I Tried Playing Football... but it's 100 YEARS AGO!

What was it like to play football 100 years ago?

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[leosmith]

I like this idea, but I think that the 1930s lost so badly because you are using modern techniques designed for the modern kit, whereas back in the 1930s they would have different types of shooting and skills easier to do with their kit.

[Bullwine]

Would be interesting to test out the gear players in the 60s/70s would wear like Pele, Beckenbauer, or Cruyff. Or the baggy kits of the 90s/early 2000s!

[Knotproductions]

Respect to people playing 100 years ago. Those boots don’t look too comfortable 😬

[GK_Bathe]

As a football player, I’ve always been interested in the olden days of the sport. This video has been so interesting and it’s one of my favourite videos of yours. Thanks mate!

[BOABModels]

That weight difference is dry too - the early leather footballs would soak up a lot of water in the rain and the kit would retain sweat too. Heading an old football felt like headbutting a hippo!

[lewisblackwiththenicehair]

Don't know if any of you have ever kicked an old leather ball around, but those things are *HEAVY* Kieran isn't overselling it, especially in wet weather the ball gets about 2/3 times its original weight, I'm not a great footballer, but I normally can put my foot through a ball well, I genuinely struggled to get the leather ball further than about 35/40 yards regularly once the rain got heavy and it didn't exactly feel nice either

[WiHuThRi]

This just makes me respect the older legendary players more, with what they had to work with. No disrespect to the new ones, of course.

[cgFootball]

I'm not gonna lie 1930's Kieran was dripped out!😂🤣

[shush]

I can’t imagine how many times neymar would be “slipping” on a fully muddy and wet pitch 100 years ago

[HRfishos]

Congratulations on 2m u r really improved u yt and every time I see that u have posted a vid than it just lighten ups my day

[Fishcentral]

Those guys in the 1930s had it much harder than nowadays it makes me think how much harder they had to play!😯 my props to those guys. also thanks for this vid Kieran!

[nathzx]

Imagine players like Pelé, Garrincha, Eusebio playing in modern kits.

[kat_kami]

You should try playing a game like it's the 1930s, that would provide interesting results for sure

[hifooti]

Fair play to those who played football 100 years ago. My feet would have be swollen. Ouch 🤕

[ESeda-lodv]

Imagine a movie where the main character is an underrated football player (not popular but has talent) from the present that travels back in time somehow and ends up in the 1930’s. He impresses everyone with his skills and tricks, while trying to get used to the equipment being so different. He helps a certain team win a very important tournament of some kind, and learns a life lesson on the way.
What should be the title?

[BD-ylmh]

Can’t help but wonder what part familiarity plays in this. You’re stepping back in time expecting it to suck, but if you were from 1930 and normally walked everywhere in more or less a full suit, the athletic wear of the day probably felt comparatively freeing.

That’s not to say new wouldn’t still defeat old, but you’re probably not appreciating the old stuff for what it is, as much as you’re annoyed at it for what it isn’t. Has to SLIGHTLY corrupt the test a little bit surely.

Of course we can’t, but what would be REALLY interesting would be to bring a great player from the 1930s to now and give them the modern kit and see how they took to it

(No hate on the video though! To even be able to source all the old stuff is impressive to me lol! It’s just any kind of experiment like this is always gonna make me think of all the ‘what ifs’)

[Kevinj]

You always have good stuff in your channel. I really enjoyed watching the full video. Thanks for it mate!

[lumrickhiphur]

Respect to the pioneers of the beautiful game

[siddharth]

The reason the kit, boots etc are much better now is they improved on all the setbacks of the old things. Im not surprised at the score

[michellewalker]

The boots and ball would be heavier as they used to cover them in dubbin to try keep the water out. The ball became very heavy in the rain. Plus the lace on the ball was dangerous if headed.