The FIFA World Cup - Part 1

Think you know all there is to know about the World Cup’s origins? If so, you’ll know that before the birth of world championship football in 1930… there was world championship football. You’ll also know all about the one-armed fox in the box, the tale of the two-ball diplomatic crisis, the Battle of Buenos Aires, and the story of the Romanian midfielder who rose from the dead and scared the life out of his mum.

 

If all this is as baffling as the offside rule, however, part 1 of this Grazing GOATs bonus podcast explains how and why Jules Rimet got the world football ball rolling back in 1930.