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FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME, IT IS CHANGING THE WORLD
Marcello de Quintal

English PACE 1132
June 24, 2013

INDEX
Introduction
Football
What is Football

Why Football Is So Popular
Anyone can Play
Easy To Play
Very Few Rules
For All Genders
The Ball
All You Need
Easy To Make
How Football Connects People
Zimbabwe Trip
FIFA World Cup
Healing A Nation
Economic Growth
Lessons Learnt
Better Infrastructure

* * * INDEX * * *
What Football Is Fighting
Racism
Suarez Incident
ACE Milan Incident
Fair Play
Poverty
UNICEF
Players Donations
How Football Is A Stress Reliever
Away From The World
Used Socially
What Football Means To The World
Happiness
Hope
Unity
Closing
Changed Lives
Changed World *

Football – Football Is More Than A Game It Is Changing The World
Football
“Football is a beautiful game because it belongs to all of us.’’1 The whole world plays football, some better than others but we all know how it feels to run and kick a ball. Wherever you go, from morning until night, people are playing football. Anything that can possibly set those people apart, the game can bring back together. Now more than ever across every continent football has become a common language and a culture shared. A culture that is defined by the passion behind it, the joy it brings and the hope it gives to those less fortunate. To many football has become an escape, an inspiration or an affirmation of identity and this is what made football rise from a simple game to a global platform that people are now using to change the world.
What Is Football
There are many forms of football which evolved from medieval ball games played in Europe. One of these is Association football. The man who drafted the rules of the game' for 'Football' was called Ebenezer Cobb Morley, also known as the ‘Father of Football’. At a public house called the Freemasons Tavern in London on 26th October 1863, Ebenezer, along
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