According to Encyclopædia Britannica, industrialization and urbanization in Victorian Britain contributed to the development of modern soccer. Seeking new forms of leisure, many industrial workers became interested in this sport.

Modern day soccer gets its roots from a violent game called ‘folk football’ which put large mobs of people against one another to score goals stretching across a town. By the 19th century, rules were established and soccer was played by private schools when teams were formed for schools to compete with each other.

The earliest known version of British soccer is dated to the 8th Century, when British soldiers invented the game by kicking around the severed head of a Danish prince they had defeated in battle. The news of this victory game spread throughout eastern England, and others began to replicate the brutal, violent game.