Where did football/soccer start!?

The first sign of football was in china where they used to kick a head around violently with no real rules! More evidence was in Ancient Greece and Rome around 388-311 B.C. But many people get confused with the different kinds of football. There are many. There is American football, Gaelic football, Aussie rules, rugby and soccer are just some types. People argue over where the game soccer was first started. Countries like China, Italy, Brittan and even America say that they invented the game. Well I’ll say what I think and see if you agree. In my opinion a game that had similarities to soccer was played in china but that wasn’t the game we all play today. The same goes for Greece and Italy.  But Brittin made the game most similar to what we play today so in my opinion they invented soccer or what the game is based on today.  If you think different please tell me and tell me what you think! Thank you and please follow!

Mob football

Something interesting!

Thought it is very interesting, click on the picture to read more about it!

This week!!!!

This week I’ll be talking about some history and geography of where football originated from. I will discuss more about Ireland and Estonia next week but I think where football originated from is very interesting and I hope you will think so too!

Estonia Info!

Capital: Tallinn

Team anthem:  Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm

Nickname: Sinisärgid or blue shirts

Manager: Tarmo Rüütli                                                                     
Captain: Raio Piiroja
Most Caps:  Martin Reim (157)
Top Goal Scorer: Andress Oper

FIFA Ranking: 58

                                                           Estonia Vs Northern Ireland


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A warning to Irish fans!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/oct/13/ireland-estonia-euro-2012-playoffs

Ireland vs Estonia

Sky sports news

Ireland will be traveling 2124km to face off with Estonia for a play-off to compete in the Euro 2012 championships. The first leg is in Tallinn in Estonia and the second leg will take place in Dublin. It seems like a great draw for Ireland but we have to remember it is also a great draw for Estonia.  My next update will talk all about Estonia with a bit of geography and a bit of football! Thank you and if you enjoy my posts please follow thank you!

Money in football

Players’ wages can be from 10 pounds a week to 250,000. The big question is where the money is and why is it there?
The three big countries in Europe where all the money is: England, Spain and Italy*. There is a star beside Italy as they have not kept up to England and Spain and there for falling back and are similar levels with the likes of Germany and France.
 I am Irish and the biggest team in our country is Shamrock rovers. At this moment they are competing in the Europa league. The current yearly wage bill of Shamrock rovers is about €1,000,000. Compare that to Chelsea who has a bill of about €180,000,000.
How are smaller teams like shamrock rovers expected to compete in big European torments when they have this big a difference of money.
Of course there is a percentage of how the works together but what is that percentage? What would you rather have a not great bunch of players who work well or the best players in the world with amazing facilities not working well as a team?
I’ll let you decide so please comment as I’d love to hear your thoughts! Thanks!

An update

I have decided my first couple of posts will be about wages, where the best football is played and why and the travel that the players under take to play matches. If you are interested tell your friends about this blog! Thanks!

WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!

I am starting this blog for my geography class. I'm a big football fan and looking forward to having some fun! I will be discussing the effects of geography in football and why certain teams do better then others. Follow me if you are interested! :D