 What do you think is the hardest job in the world? Hmm... Prostitution. I couldn't do it. Well, you gave new meaning to... hardest job in the world. Oldest? Josh! Hey, welcome back to our stupid reactions of course. I'm Rick. You can also Instagram, Twitter, for juicy content. Thanks for paying attention to all this shit. You can also subscribe to the daily button. I think the hardest job in the world has got to be railroad workers. Probably not. Nope, I think it is. Nope, probably not. You know why? It's all done by machine now. Railroad workers have to work all the live long day. I'm skipping over your dumb joke. And today... we are... Oh, we got a little informational video here. This is Indian football story. Soccer. He knows what we're talking about. The world is your... Right, because football in India, my thoughts go straight to the NFL. Yeah. They're great at American football. Incredible. Yeah. The quarterback play in India. The viewers totally could transfer right now. All of those tight ends are so enormous but fast. Good hands. I love a good tight end. I bet you do. Yes. So this actually goes over, because it's super interesting. I've never actually seen, and I don't know their history of being in the World Cup. Neither do I. I'm going to say soccer just because it's what we call it here. I know you call football. I know you think we're dumb. That's fine. There's a logical reason why we call it that. Just do the research. Actually from the British. Yes. Do the research. But I don't ever remember them in the World Cup. You would follow... I have no idea. I'm following primarily a lot. That's my league menu is my team. But I'm guessing next World Cup, when it's here in the North America, they might be in, because they're actually expanding. It's not just going to be the limited number of teams it was this year. They're expanding it. Okay. So more countries can get it. Where in America will that be held? Mostly in America, then there's two or three stadiums. Multiple cities in America are going to host it? Okay. Including LA. Okay. A couple of cities in Canada, and then two or three in Mexico. Awesome. So it's just North America as a whole. Great. So it's North America as a whole? Yeah. The history of Indian football. Indian football. Great. Which is cool, because I don't think I know anything about it. Is it the correct pronunciation around the world? Football? F-U-T-B-O-L? Spanish. That's a Spanish pronunciation. Okay. It's football. Is the main pronunciation. Which makes the most sense. It's the game you play with your foot. Football is Mexico. Right. We get it. So many Mexicans here watch it, and South Americans watch it. So it gets that pronunciation. All over. We have a football. Yeah. Here we go. The reporter asked, why do you play barefoot in India? Then he said, you know, you guys in Europe, you play football, but in India, we play football. They do that in Papua New Guinea as well. They play barefoot. Yeah. Yeah. Not surprising. I don't know how these legends play barefoot. 1950, a young India of free India was flying high under the tricolor. Sounds like SRK. It almost does. And as India found her feet on the geopolitical stage, she also found her feet elsewhere. No, but it did it first. Yeah, it did. Many stories have been told about the legendary barefoot Indian football team. But none are as famous and as untrue as the 1950 World Cup story. The World Cup started in 1970. And it was a very nascent stage when the FIFA started. Everything was not very organized with the FIFA. Then we had the World War and in Europe, it was a real pioneer of the driving force behind the World Cup was played in shambles after the war. The scenario of Indian football was that during World War phase, mainly in Kolkata or in other places, football was on. So all players were in condition and our team was considered as one of the leading team in the Asian continent. We had qualified for the World Cup in Brazil and we did not send the team. An opportunity lost. Many of us didn't believe it's only because we played barefoot. That's dangerous. In 1948 and 1949, January India sent a table to FIFA that they would like to participate in the 1950 World Cup. And the AIF, even after sending the table, was really not convinced or still divided as to how India would want to participate. See, it didn't qualify straight away. It qualified rather by default because there were three teams from Asia which were supposed to play the qualifiers. India, Burma, which is now Myanmar as well as Philippines. Philippines withdrew first and then Burma withdrew first. So India had qualified automatically. But played barefoot. I guess. Main stream players, they prefer barefooted because it is often believed that they have got good control over ball. It's true that you do. Playing short passes and this short passing and slowing the game in mighty Britishers who used to play in kick and run. So they prefer barefooted. But everybody else is wearing cleats and so it's pretty dangerous. I started playing football at the age of five. Football was giving me life. There was no boot. We were playing barefoot. Indian team used to play barefoot. So I was also playing barefoot. Yeah, yeah. It was a very common phenomenon then. There were so many times where we were playing in a small sided pitch just outside your home where shoes were not needed. He actually talks a little bit like a miracle. I played a lot of barefoot football. FIFA did not ban barefoot football before 1953. It was even in India played the 1948 Olympics and 52 Olympics and barefooted. India has just become free and they are representing free India and they are playing barefooted. In London, definitely people were, you know, was this. People were very amused. The British journalists were very amused the British praise and British public was also that somebody can play football barefooted. The biggest myth which actually, I don't know who manufactured it. FIFA said that you don't wear boots so you will not become free. Which is what I say rather rubbish I would say because the FIFA equipment regulation came in 1953. Before the FIFA equipment regulation it was never said that you have to wear boots. It was awful shoes. Yeah. And if you look at it in 1952 Helsinki Olympics most of the Indians were wearing, not wearing boots. They were barefooted. So FIFA not allowing 1950 World Cup for not wearing boots. Yeah. Is an argument which stands whole snow water actually. He played football not boot ball and we did well. Nobody cared that we were barefooted. It's not the reason we did not go to Brazil. So why didn't we go? I was going to say it's money. Then I think IFA the parent body of Bengal football they said they will give 25,000 my sole football association I think said 10,000 or something and the western India football opposition which is which is basically Maharashtra football opposition they also said they will give 10,000 or 15,000 so money was arranged it was not that the money was not arranged All India Football Federation came here and even said that Indians were getting ready for the World Cup but then they developed cold feet I don't think money was an issue in the end. I think the real story which I also genuinely believe was I think the government of India felt that Olympics was more important for India to go so they chose the Indian football team to go to Olympics because the World Cup was not so big June 24th, 1950 the tournament was supposed to start and then only 10 days before the tournament they sent a table that India didn't have sufficient water information late there was difference in the selection of players so they will be brought and that time we should all understand Olympic definitely was a much greater event so they preferred Olympic and they left out World Cup but this was probably the biggest mistake biggest unfair unfortunate thing to happen to Indian football How would we have fared if we actually played that World Cup nobody really knows now but nobody can deny the fact that we were good football was very free but there was quite a skillful we heard the stories again sadly the footage wasn't there my father my uncles they all used to tell us this and it was all something that we heard from people but how glorious the years were then India first led their official match thank you for taking in France that time when match was in favour of India they wasted two penalties against Mayati France and in final minute they considered one goal and they were out from the from the game but it was a really good show it had a very good impression about Indian national team and it really proved that India was one of the leading team from Asia In fact India after Olympics had beaten Wales also like in 1951 Asia was final against Iran that was India's toughest match and India won the gold medal by winning by a goal goodly playing the Olympics also getting an opportunity to play the World Cup doing really well in the Asian games doing really well in the Asia cups was a glorious time and I think every now and then when at today's lot we feel a little bit demotivated that's where we want to be that's where we want to reach because before our country was there did that and I just hope sooner than later we can get back to the global stage if India has to progress in football I think it's the players that can perform and take football forward and to get those results you get good players and to get good players welcome to your life I don't know how they got away with using that you give life to football when you buy football you have no life in play it there you give life football uses life you would have gone and played the World Cup probably you would have played the next one also just the whole euphoria about and around football would have been different you can't quantify what would have been achieved but because I have an optimistic if you would have played things would probably be definitely be better for people in India I hope it happens ASAP as soon as possible and I can't wait to see my country play the World Cup what did that say? sorry I didn't I said there's over 160 million football fans and they've climbed 60 something spots 67 places since 2015 in their world standings okay and it is it's interesting that there was such a connection early on in Kolkata because that is the sport of all the sports in India that's the one that Indrani likes the most is football and she said it's very big obviously do you think it's the second most popular sport or the third most popular sport because obviously field hockey is popular nothing beats cricket no cricket's number one by far and then I think I do think that football is second you think football uh-huh American football I could be wrong big Tom Brady fans over in India big Tom Brady fans now they're San Francisco 49er fans yeah I don't ever recall India ever being in the World Cup time if you play soccer please let me know down below I love football that's cricket oh god why would it say that last time India was history of India in the 1920s cup there they qualified in the 50s was that the last time was in the 50s might be because I didn't bring anything else up since then it'd be cool if they come here could be and if they make the qualifying in 2026 was World Cup every two years for a long time and then it switched to four years I'm not sure teams 2026 World Cup 26 have 48 teams so it used to be a 32 team right but this will have 48 48 teams and it said y'all were 60 something they had climbed 67 spots don't know where they were before gotcha so is there a world ranking for soccer teams in FIFA World Cup standings that would show ya and also that's a long that's three years away yeah qualifying is at least two years away for for that Olympics that would be exciting it'd be cool that would be really great especially if they ever got to play like America who knows how they'll do America as you guys know soccer is not the most popular sport here it's probably the fourth and that's generous do you think it's more popular than hockey? ice hockey? no that'd be the one that would be the closest but I think it's more popular than hockey at least all around all around no way no hockey yeah the north and northeast hockey's way more popular there but but I'd still say overall down here no one watches hockey down here no ever with soccer yeah but comparatively to the soccer fans yeah yeah we have a soccer team here as well LA my we joke about her name but ISIS who cuts my hair her and her husband they are huge galaxy fans nice huge I've been to a galaxy game have you? yeah it's a nice day we want to go I want to take Indrani because she likes she loves football so much but yeah it'd be great to be able to see them in the World Cup and see how they do because I know India would I know the big soccer rins because I've seen a bunch of people on Twitter Indians just following it and their team's not even in it and they're just yeah Indrani's paying really close attention to the World Cup so there's the fans there so I think the fans would be extremely excited to cheer on the actual I don't follow them but you guys can let us know any information about the India football team that we need to know down below and any other shh football related things shh football like what was about to call it soccer which I do and that's thanks to the British you guys know about British carryover we share that as countries that kick the British out yep America India fuck the British let us know any of the British we can write to down below