Football (also called soccer) 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. The West Ham team is the favourite of Dean Thomas. Football could be said to be the Muggle equivalent of Quidditch.
Behind the scenes
- In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Dean Thomas yells for a red card when Harry Potter was almost knocked off his broom in a Quidditch match, which is a serious offence in football.
- In America, football is known as soccer and is not as popular there as it is in other parts of the world.