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First football was played on the territory of today Croatia, in Dalmatia to be precise, and even more precisely in the region of Cetina province, in town that is called – Trilj. This is how the story goes: once upon a time, in the 1st century B.C., young warriors of Illyrian tribe called Delmats, ancient residents of those parts, used to entertain themselves by throwing each other a ball made out of hides or bull’s hair. And it was like that until, on their misfortune, invasive Romans came to the Cetina region. Delmats resisted Roman attacks bravely for a long time, but eventually succumbed to a strong military force. But Romans could not resist the charm of kicking the leathery ball with their feet, so it was not long before legionnaires of the 7th Roman legion, were rather dribbling each other, than sharpening their weapons and polishing their military equipment, or doing some social activity for the benefit of the Empire. Stage for these events was the Roman military camp of Tilurium nearby Trilj, where soon to be mentioned living evidence was found. Considering the scale of the Roman Empire, it didn’t take long for the ball to be kicked far on the world’s pitch. Football activity spreads to a Greek island of Samatrik, and then eventually to the entire world. Even England, which is a little bit jealous, thinks that they are the cradle of football. After the Roman arrival, brave Delmats scattered everywhere; as slaves on Aegean islands, or as soldiers to England, where they served military service as victims of unfortunate circumstances. The rest is history, or to be more accurate – the present, considering the current football hysteria. Material evidence to this exciting chapter of Trilj’s history is found on a stone facade of a house in Sinj where a carved relief is portraying a young man who is embracing a football. It is a gravestone from the 1st century B.C., which was found and excavated on a hill Gardun nearby Trilj in the first half of the 19th century. Good portion of the engraved inscription beneath a Roman figure was deciphered as well, which states that it depicts a certain Gaius Laberius, who lived and played football in Trilj’s surroundings at some point in time. To make things even more interesting, it seems that the Delmat game that intrigued Romans so much, became equally important and interesting to them as well. Works of the old Roman writers, with Seneca among them, give descriptions of a football game, which clearly indicates that they were very well acquainted to this sports discipline. ‘’Stops the ball like a lame man’’, ‘’The ball is mine’’, are just some of the Roman proverbs that speak of a later prevalence that this game had among Romans.
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Prvi se nogomet igrao na prostoru današnje Hrvatske , preciznije Dalmacije, a još preciznije na području Cetinskog kraja, i to u gradu koji se zove – Trilj . Ovako je to bilo: nekoć davno, još u 1. st. pr. Kr., mladi ratnici ilirskog plemena imenom Delmati , davnih stanovnika tih predjela, kratili su vrijeme dobacujući jedni drugima loptu izrađenu od neke vrste kože ili pak bikove dlake. Tako to bijaše sve dok, na njihovu nevolju, u cetinski kraj nisu stigli i osvajački rasploženi Rimljani , čijim su napadima dugo i hrabro odolijevali. Delmati ipak nisu uspjeli odoljeti snažnoj vojnoj sili, ali ovi zato nisu mogli odoljeti šarmu udaranja kožnate lopte nogom, pa su ubrzo i legionari VII. Rimske legije radije driblali jedan drugog, nego što su oštrili oružje i laštili borbenu opremu ili se bavili nekom društvenom djelatnošću za dobrobit carstva. Poprište tih događanja bio je rimski vojni logor Tilurij kod Trilja na čijem je području i pronađen u daljnjem tekstu navedeni živi dokaz . S obzirom na tadašnje razmjere imperija Rimsko Carstvo , nije trebalo proći mnogo pa da se lopta nabije daleko na svjetski teren, nogometna aktivnost proširi na grčki otok Samatrik , pa onda, na koncu, i ostatak svijeta. Čak i ljubomorna Engleska , koja sebi tepa da je kolijevka nogometa. Nakon dolaska Rimljana, vrli Delmati raspršili su se posvuda: bilo kao roblje po egejskim otocima, ili kao vojnici u Engleskoj, gdje su silom neveselih prilika služili vojsku. Sve ostalo je povijest, ili preciznije kazano – sadašnjost, s obzirom na trenutačnu svjetsku nogometnu histeriju. Materijalni dokaz ovom uzbudljivom poglavlju Triljske povijesti nalazi se na kamenoj fasadi kuće u Sinju gdje je ugrađen reljef s likom mladića koji je prigrlio nogometnu loptu . Riječ je o nadgrobnom spomeniku iz 1. st. pr. Kr., koji je pronađen i iskopan na brdu Gardun kod Trilja polovicom 19. st. Odgonetnut je i dobar dio uklesanog natpisa pod likom Rimljanina, koji kazuje kako je posrijedi stanoviti Gaj Laberije, koji je u neko doba živio i igrao nogomet u okolici Trilja. Da stvar bude još i zanimljivija čini se da je igra kojom su Delmati zaintrigirali Rimljane i njima postala jednako važna i zanimljiva. Djela starih rimskih pisaca, među kojima i Seneke, daju opise nogometne igre, koji su jasno ukazivali kako im je ta sportska displina vrlo dobro poznata. ˝Zaustavlja loptu kao šepavac˝, ˝Moja je lopta˝, samo su neke od rimskih poslovica koje govore o kasnijoj raširenosti ove igre i među Rimljanima.