The+History+of+Real+Football

=**__The History of Real Football__**=
 * __By Declan P__**

The history of soccer (football) dates back almost 3000 years ago to when the Ancient Romans and Ancient Greeks played a version of it!
====Soccer is the oldest and most played sport in all of history and it is still the #1 most popular sport. Soccer is native to Europe and South America. In Europe they used there version of the game to sharpen there warriors for battle (obviously they didn't play by the same rules we did), but in South America it was used for a fun game that people played for fun and a little competition. They didn't start playing club or national teams until the mid 1800s where it started in England. The world cup was founded in 1971 by an Italian named Silvio Gazzanigi. The first world cup was hosted in 1930 in Uruguay. Every four years the world cup is hosted in a different country than the last. The next world cup in 2014 will be hosted in Brazil.====