LEARN FOOTBALL IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Welcome to Football Explained
You’re in the right place.
Football can feel overwhelming if you’re coming to it fresh — especially when everyone around you seems to already know what’s going on. The abbreviations, the rules, the controversies, the seventeen different cups — it’s a lot.
Football Explained exists to fix that. Everything here is written in plain English, with no assumed knowledge and no jargon without an immediate explanation. Whether you’re trying to understand what offside means, why everyone is upset about VAR, or what on earth a “false nine” is — we’ve got you.
With the World Cup 2026 starting on 11 June, there has never been a better moment to get up to speed. Here’s how to do it.
