The rules of football

           

The rules of football are simple. Let me begin by saying that there are two teams and on each team there are 11 players that start and seven players on the bench that don't start and there will also be a referee and two assistant referee's who are know as lines men. The teams will usually flip a coin on who takes tip and the team that takes tip will involve two players from that team standing in the center of the pitch at the center spot and will roll the ball to the person standing beside them and when that person has the ball they then pass it to one of their teammates and its game on and this is how it starts. The teams are made up of 4 sections which are know as attackers, midfielders, defenders and a goalkeeper. As the name suggests this is what the player in the category will try to do throughout the duration of the match. If the ball goes out of play by lets say "TEAM 1" then    "TEAM 2" will get ball possession by throwing it back into play if the ball goes out on the sides of the pitch or it will be a corner to that team who didn't knock it out if the ball goes out of play at the ends of the pitch where the goals are. A corner is like a free kick except there is no wall and it is takes at the corners of the pitch and the player will kick it into the box of the opposition and then they will try to score a goal.

     Football is generally played outside in the open in any type of weather rain, snow or just sunshine. The weather has also known to have an effect on the game of football as sometimes the rain can wet the pitch so much that the game is unplayable and that the match has to be called off or it can make the ball slide along the field more then usual or the players can slip on the pitch and this can turn the tables of any game.

   Professional football is always played in a stadium that contains many thousands of people. The stadiums are always different and come in many shapes and sizes ranging from holding 10,000 people to 100,000 people depending on how big it is and how much money the football team has that it can invest into the stadium. Also the picture showing people wearing the Man United colours on the top right is the type of clothing that football players wear when playing football. Obviously the colours will vary with what team is playing but they all wear football boots, socks, shin pads, shorts and the jersey.