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According to the Chinese, they had a version of the game being played as far back as 7,000 years ago! Theie game was called Tsu Chu and the players would hit a fur stuffed leather ball into a hole. juventus , levski , lille osc , olympiakos This version called Pok t’ Pok was also quite violent and the use of weapons was allowed at times. The losing team was beheaded, no worries of a losing streak. olympique marseille , lyon , osasuna , panathinaikos Being a team sport, football not only exercises the human body and mind, but also brings people together to produce measurable results. 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 , afc ajax , anderlecht , as roma , atletico madrid , leverkusen Aberdeen is also the place of birth of Denis Law, the joint top scorer for the Scotland national team. Law, however, spent his professional career in England and Italy. bayern munich , benfica , besiktas , bordeaux , sc braga , celtic During Ferguson's eight-year tenure, the club would taste triumph more frequently that all the previous years of their history combined. cska moscow , cska sofia , la coruna 4. The Aberdeen Football Club was the first team to lose a European tie on penalties. This was during the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970 following a 4-4 aggregate draw against the Budapest Honved Football Club of Hungary. dinamo kiev , espanyol , fc barca Although the coaches can tell you all about your opponents, remember that the coaches do not have to play against them. fc basel , porto , fenerbahce I would have done almost anything to see what in the world was going on with my favorite team! fiorentina , galatasaray , inter milan Was this an interesting glance at the mechanics of perceived division? racing santander , rangers fc , real madrid Nation states are the latest entity of identity after tribes. Barcelona has long sought to exert Catalunya, which negotiated its autonomy alongside other regions following Franco's death in 1975, as a nation. sampdoria , schalke 04 , sevilla But Barcelona-based regional power, supported by a significant percentage of the population, want greater autonomy including, among other things, greater powers to collect on taxes. shakhtar donetsk , sporting lisboa , ss lazio He led them to their highest league table position ever and threw in two victories over the hated Manchester United into the bargain. 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. wolfsburg , werder bremen , villareal Two world wars and one world cup after all, but national stubbornness also landed us with Steve McClaren. Or maybe, the FA just wanted someone they could control. valencia cf , udinese calcio , fc arsenal After all, even the United chairman got his name wrong. aston villa , bolton wanderers , chelsea fc Fair enough, they weren't many and some weren't even English but it still counts I guess. everton , liverpool fc , man city Well, as an FA official he could hardly do otherwise. manchester united , 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 We've got the potential. At club level our players are superb, but something seems to go wrong for some of them when they wear the three lions. stoke city fc What we need in England is continuity. It's all very well for Capello to "discipline" the players but what's the good if he's not here to carry on the good work? vfb stuttgart The top five levels of the pyramid each contain just one division. These are the Premier League, the Championship, Football League One, Football League Two and the Blue Square Conference. hotspur These leagues all have Premier Divisions (Level 7) and two parallel divisions below (Level 8). Level 9 consists of the top divisions of a large group of sub-regional leagues. west bromich albion As you move down the levels the stronger clubs remain professional, yet the majority are amateur. west ham united Valencia play at Estadio Mestalla which they have called home since 1923. This 55,000 seater stadium is soon to be put into retirement. 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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