What was football like in the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

Answerthey didn't have football in medieval times. AnswerIn the Middle Ages, people played football using an inflate pig's bladder as the ball. There were very few rules, and they could have used anything else that was handy.

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Answer 2

Football of the middle ages might be best described as anarchic; there were very few rules, and in some games not even the numbers of people on each side was regulated. Mob football was a form with no limit on the numbers of players.

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Answer 3

Written rules for sports were a thing of the modern age, and in the Middle Ages standard rules did not exist. Football was played however people agreed to play it at the time, and it existed in many forms, most of which were rather chaotic. In one form, called mob football, there was no restriction even to the numbers of people who played on each side, and passersby could find themselves suddenly called on to play in the game.

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