Australian football is played across the whole of Australia and China are also giving it a go. In 1857, Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian Football, returned to Australia after schooling in England where he was football captain of Rugby School and a brilliant cricketer. The new game was devised by Wills, his cousin H.C.A. Harrison, W.J. Hammersley and J.B. Thompson. The Melbourne Football Club was formed on August 7, 1858 – the year of the code's first recorded match between Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar School.
AFL is a 121-year-old game and has majorly changed since its creation. Now it has plenty of new rules and teams. Betting is one of the most popular thing in Football. There are currently 18 teams playing in the profession …show more content…
The village folk football continued in several areas though attenuated and confined by the authorities. In the public schools and the universities, a few variants of the game were played which had distinct and specific sets of rules. Small-sided games of football sometimes for monetary or physical rewards were being played in various parts of England and Scotland. The latter type of football can also be found in Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. Most of the examples uncovered so far were not the rough village games but something much closer to association football (soccer) as it was arranged in England in …show more content…
Each game, no matter who they play or where they play, there will always be a couple thousand people watching on. People all around Australia support a certain team and everyone knows what AFL is. There are some negatives. Sometimes people get in fights arguing about what team is the best, also happens on social media.
The sport also effects young kids. The AFL players are what kids want to be when they grow up. They are there hero’s, role models. The average ticket cost of a AFL game is $65.
Every team has a mascot, Essendon’s is called Moz "Skeeta" Reynolds. The Crows’ mascot is called Claude "Curls" Crow. The Port Adelaide mascot is called Tommy “Thunda” Power.
In AFL, we have lots of different cultures and backgrounds that play the beautiful game, such as: Africa, Aboriginal, Italy, China and many more. AFL even has different rounds to embrace our different cultures. There different rounds like the Anzac round, Indigenous round, and the multicultural round.
Drugs have majorly changed AFL forever. Drugs such as steroids are now called cheating since they improve player’s performance. People have been killed in their own life from different sorts of drugs, from overdosing to falling of a balcony.
There are 18 teams in AFL. The following teams are shown below.
1. Adelaide Football Club
2. Brisbane Lions
3. Carlton Football
AFL is a 121-year-old game and has majorly changed since its creation. Now it has plenty of new rules and teams. Betting is one of the most popular thing in Football. There are currently 18 teams playing in the profession …show more content…
The village folk football continued in several areas though attenuated and confined by the authorities. In the public schools and the universities, a few variants of the game were played which had distinct and specific sets of rules. Small-sided games of football sometimes for monetary or physical rewards were being played in various parts of England and Scotland. The latter type of football can also be found in Australia in the mid-nineteenth century. Most of the examples uncovered so far were not the rough village games but something much closer to association football (soccer) as it was arranged in England in …show more content…
Each game, no matter who they play or where they play, there will always be a couple thousand people watching on. People all around Australia support a certain team and everyone knows what AFL is. There are some negatives. Sometimes people get in fights arguing about what team is the best, also happens on social media.
The sport also effects young kids. The AFL players are what kids want to be when they grow up. They are there hero’s, role models. The average ticket cost of a AFL game is $65.
Every team has a mascot, Essendon’s is called Moz "Skeeta" Reynolds. The Crows’ mascot is called Claude "Curls" Crow. The Port Adelaide mascot is called Tommy “Thunda” Power.
In AFL, we have lots of different cultures and backgrounds that play the beautiful game, such as: Africa, Aboriginal, Italy, China and many more. AFL even has different rounds to embrace our different cultures. There different rounds like the Anzac round, Indigenous round, and the multicultural round.
Drugs have majorly changed AFL forever. Drugs such as steroids are now called cheating since they improve player’s performance. People have been killed in their own life from different sorts of drugs, from overdosing to falling of a balcony.
There are 18 teams in AFL. The following teams are shown below.
1. Adelaide Football Club
2. Brisbane Lions
3. Carlton Football