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Harry Potter playing football at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Football is a Muggle sport that is played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played on a rectangular field of turf with a goal in the middle of each of the short ends. The object of the game is to get the ball in the goal using any part of your anatomy except your hands.[1] The West Ham United Football Club team was the favourite of Dean Thomas.[2][3] Football could be said to be the Muggle equivalent of Quidditch, in terms of popularity.

Football cards are collectible cards that depict football players.[4]

History[]

Alasdair Maddock was a Chaser for the Montrose Magpies who once "tried football for a laugh." He later contributed to a loss against the Kenmare Kestrels because he attempted to incorporate techniques from Muggle football into his playing style.[5]

In 1991, Dean Thomas yelled for a red card when Harry Potter was almost knocked off his broom in a Quidditch match. Ron did not know what a red card was, having came from an all-wizard pure-blood family.[3]

When Ron Weasley and Vernon Dursley were shouting to each other on the telephone in the summer of 1993, it was said it was as though they were speaking to each other from opposite ends of a football field.[6]

The Quaffle was described as being "football-sized".[7]

Behind the scenes[]

  • Because "football" means something different in the United States and Canada, the sport is called "soccer" in the American editions.
  • City a football club, is mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game).
  • Though Ron compares the sport of Quidditch to football in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, author J. K. Rowling has stated that she did not base the sport of Quidditch on any real life sport, further stating that to call the sport "soccer-like" is "nonsensical to anybody familiar with the rules of both games." She stated that Ron was only referring to the sport's immense popularity when making the connection.[8]

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