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Soccer is the single greatest metaphor for human life on this planet. It's a battle, it's a war. It's the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, or an exercise in futility. Just like all the parts of your life. Footylosopher takes the worldview of footy fans and applies it to social and historical events. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support
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With future travel back on everyone's mind, we take a look toward the next most important global destination event--The FIFA World Cup 2022. This one was controversially awarded to Qatar back in 2010. Since then FIFA itself has been decimated in an FBI corruption bust and the nation of Qatar has been carefully scrutinized. We're even seeing some co…
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We all like to travel with a purpose. For some it's to immerse themselves in a new culture. Some want to see history first hand. Others want to leave their stressors behind for a relaxing vista and a modicum of peace from responsibility. Whatever your passion is, experiencing it in a foreign land is an unforgettable thing. So why wouldn't these pod…
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The world has lost some of it's color. The passing of Diego Maradona doesn't just affect the soccering world, but the world at large. He was a larger than life personality that had a global spotlight both on and off the pitch. Part of what drove him to become one of the player he was drove his life straight toward the grave. Join us to reflect on t…
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Diego Maradona was a larger than life figure, but he was as much a cautionary tale as he was an inspiration. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/support
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The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete. -Charles Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin International competition seems to be a relatively new endeavor. The idea that one nation would assert it's dominance over another through sport seems as natural as breathing. In fact, when one looks at the timeline of human existence competit…
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Queen's Park FC and The Scotch Scientists
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You can't begin to discuss the first International Football Match without first establishing the first Non English Football Club. Glasgow's Queen's Park Football Club was established in 1867 in a most unceremonious manner. It did however go on to shape the game of football for most of the world in the last part of the 19th Century. The team establi…
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Kobe Bryant spent an important part of his childhood in Italy where he grew a love of the game of soccer. A natural talent in basketball, his destiny was set. He did, however, apply tactics and strategies of soccer to his basketball game and in so doing, elevated his game, and the game of his opposing teams, perhaps forever. He remained an influent…
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Charles William Alcock was a major player in the formation of the structure of English Football we know today. A Harrow boy, and avid Cricketer, he needed a sport to play during the winter months when Cricket was on hiatus. He, like many others, turned to the pitch to play football; or what passed as football in the 1850's. After school, Alcock co …
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Five years after the Sheffield Rules were first written down a solicitor from West London became "the first person to write down the rules of soccer". Popular opinion seems to favor Barnes founder Ebeneezer Cobb Morley as the father of modern football. Though he never lived in or very near to Sheffield, it is unlikely he was not aware of the rules …
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Early Codification, Part 2: Sheffield Rules
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The two men that had more to do with football codification than anyone else were Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest; or as I lovingly call them: Pres-Wick. These all around athletes competed in everything from pedestrianism to potato sack races. From jumping competitions to fencing. It's possible that their sport of choice was cricket, or maybe S…
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Early Codification, Part 1: The Public School Game
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Between the Mob Football of medieval Europe and the the game of football that we know today, there was a rather turbulent period of codification. Starting from the 14th Century, schools would play their own variation of football. These games would differ greatly from campus to campus; so much so that intercollegiate play was virtually impossible. E…
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When Spanish Conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived in present day Mexico he encountered the Aztecs; a massive civilization with a dynamic and thriving culture In his pursuit of power, fame and a fortune of gold Cortes decimated a welcoming civilization with war and pestilence. Mistaken for the god Quetzalcoatl, Cortes was given access to the Aztec Rul…
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Keywords: Shrovetide, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Lent, Ash Wednesday, Ashbourne, England, Medieval Football, Soccer, Hug Ball, Mob Football, Hugball, Henmore Brook, Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom, Tom Boulton Lear, Tom Boulton-Lear, Plasters--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footylosopher/messageSu…
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The evolution of soccer has been dependent on the evolution of the ball used to play it. Charles Goodyear was one of history's greatest innovators. Sadly, he was also one of history's most tragic figures. His pursuit of vulcanizing rubber did not cease even thru unimaginable hardship. He lost his fortune and his family to give us the world we know …
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There's a lot of people out there that claim their country or region...or even empire, invented soccer. They might not be wrong. Soccer is that unique universal game that saw it's origins evolve independently across the globe. It seems there's nary a culture that's ever trod the earth that hasn't been filled with the uncontrollable urge to kick stu…
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It's been about 23 years since the proclamation that soccer has arrived in America and twenty one years since the birth of Major League Soccer. This episode we talk to Shakara Robinson, a non soccer fan, about her awareness of soccer in America and how it's grown over the last couple of decades. Has soccer reached the level of pervading the everyda…
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Camus said "Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football". With guest Juan Fernandez we discuss the formative years of Albert Camus, philosopher, journalist, Author and Nobel Laureate. Camus spent his formative years playing what he considered to be the most isolated of positions; goalkeeper. The dichotomy of ab…
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In our inaugural episode we talk with Jason Hicks, founder of Niyakko Rush Soccer Club, and Goshen Carmel, Filmmaker and Niyakko Alum. Niyakko Rush was started when Jason found a group of refugee children playing soccer in a dirt lot at their apartment complex. The kids didn't have proper grass or footwear, but the soccer would not be stopped. Conf…
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Footylosopher It’s a clumsy portmanteau but I couldn’t imagine anything more appropriate. Philosophy is the love of wisdom. And a philosopher is one who pursues wisdom. The inherent fault in our pursuit is the assumption that there is a universal truth to all things. That cultural variances and personal experiences don’t shape our every opinion and…
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