# Football (Soccer)

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Category: Sports
Slides: 32
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:25.892Z
Tags: sports, football, soccer

## Summary

No other sport is even close. Cricket has India; American football has America; football has everywhere — Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, the diaspora. The 2022 Qatar World Cup final drew an estimated 1.5 billion viewers. Key sections include: Football (Soccer).; Opening The world's game.; Chapter I Medieval folk football.; Chapter II The Football Association.; Chapter III The professional turn.; Chapter IV The first World Cup.; Chapter V The Maracanã, 1950.; Chapter VI Hungary, 1953.; Chapter VII The 1958 World Cup.; Chapter VIII Cruyff and Ajax..

## Slide Outline

1. Football (Soccer).
2. Opening The world's game.
3. Chapter I Medieval folk football.
4. Chapter II The Football Association.
5. Chapter III The professional turn.
6. Chapter IV The first World Cup.
7. Chapter V The Maracanã, 1950.
8. Chapter VI Hungary, 1953.
9. Chapter VII The 1958 World Cup.
10. Chapter VIII Cruyff and Ajax.
11. Chapter IX The greatest team.
12. Chapter X Mexico, 1986.
13. Chapter XI Heysel and Hillsborough.
14. Chapter XII The ruling that broke the market.
15. Chapter XIII The European super-tournament.
16. Chapter XIV Spain, 2008–2014.
17. Chapter XV The fifteen-year duopoly.
18. Chapter XVI The tactical revolution.
19. Chapter XVII The counter to possession.
20. Chapter XVIII The English economic engine.
21. Chapter XIX The USWNT and the global rise.
22. Chapter XX The political winger.
23. Chapter XXI The November World Cup.
24. Chapter XXII Messi's World Cup.
25. Chapter XXIII Sportswashing and the Gulf.
26. Chapter XXIV The 48-team World Cup.
27. Chapter XXV The football economy.
28. Chapter XXVI What the players make.
29. Chapter XXVII Twenty-five works.
30. Chapter XXVIII Watch & read.
31. Chapter XXIX Why football wins.
32. The end of the deck.

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