regarded as the home to modern association football. Within Britain and Scotland, the game was popular from eight century and again played with different variations. In medieval times, towns and villages played against the rival towns and villages — and kicking, punching, biting and gouge were allowed. Hundreds of people took part and the games could last all day.
It was same until the game started being promoted in schools in England as an integral part of the school curriculum. The need for uniform standards and rules acceptable to everyone was the need of the hour. This led to the role of Cambridge University in unifying the schools and the clubs to a meeting in for establishing common acceptable rules. Football Association Challenge Cup was started in , which is regarded as the world’s oldest football championship.
In the year , ‘Durand Cup’ was started in Shimla (India) and in modern time Durand cup for football is regarded as second oldest football tournament in the world. Later in , FIFA (Federation International de Football Association) was formed with France, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Germany as the founder members. History of Football in India Football in India has been a popular sport introduced in nineteenth century by the British army, from the capital at Calcutta. Durand Cup started in , founded by the then India’s Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Shimla.
Durand Cup is the third oldest football tournament after Football Association (FA) Cup and Scottish Cup. Clubs like Mohan Bagan, which is the oldest current team, was formed in . Indian Football Association (IFA) Shield is the fourth oldest tournament in the world which was founded in and is still being played. Durand Cup was shifted to Delhi.
Since , every year it is organised under the supervision of Indian Army. Before the birth of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in , India was lacking a constituted national organisation for football. Since, football gained immense popularity year after year, a need for the proper administration of the game was considered. The association that governed