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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] Football cards are collectible cards that depict football players.[2]
The West Ham United Football Club team was the favourite of Dean Thomas.[3][4] Football could be said to be the Muggle equivalent of Quidditch, in terms of popularity.
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.[4]
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 the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
- 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]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (First appearance) (PS1 version)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned as 'Muggle football' in the Daily Prophet)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
- Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned in Muggle Studies classes)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Football on Wikipedia
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 9 (The Midnight Duel)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 11 (Quidditch)
- ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 1 (Owl Post)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
- ↑ J.K. Rowling Official Site Rubbish Bin - Mouldy - Hailes "Undoubtedly a Primitive Forerunner of Quidditch", available via Internet Archive