The Most Important Game Nobody Invented | Football | Soccer

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Why does football grip human beings like nothing else? The answer goes back two thousand years — to Chinese soldiers, a London pub, and thirteen rules that now govern a game played by two hundred and sixty-five million people. This is the story of how that happened, and what this show is going to do with it.Free archive. Permanent history. Start here.#FootballFiles #FootballHistory #FIFA #WorldCup #NarrativeHistor

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