Like favourite childhood scars, food aversions are deeply personal, often come with a backstory, and are ripe for comparing with others. This is classic ice-breaking conversation territory in the west, where there is no shortage of foods to happily loathe without risk of malnutrition.
Association Football or Soccer came before American Football but Soccer is not the oldest form of football it is just one of a group of games created in England, Ireland, the USA, Australia and other English speaking countries in the 19th Centaury. All these games can trace their origins back to medieval Europe.
The tablet reads On this field the Oneida Club of Boston, the first organized football club in the United States, played against all comers from 1862 to 1865 - The Oneida goal was never crossed.. The names of team members inscribed on the other side of the tablet.