The beautiful game

[The New Che Guevara]

The normal phrase is that "Football is a gentleman's gameplayed by hooligans, whiilst Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen.

Yet hockey gets no mention, and is even less popular than golf! This os shocking, mainly because golf is dead boring effort. (Ironically, I have an excellent drive because of my hockey). The true type of hockey, Field Hockey.

And Rugby more violent than most other sports... even its sibling American Football is slightly less violent. Yet it's estranged cousin twice removed, Australian Football is crazy! and god love the australians for it. Then there's ice hcokey. I think only the americans could consider field hockey dull enough to put it on ice and make it more violent. Still a good game. What about dodgeball? or shin kicking? or UFC or all these obscure activities that count as sports?

[Pannonian]

And Rugby more violent than most other sports... even its sibling American Football is slightly less violent. Yet it's estranged cousin twice removed, Australian Football is crazy! and god love the australians for it. Then there's ice hcokey. I think only the americans could consider field hockey dull enough to put it on ice and make it more violent. Still a good game. What about dodgeball? or shin kicking? or UFC or all these obscure activities that count as sports?

There's an olde form of football that's still played yearly between two villages in England, that's more of a cultural event than a sport. The playing area is a mile or so of ground between the two villages, streets, streams and gullies included. The ball is released in the middle, then follows a general scrum around the ball, with the very occasional break away. The game lasts from sunrise to sunset IIRC, and seldom are any goals actually scored by getting the ball to the opponent's home area.

[The New Che Guevara]

There's also a sport as shin kicking and cheese rolling in some of the small country towns.

Shin Kicking with some cool music
Cheese Rolling and some dude in a man thong

There's also this one for any football (soccer) fans.
River Football

[Reverend Joe]

There's an olde form of football that's still played yearly between two villages in England, that's more of a cultural event than a sport. The playing area is a mile or so of ground between the two villages, streets, streams and gullies included. The ball is released in the middle, then follows a general scrum around the ball, with the very occasional break away. The game lasts from sunrise to sunset IIRC, and seldom are any goals actually scored by getting the ball to the opponent's home area.

Now that sounds like the best version of football ever.