Why football is played for 45 minutes? > > Why do people play football for 45 minutes, not 30 minutes or 1hour? > Even the sports scientist and some of the senior players could not > give the right answer. > > In that confusing situation one person came up with a reasonable > answer. > > He said.... "The reason people play this game for 45 minutes is... > There are 2 teams and there are 11 players in each team. Each player > brings his own "2 balls" So in total there are 44 balls. There is one > ball on the ground itself. Thus the grand total is 45". > > Question Answered !!! Sometimes there is extra time of 2 mins which > is the referee's own balls!