Soccer History and Information Soccer history: The origin of football/soccer can be found in every corner of geography and history. The Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Ancient Greek, Persian, Viking and many more played a ball game long before our era. The Chinese played “football” games dates as far back as 3000 years ago. The Roman used football games to sharpen warriors for battle. In south and central America a game called “Tlatchi” once flourished . But it was in England that soccer/football really begin to take shape. It all started in 1863 in England, when two association (association football and rugby football) split off on their different course. Therefore, the first football association was founded in England. On October 1963, eleven London clubs and schools send their representatives to the Freemason’s Tavern. These representatives were intend on clarifying t...
