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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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@BlackTalon_69 Been called a tease a lot will now be a football tease. Tweet it to u after the football teams do the media sessions (Wed)
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Watching this HS football game makes me miss football that much more. : (. Goodnight World.
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Watching this HS football game makes me miss football that much more. : (. Goodnight World.
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Football match tonight. Come on Burnley show Arsenal what you are made of :)
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Confguide.com: The Conference Guide - News, maps, mileage chart, forums, promotion play-offs, transfers, stadium development, and links. Members of the National League System.
Football Food - A blog with comment, information and interactivity.
National Association of Disabled Supporters - NADS overall aim is to raise the standard of facilities available to disabled people in football stadia, by encouraging every club to have a Disabled Supporters Association/Club with whom they have regular communication and who they use as a source of specialist information.
Premierleague.com - The official site of the FA Premiership with news, fixtures, results, league table, statistics, club profiles, and travel details.
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Professional Footballers' Association - The Association is the world's longest established professional sports men's union.
The Association of Wheelchair and Ambulant Disabled Supporters - AWADS is an up to date source of information for disabled football supporters wanting to visit grounds around the country.
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The Football Association - The official web site with history, general information, and contact details.
The Football League - The official site with news, clubs, results, fixtures, league tables, cups, rules and regulations, referees, laws of the game, history, a media centre, and contact details.
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The Referees' Association - The official web site for the Referees' Association. The site provides information, articles and discussion about refereeing and football.
Meta Description: [ Football Referee.org is the official web site for the Referees Association.
The site provides information, articles and discussion about refereeing and football. ]
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