I had a great time playing soccer this morning with some of the guys. How much do you know about the history of soccer? I did some quick research here, and learned:

There is documentary evidence that a game or skill building exercise, involving kicking a ball into a small net, was used by the Chinese military during the Han Dynasty - around the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC.

In medieval times, towns and villages played against rival towns and villages - and kicking, punching, biting and gouging were allowed.

In the 1880’s, Oxford University students used slang which involved adding an “er” to the end of words they had deliberately shortened. “Rugger,” was slang for Rugby Football. A student, named Charles Wreford Brown, was asked if he liked to play rugger. ‘No soccer!’ Was his witty reply. He had shortened asSOCiation (football) and added “er.” The term was coined!

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