Football or Soccer,Who came first?

 Football in England Fusball in Germany Futbol in Spain Futebol in Portugal Fodbold in Denmark for goodness sake.So why on Earth do some people call it soccer?What if we told you that the word 'Soccer' is as old as 'Football'.Welcome to football 101 a crash course in football trivia for beginners and cool stories for seasoned fans let's kick off today's lesson,but before we do let's agree on the name of the game shall we? 

     Soccer or Football now if it looks like a dog walks like a dog and barks like a dog then it's a dog.So if you play it using your feet and you play it using a ball but, unfortunately that's not how it works. Football has been around for a long time it's possible to retrace its Origins back to the 3rd Century BCE in China but the closest thing to what we have today originated in the UK.In October 1863 11 london-based football clubs and school Representatives wanted to set up the rules of the game and their combined effort gave birth to the Football

Association.Around the same time another

game that was played with a ball was equally popular in England 'Rugby football' Which derived its name from the school where it was first played.Back then it was common practice in Englang and especially amongst Oxford students to add ER to the end of words and monikers to make slang versions of them,so that's how association football first became a ASSOC and then SOCCER.Rugby was called rugger for the very same reason the the game quickly caught fire and spread everywhere, but rugger had beaten into places like the United States,Canada and New Zealand where the name football was associated with rugby or games similar to it.So they said heck we already have Football let's call that other one Soccer.

     Yes it's the team that just won the biggest Club competition in the world for the 14th time why is this club from Madrid called 'Real'? well there's a simple explanation for it the word 'Real' means Royal in Spanish and it signifies a

benediction received from Spanish royalty, but did you know that Real Madrid was not even the first team that received it Sociedad de Futbol was the first Club to receive the Royal Treatment and it was all thanks to the then King Alfonso the 13th who had his summer capital in San Sebastian.The very City where Sociedad de Futbol was founded,guess it helps having friends in high places.Club Espanol de Madrid only became Real Madrid 10 years later there's even a simple way to identify clubs that receive Royal patronage it's

the crown on the logo.

      A bit on the nose but hey royalty wants to be a bit out there in grandiose doesn't it? before moving on just a heads up if you ever came across a certain Team Real Salt Lake no Salt Lake isn't the name of a thermal bath just outside Mercia,it's actually the capital city of Utah and while Utah has a lot of Mining and agriculture it does not currently have a king.The People who founded the city's 'Wink Wink' soccer team wanted to honor Real Madrid and added a touch of nobility to their name.

And now you know we're coming to the end of our class here but before the Bell Rings let's look at a rather peculiar case why does Allen Saint maximen Newcastle's fleet-footed Phenom wear bandages over his headband maximum is a fashion icon on and off the pitch and his inspiration especially while playing comes from King Tutankhamun.Okay not literally but Saint maximum almost mummifies himself before stepping out onto the pitch,

ankles,knees,wrists,arms,head Legend has it.The New Castle United convinced the Frenchman during transfer talks thanks to an added option of a private kit man in his

contract.Now Jokes Aside we've seen many players use bandages for different

reasons and it almost always follows a similar pattern.A player gets injured starts using a bandage things go while wearing it and they keep it through Superstition.Ask Luis Suarez and Kareem Benzema if you want this confirmed but Saint maximum's case is different it's just a fashion Choice. A choice which led to problems with the authorities Saint maximan was charged with two breaches of the FA's kit and advertising regulations because he was wearing his signature Gucci headband with the Brand's logo pretty much visible every

time he was on camera,since that day

Saint maximum covers his headband with

guess what more bandages at this rate

he'll be truly mummified before his contract runs out and with that final body preservation joke we're wrapping up. ah come on that's it for the very first episode of football 101 did you learn something new do you have any other interesting stories you want us to tell be sure to let us know thanks for reading see you in the next article.