6) How many people in the world ploy footbal? Over 270 million, And there ‘re abour 3.5 billion fans! Thar's 0 lot of peopiel In the UK there are ‘about 8 milion players and i's the notional sport. Every Soturcday people play in matches or support the'r reams, Bur where did football sar ‘and whea? Where was the fist game? Some people think It sorted In China Two or three thousand yeors ago. (Others think it was in Greece, Italy F Jopon. But it erobobly started in England, mary hundreds of years ogo. In 1170 some young men went ro 0 field for a game of ball, They made €@ ball from on animal bladder with ait Inside! The game got more ond more popula The King was woried becouse Too many people played football and stopped doing archery, And at thot time archery was important for wars! Thete was a football ban! But football continued. AY fist, foorboll Was 0 game for working people. Ir Was fun, but there weren't many rules Players had lots of fights, Sometimes there were 1,000 players on the pitch! In the elghreenth cemury boys fr expensive schools (public schools) storted t0 play foorball 00. In 1648 there was © meeting to make berer tues for the gome. We still use a lot of those rules roday. The Bitish rook modern football to cher countries, The fist gome ourside Lossany Europe was in Argentina in 1867, Some ones that ommonemustretdosomating Reel ler (t) aportinside your tis ko @ bag ond keo Englishmen worked thete ond took pee ete 1g and keeps the gome with them. Now I's in every fight r) when people try to hurt each other becouse they disagree country in every town and nearly every support (to think thot 3 or sth ithe best eal war (p) when two or more counties fight