The Romans and the Greeks had many games that were close to soccer and the game called Harpastum is the game thought to be one soccer could have evolved from.
juventus ,
levski sofia ,
lille osc ,
olympiakos Finally from Britain we get the story of soccer beginning with the beheading of a Danish Prince.
marseille ,
olympique lyon ,
osasuna ,
panathinaikos The early sport was extremely violent but very popular all over the country. King Edward III thought it to be so violent that he wanted to ban common people from playing it but that never came to fruition.
parma ,
partizan ,
psg ,
psv eindhoven In fact, football is one of the few sports in existence today that can exhilarate sports fans in such a degree and give to everyone owning a round shaped ball the opportunity to become a champion for at least a day.
milan ,
ajax fc ,
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 ,
bordeaux ,
sc braga ,
celtic The Aberdeen F.C. is only one of three pre-World War I Scottish teams that has never been relegated. (The Rangers and Celtic are the others.)
cska moscow ,
cska sofia ,
la coruna Under Calderwood, the club finished fourth in the 2004-05 season and sixth in the 2005-06 season.
dinamo kiev ,
espanyol ,
barcelona Once the game starts, it's just you and the other fellow, just as it is in the prize ring. If you are not prepared, it can be a long, hard afternoon. And a losing one, too.
fc basel ,
fc porto ,
fenerbahce I would have done almost anything to see what in the world was going on with my favorite team!
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 In 2005, cava lost some of its sparkle during a Spanish boycott of Catalan goods by critics of the drive for Catalan independence.
shakhtar donetsk ,
sporting lisboa ,
ss lazio Sven then went on to prove that his successes with IFK weren't just a flash in the pan by achieving fantastic results whilst coaching teams such as SL Benfica, Roma Fiorontina and SS Lazio.
steaua ,
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.
wolfsburg ,
werder ,
villareal cf Talk about going in at the deep end. Under Sven's leadership, we went on to qualify for two world cups and the 2004 Euro Championships, something that seems a distant and nostalgic dream when you think back to the desolation that marked this summer.
valencia cf ,
udinese calcio ,
arsenal After all, even the United chairman got his name wrong.
aston villa ,
bolton wanderers ,
chelsea Fair enough, they weren't many and some weren't even English but it still counts I guess.
everton fc ,
liverpool ,
man city The decision to drop Beckham didn't make sense to me then and it still doesn't now.
man utd ,
middlesbrough fc ,
newcastle utd Due largely to McClaren's bazaar team selection we lost the game 3 - 2
portsmouth fc 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 Capello has a get out clause in his contract that could mean he'll leave after the world cup.
vfb stuttgart The pyramid consists of over 140 leagues, 480 divisions and over 7,000 clubs.
hotspur The FA Vase is open for teams from level 9-11 and the FA National League System Cup is contested by representative teams from each league of level 11.
west bromich albion Although these stories are not that common, there is significant movement between the leagues.
west ham utd Valencia CF has 45,000 registered official supporters, with a further 20,000 currently on the waiting list who will be registered with the move to Nou Mestalla in 2009.
wigan athletic fc They play in white and black at home and orange and blue away these are colors that you will see all over the city, on people, on walls, on cars.
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