Speech about football.

 Football Speech

Introduction

3.5 billion people watched the last global competition, Over 250 million people from 200 countries play it worldwide, with over 5 million referees which is the population of New Zealand. I’m talking about football, the most watched and played sport in the world. I realise we live in a country where rugby is everything but I want to educate you today on some fascinating stuff that you may not know about the “beautiful game” as it has been called.

History and impact of football

Football has been around a long time, it was invented in China many centuries ago but became popular in the mid 1800s. Back in those days the rules had not been agreed on, there were no specific rules for fouls, offsides, handballs and many more,  Both teams would wear the same colour and there was no different uniforms between the teams, and there was no specific goalkeeper position until 1909 when the person who stayed back the most would have a different coloured shirt And from there they just kept improving the rules. Football has become a global mega sport because of how simple it is - all you need is a ball, flat ground and some players and of course you can play it whatever age you are.

How Famous players got to the point there at 

What’s amazing is that some of the most famous football players in the world have totally different backgrounds and upbringings. 

Pele who was one of the best football players in the world started as a young boy you grew up in poverty in Brazil in South America.He found he had a talent for football when he and his friends would kick around a makeshift ball made of clothes and other things, and then when he was 15 he moved to his closest club and was quickly signed for the team and went on from there to play for the brazilian national team and helped them win many world cups. 

Messi is another example,he is currently the best player in the world but when he was a young boy he was diagnosed with a growth disorder which meant that he was going to remain much shorter in height, treatments for this disease were too expensive for his family to afford. So now with his small and slim build he has been hugely successful. Starting his career playing for FC Barcelona's under-14’s team. He scored 21 goals in 14 games for the junior team which is amazing, so he quickly graduated through the higher-level teams until at age 17 he had his debut with FC Barcelona in a friendly match.

Facts

Did you know during every game of football players run an average of 9km and the first game of basketball was played with a football. And did you know 80% of footballs are made in Pakistan, but here is a surprising fact ... Neil Armstrong (that’s the first man to step on to the moon) wanted to take a football to the moon but was refused by NASA.Did you know that it was in 1946 that the first live coverage of a football match was shown on television. And guess where the biggest football stadium in the world is? Its in North Korea! And have you ever wondered why some people call it soccer and some people call it football? Well it’s mostly the Americans who call it soccer but pretty much everywhere else they call it football now!

Conclusion

So whether it’s the history and development of football or the brilliance of individual players who have overcome great challenges or the amazing facts I have shared, you now know a lot more about this beautiful game - a game that I love along with 3.5 billion other people and 3.5billion people can’t be wrong. So that is why I recommend that you all give it a try.

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