medieval England and Middle-English literature" ( The American Historical Review, v. 35, No. 1). Allaway, Roger (2001). "Were the Oneidas playing soccer or not?". The USA Soccer History Archives. Dave Litterer. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007 . Retrieved 15 May 2007. An important step for the emergence of teams was the industrialization that led to larger groups of people meeting at places such as factories, pubs and churches. Football teams were established in the larger cities and the new railroads could bring them to other cities.

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Sports Attendance, Australia, 2005–06". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 25 January 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010 . Retrieved 19 February 2010. Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators. Simple in its principal rules and essential equipment, the sport can be played almost anywhere, from official football playing fields (pitches) to gymnasiums, streets, school playgrounds, parks, or beaches. Football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football; in 2010 a combined television audience of more than 26 billion watched football’s premier tournament, the quadrennial month-long World Cup finals. Rugby: Fastest growing sport in the U.S. also one of the oldest – Global Sport Matters, Rugby: Fastest growing sport in the U.S. also one of the oldest – Global Sport Matters". 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021 . Retrieved 23 September 2020. History of Rugby in Australia". Rugby Football History. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011 . Retrieved 11 January 2012.

Main article: Football (ball) Richard Lindon (seen in 1880) is believed to have invented the first footballs with rubber bladders. Twelve years later, in 1883, the first international tournament took place and included four national teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The world regions have been divided into six confederations: Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA), The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL).Sevens (1883–), Tens, X, Touch, Tag, American flag, Mini, Beach, Snow, Tambo, Wheelchair, Underwater The early forms of football played in England, sometimes referred to as " mob football", would be played in towns or between neighbouring villages, involving an unlimited number of players on opposing teams who would clash en masse, [34] struggling to move an item, such as inflated animal's bladder [35] to particular geographical points, such as their opponents' church, with play taking place in the open space between neighbouring parishes. [36] The game was played primarily during significant religious festivals, such as Shrovetide, Christmas, or Easter, [35] and Shrovetide games have survived into the modern era in a number of English towns (see below). Other variety of ball games had been known from Ancient Greece. The ball was made by shreds of leather filled with hair (the first documents of balls filled with air are from the 7th century). Ball games had, however, a low status and was not included at the Panhellenic Games. In the Ancient Rome, games with balls were not included in the entertainment on the big arenas (amphitheaters), but occurred in exercises in the military by the name of Harpastum. It was the Roman culture that would bring football to the British island (Britannica). It is, however, uncertain in which degree the British people were influenced by this variety and in which degree they had developed their own variants. The game of football takes its form Canadian football – called simply "football" in Canada; "football" in Canada can mean either Canadian or American football depending on context. All of the variants listed for American football are also attested for Canadian football.