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They were also getting bruised toe:. I Gome precocious ymingster substituted an inflated cow bladder .and 'the game of football was born. " * j
In the 1100s. the ‘game” w more of a riot. Teams from -iVh bor'ng towns....sometimes with hundreds of players: on each side.— rrer -t some midway point. The bladder was thrown down and the free-for-all was on. The obiert of v the game was to kick the ball into the center of the rival town. When the yelling horde descended on the town, pedestrians ran for their lives and shopkeepers bolted their doors. j „
Eventually the players were ordered to play in some vacant area or give Up the sport. The teams retired to a field marked off with boundaries similar: to those of a soccer field. And the towns..and fco^h ill.were saved. *
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