the romans left england at the beginning of the fifth century AD, but the game of football stayed in 1314, the mayor of london banned football in his city the king of england did not like the game either they want young men to practise archery football was not useful at all by 1555, football was banned in the university of oxford and cambridge too. then, in 1581, the headmaster of a big english shcool thought that he could see some good in football. and it could teach boys to play together and learn to obey orders. nearly 100 years later a man called francis willoughby wrote the book of sport. the main aim was to get the first goal, and high tackles were not allowed