Football is considered to be the Number One sport in the world.

It’s played by hundreds of millions of people, and watched by billions on TV.

But why are some countries more attached to football than others?

For historical reasons. Football came from ball games played in Europe for centuries.

The rules of the sport as we know it were made in England over 150 years ago.

Soon football travelled abroad, thanks especially to British workers working on the railroads.

Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, were among the first countries outside Europe to become “Football countries”.

Football arrived in Africa at the end of the 19th century when the United Kingdom and other countries colonized the continent.

As you only need a football to play with, it soon became very popular in poorer areas.