Football has been renowned as one of the most popular team sports. Football, or games involving the use of feet, was followed by people all over the world in the olden times itself. The term soccer which originated as a slang has been used in many parts of the world now for association football. Football is played in a football ground with a team of eleven to eighteen players in each of the two teams involved. Many of the modern football codes have originated in England. The players pass the ball according to the code of the game i.e. by kicking or hand passing. The winning team is the one which scores the maximum number of goals within the allotted time.