Football Trivia

The red and yellow card system was invented by English referee Ken Aston, a school headmaster.
Early in the history of football, team sizes ranged from 15 to 21. It was not until 1870 that the 11-player team was standardized.

In England and many other part of the world the game is called football, for obvious reasons. However, in countries like the US and Australia, where there is a more dominant game of 'football', they use the term 'soccer'. Where does this come from? The term was coined when someone asked Charles Wreford Brown if he was a Rugger (a Rugby player), to which he replied, no, Soccer! taking the phrase from Association, SOC, and adding the -er.
Football is the world's most popular sport. The World Cup is estimated to be watched by a home viewing audience of over 30 billion people. (I know that's more than the world's population, this figure is an 'accumulated' audience, meaning if people watched more than one game, which most people did, they were counted each time).

Football Event Trivia

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