My introduction

Hello. This is my first blog and over the course of the next five blogs I am going to be talking to you about the geography of football. I will focus on the top four leagues in Europe- The Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain), The Bundesliga (Germany) and Ligue 1 (France).


Firstly I am going to talk about football in general. Football is the most popular sport in the world. There are over 200 FIFA registered countries that play football.
The rules were first drawn up in England in 1863 and these rules still control the game today. The game today is controlled by Fédération Internationale de Football Association or more commonly know as FIFA. FIFA are responsible for organising the major competitions in football such as the world cup, which is held every four years. This is footballs most popular competition with around 28 billion people watching around the world.


Football is a changing game, with new technology changing it for the better. Goal line technology was added in 2013 making it easier for the officials to see whether a ball had crossed the line when challenged with difficult circumstances. Edin Dzeko was the first player in the premier league to have his goal awarded by the new technology.
Even more recent is VAR. This is video assistance for the referees and will be used to make sure the referees decisions are the correct ones.
All of these changes can only be good for football and its advance.