Traditional football

Southeast Asian sport

Cuju or '''''ts'u-chü''''' () is an ancient Chinese football game that resembles a mix of basketball, association football (soccer), and volleyball. FIFA cites cuju as the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is documentary evidence, drawing references from a military manual from the Han dynasty.

thumb|A game of kemari at Tanzan Shrine is an athletic football game that was popular during the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura (1185–1333) periods of Japan. It resembles a game of keepie uppie or hacky sack.

early form of football that originated during the Middle Ages in Italy and is still played in Florence

Atherstone is a market town and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. Located in the far north of the county, Atherstone is on the A5 national route, and is adjacent to the border with Leicestershire which is here formed by the River Anker. It is situated between the larger towns of Tamworth and Nuneaton. Atherstone is the administrative centre of the North Warwickshire district, with the offices of North Warwickshire Borough Council located in the town.

thumb|, ancient Roman fresco ', also known as ', was a form of ball game played in the Roman Empire. The Romans also referred to it as the small ball game. The ball used was small (not as large as a , , or football-sized ball) and hard, probably about the size and solidity of a softball, and was stuffed with feathers. The word is the latinisation of the Greek (), the neuter of (), 'carried away', from the verb (), 'to seize, to snatch'.

sport considered a forerunner to football

football game invented and played in Europe during the Middle Ages

literally "field ball", a Georgian sport, somewhat similar to rugby union

annual medieval football game played in Ashbourne, England

'''''''''' (Old Icelandic for 'ball-game') was an ancient Norse ball game mentioned in the Sagas of Icelanders. Balls games of the kind are recorded from across the world ( Older Swedish: , , , ; English medieval football, hockey, etc.), and ultimately lead to various modern sports.

kind of sport only played at Eton College

Scottish version of medieval football