Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which also goes by the name of soccer. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), North American football (American and Canadian), Australian rules football, and Gaelic football.

While it is widely believed that the word football, or "foot ball", originated in reference to the action of a foot kicking a ball, there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot.Professional Football Researchers Association Origins of Football These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. While there is no conclusive evidence for this explanation, the word football has always implied a variety of games played on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball. In some cases, the word football has been applied to games which have specifically outlawed kicking the ball. (See football (word) for more details.)

All football games involve scoring with a spherical or ellipsoidal ball (itself called a football), by moving the ball into, onto, or over a goal area or line defended by the opposing team. Many of the modern games have their origins in England, but many peoples around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball since ancient times.

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Waiting for football sunday
rsddthree (Matt Rsmotothree) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:53:53 -0000
Waiting for football sunday
Im getting ready to go to a football game with sine and her friends!
bernie_loves_u (Bernadette Carrillo) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:53:52 -0000
Im getting ready to go to a football game with sine and her friends!
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just got out of the shower (: goin to the football game tonight
MiSSHeathaaa (Heather Arne) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:53:50 -0000
just got out of the shower (: goin to the football game tonight
Plyn football!
siirta8li (deven nieves) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:53:46 -0000
Plyn football!
Just got out tha flag football game. 2 tkls 1 swat 1 rec 9yrds
HelloEvan (Evan Stewart) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:53:44 -0000
Just got out tha flag football game. 2 tkls 1 swat 1 rec 9yrds

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