ABSTRACT
This overview of science and football provides an opportunity of articulating the philosophy of the Congress of Science and Football, and of forging a link between the First World Congress at Liverpool in 1987 and the present event. It presents also a personal perspective of achievements so far in research applied to football in its various codes. The Congress is geared towards representatives of all the football codes — American, Australian Rules, Gaelic, Rugby League and Union, and soccer. Indeed the inaugural Congress at Liverpool in 1987 was the occasion when formal representatives from all the football codes came together for the very first time.
