REASONS THAT FOOTBALL IS THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN HISTORY

HARALD BOHR WAS THE BROTHER OF NIELS

BOHR, THE FAMOUS PHYSICIST. HARALD

WAS HIMSELF A FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN

AS WELL AS A FOOTBALLER. IN FACT,

HIS SKILLS AS A FOOTBALLER WERE SO

GREAT THAT WHEN HE WAS DEFENDING HIS

DOCTORAL THESIS, THE AUDIENCE CONSISTED

OF MORE FOOTBALL FANS THAN MATHEMATICIANS

THE NORTH KOREAN FANS AT THE WORLD CUP

ARE ACTUALLY CHINESE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE

NORTH KOREANS AREN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE

THE COUNTRY

IT IS CALLED FOOTBALL NOT BECAUSE YOU KICK

THE BALL, BUT BECAUSE BACK IN THE DAY IT

WAS PLAYED BY PEASANTS ON FOOT RATHER

THAN ON HORSEBACK LIKE ALL OF THE

RICH-PEOPLE SPORTS

DURING A FOOTBALL MATCH IN THE DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, LIGHTNING STRUCK

AND KILLED ALL 11 PLAYERS OF ONE TEAM

WHILE LEAVING THE OTHER TEAM UNHURT

ABBY WAMBACH WAS SWITCHED FROM THE GIRLS

TEAM TO THE BOYS TEAM WHEN SHE WAS JUST

4 YEARS OLD BECAUSE SHE HAD SCORED 27 GOALS

IN THE FIRST 3 GAMES

FOOTBALL IS SAID TO HAVE EVOLVED FROM MOB

FOOTBALL. THIS WAS A SPORT PLAYED BETWEEN

VILLAGES WITH THE GOAL BEING TO THE GET

THE BALL TO THE OTHER VILLAGE. THE RULES

WERE VERY LAX AND BASICALLY ONLY FORBID

KILLING THE OTHER TEAM

GREENLAND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO JOIN FIFA

BECAUSE IT IS UNABLE TO GROW ENOUGH GRASS

FOR REGULATION GRASS PITCHES

THE TERM "SOCCER" WAS ACTUALLY FIRST USED

IN BRITAIN. IN FACT, ONLY IN THE 1970’S DID IT

COME TO BE SEEN AS AN AMERICANISM AND FELL

OUT OF FAVOUR

THE ETERNAL FLAME AT THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE

IN PARIS WAS ONLY PUT OUT ONCE AND THAT

WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY INTOXICATED MEXICAN

FOOTBALL FANS WHO ENDED UP URINATING ON

IT DURING THE 1998 WORLD CUP