The Romans ran with the concept and invented Harpastum ... Legend has it that this Royal Shrovetide football match was first played not with a ball but with a severed head following a public ...

Ball games have long been a feature of human play and the game of football as we know it today has been a fixture of life for societies worldwide since the 19th century. Who invented football and ...

So what is gegenpressing, who invented it and which teams ... placed to play devastating crosses once the ball is won back. The concept of pressing - or "closing down", as it was known in quainter ...