The Modern Game of Soccer

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The modern global game of Football first started in 1863 in London.. The English introduced football into France in 1863, founding their first club. The first official  international match which is recognized by FIFA was played between Scotland and England on November 30 1872.. This match was played under the Football Association rules. England won the first international game in 1873.

The formation of the Football League was inducted in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. Clubs who supported professionalism were initially twelve founding members.. They consisted of six from Lancashire ;Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Accrington, Everton and Preston North End and six from the Midlands; Derby County, Notts County, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers who took part in it.

Manchester was the top team of England. In1904 it won the FA Cup. Further show superiority of the game came with Liverpool, who won two league awards in 1901 and 1906, and Everton, who won the FA Cup in 1906. Arsenal won two more titles and the FA cup in1953 but could not keep the pace afterwards for nearly two decades.  Liverpool after success a title also suffered the same as Arsenal. Manchester came again and won the league title in 1952,1956 and 1957. Eight players were killed in an air crash.

After 26 years Manchester won the premiership league and went on to influenced the English football in 1990. They won many matches this year. Manchester United’s outstanding winning success has continued. Arsenal won matches in 2002 and 2004. It did not lose a single league game through out the season. United also won in 2004 and 2006 United also won the league trophy in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007. Manchester was on the top. Chelsea was only challenger in Premiership. Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton contended same way for the European positions.

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association; the governing body for football in England. The English national team during this period moved in a rough road to their success. England team is in top 20 countries. They could not achieve success. They played through to the quarter finals.They failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup but achieved the semi-finals in Euro 96 and lost on penalties to Germany at the semi-finals.  In 1998 they were automatically qualified. The domination was marked with little success, with England failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championships.  2010 sees the FIFA World Cup, get ready for the biggest sporting event and hopefully enjoy!

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