The Japanese called their idea of soccer Kemari and it is said that it originated about three thousand years ago.
juventus ,
levski sofia ,
lille osc ,
olympiacos It was actually like a combination of soccer and basketball with small stone hoops placed about ten to twelve feet up and the players had to bounce a ball made of a hard rubber like substance through the hoop without using their hands.
marseille ,
olympique lyon ,
osasuna ,
panathinaikos By far the most popular sport worldwide is football. Every year, millions of fans come together to experience the exciting moments offered by football players in venues around the globe.
parma ,
partizan ,
psg ,
psv eindhoven Whilst in most English-speaking countries the word "football" usually refers to Association football (soccer being a slang abbreviation of the word "Association") in the countries of Canada, Samoa and the United States football is used to refer to the game of rugby-also referred to as North American football and Gaelic football.
milan ,
afc ajax ,
anderlecht ,
as roma ,
atletico madrid ,
leverkusen The Aberdeen Football Club is the pride of the city. The team has won the European Cup once (1983) and the European Super Cup that same year, making it the only Scottish team to have won two European trophies.
bayern munich ,
benfica ,
besiktas ,
fc bordeaux ,
braga ,
celtic Ferguson left the club to serve as manager of Manchester United F.C., a position he holds to this day. Unfortunately, Aberdeen F.C.'s fortunes have not been the same since Ferguson's departure.
cska moscow ,
cska sofia ,
la coruna The incumbent manager of the Aberdeen Football Club is Jimmy Claderwood, who assumed the position in 2004.
dinamo kiev ,
espanyol ,
fc barcelona This is very good. But, for a player to be really effective instead of just average, he should look at game films before practice and at home all during the week on his own time.
fc basel ,
porto ,
fenerbahce And as far as I can tell the streams are extremely high quality, which is exactly what you would want if you couldn't watch your games on the tube and had to watch them online.
fiorentina ,
galatasaray ,
inter Perhaps it's the lack of a Catalan side to support that causes even the most nationalist of Catalans to put divisions aside.
racing santander ,
rangers fc ,
real madrid Regional expression and the Catalan language, banned for 40 years under Franco, have flourished. And Catalunya is recognised as a historic nationality.
sampdoria ,
schalke 04 ,
sevilla Big league Spanish clubs have powerful local identities, which have often been used to reinforce social cohesion politically, while the national side has lacked style and success over recent decades.
shakhtar donetsk ,
sporting lisboa ,
ss lazio Or did he? His record at club level suggests that Sven's a winner. As early as 1972 he won the Swedish cup with IFK Gothenburg.
steaua bucuresti ,
st etienne ,
zenit Then there's the unremitting attention from the press. Certain managers like Sir Alex have to deal with the media at a similar level, but at the end of the day he's only got to keep the United fans happy and while it may seem like there's a whole nation of red glory hunters out there, that's not actually the case.
vfl wolfsburg ,
werder ,
villareal cf At first this didn't appear to daunt either Sven or the team. His first game as manager was a three nil win over Spain.
valencia ,
udinese ,
fc arsenal Unlike Sven, McClaren was better known as a man in the shadows rather than as a team coach.
aston villa ,
bolton wanderers ,
chelsea fc One influential voice in support of McClaren's new job was Scotsman Sir Alex Ferguson, because the Scots really wish us well in every sporting endeavour don't they?
everton fc ,
liverpool fc ,
man city Following five games with only one goal, the door that McClaren had left ajar nearly came off its hinges as Beckham was brought back.
manchester utd ,
middlesbrough fc ,
newcastle united That's part of the magic of following our country to know that they'll never make it easy for you.
portsmouth Capello's target is to get the players to show the same flair they do for their clubs as for their country.
stoke city fc We're a proud Island nation and it can't be long until we take up our rightful place as one of the footballing greats.
stuttgart Below this, the levels have progressively more parallel leagues. For example, below the Blue Square Conference are the Blue Square North and South Leagues, which both feed into the Blue Square Premier.
hotspur The FA Trophy is contested between clubs situated in levels 5-8 and the Conference League Cup restricted to levels 5 and 6.
wba As you move down the levels the stronger clubs remain professional, yet the majority are amateur.
west ham utd Nou Mestalla which is situated in the north-western part of the city is due to be completed in 2009, and being 30,000 seats larger than Estadio Mestalla, will become Valencia's new home.
wigan athletic Most of these hotels range between 60 and 80 euros per night making them incredibly reasonable.
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