Calcio storico football - GIF

[Altair]

Calcio Fiorentino or calcio storico, an early form of football that originated during the Middle Ages in Italy. Today, three matches are played each year in Florence.




Previously:

Testing football helmets in 1912 - photo
Goalkeeper training football launcher - GIF
Drying a football field with helicopters - GIF

[CharlesWaugh]

Oh, what fun!

[greenie]

These turkeys must of been watching "Australian Ruby League" being played, either that or, the Aussies swiped the rules for the game of Rugby League from this lot, eh.

[alainbiggun]

in Moyen Age,it's nammed Soule, a "war" village VS village ,and present in UK, France...


Italians conserved this old Calcio,and Palio at Sienne

[Philip Davies]

There are referees, believe it or not.

[Toolmaker51]

There are referees, believe it or not.

Yes. Saw a few pairs of referees discussing whose rules were to be applied.
One always a bit more adamant than the other.

[LeeHael]

I don't really understand this kind of sport as it looks very aggressive, but from a young age I started watching it with my dad because he likes it. He always follows when are the next matches organized on a soccer live score website. In the last game, the Rossi of Santa Maria Novella beat the Azzurri of Santa Croce 8-7, the match was exciting.

[Frank S]

If high school, college, and professional football in America was played by these rules some of their games might actually become interesting enough waste time watching once or twice a year.

[BuffaloJohn]

If high school, college, and professional football in America was played by these rules some of their games might actually become interesting enough waste time watching once or twice a year.

Now, it is just pomp and puffery, flash and Taylor Swift...