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Founded	18631863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento, CA on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. January 11 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkan... [click for more]
FIFAF�d�ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (called simply football or soccer). It is based in Zurich, Switzerland.... [click for more] affiliation	1905 Events January-April January 22 - Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine. February 23 - Foundation of Rotary International March 1 - Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office as Premier of South Australia March 3 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma). March 5 - R... [click for more]
UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, running nine national and four club competitions in Europe, controlling the prize-money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. It is one of the six continental confederations of FIFA.... [click for more] affiliation	1954 Events January events January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations January 21 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower. January 25 - The foreign ministers of the ... [click for more]
Prince William of WalesThrough his mother, Prince William is descended from both the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Richmond, two illegitimate sons of King Charles II of England. Thus, upon his expected ascension as King, he will be the first British monarch descended from Charles II, as well as the first descended from Charles I since the death of Queen Anne in 1714.... [click for more]

The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of footballFootball is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known as soccer, short for association football (which by itself is a third occasional term), to differentiate it from other codes of football. Football is a ball game played between two teams of 11 players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. A goal results when the ball passes over the goal line between the goalposts and under the crossbar. Football is played predominantly with the feet,...
[click for more] in England God Save the Queen Unofficial: Rule Britannia Land of Hope and Glory Jerusalem...
[click for more] and the Crown DependenciesCrown dependencies are possessions of the British Crown, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies. They include the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. None forms a part of the United Kingdom, being separate jurisdictions, nor do they form part of the European Union, instead having associate member status....
[click for more] of JerseyThe Bailiwick of Jersey is a British crown dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, it also includes the uninhabited islands of Minquiers and Ecr�hous. Along with the Bailiwick of Guernsey it forms the grouping known as the Channel Islands. The defence of all these islands is the responsibility of the United Kingdom. However, Jersey is not part of the UK, but is rather a separate possession of the Crown, comparable to the Isle of Man. It is not a part of the Euro...
[click for more], GuernseyThe Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France. As well as the island of Guernsey itself, it also includes Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou and other islets. There are 10 Parishes in Guernsey. Together with the Bailiwick of Jersey, it is included in the collective grouping known as the Channel Islands. It is known in French as Guernesey....
[click for more] and the Isle of ManThe Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin in Manx), a British crown dependency, lies in the Irish Sea almost equidistant from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. With an area of 572 km� (221 square miles) and a population of around 76,315 (2001 Census) it arguably has the "Oldest Continuous Parliament in the World" (a claim made by several other countries) - the Tynwald - supposedly founded in 979. Although the Manx people celebrated the millennium of Tynwald in 1979, the establishment of Tynwald may have actually pr...
[click for more]. The FA has a unique place in the history of football.

The FA is a member of UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, running nine national and four club competitions in Europe, controlling the prize-money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. It is one of the six continental confederations of FIFA....
[click for more] and FIFAF�d�ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (called simply football or soccer). It is based in Zurich, Switzerland....
[click for more], and holds a permanent seat on the International Football Association BoardThe International Football Association Board (IFAB) is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football (soccer). The board was formed in 1882 after a meeting in Manchester of The Football Association (England), the Scottish Football Association, the Football Association of Wales, and the Irish Football Association. The meeting was convened to allow common rules to be applied to the game in all countries and created the first international competition, the British Home Championship....
[click for more] (IFAB). Unlike other national football associations, it does not take the national name (ie. English) in its title (compared to the Scottish Football AssociationThe Scottish Football Association (SFA) was formed in 1873 making it the second oldest national football association in the world (after The English Football Association). It is the governing body for the sport of football in Scotland being responsible for the discipline of players misconduct. Along with the other "home nations" associations (The Football Association, Football Association of Wales and Irish Football Association) the SFA sits on the International Football Association Board which is responsib...
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All of England's professional football clubs are members of the Football Association. The FA is responsible for the appointment of the management of the England men's The England national football team is organised under the auspices of The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, and represents England (not the whole UK) in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. As the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, the UK does not compete in Olympic football....
[click for more] and women's national teams and the organization of the FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournam...
[click for more] (the nation's most prestigious cup competition). Although it does not run the day-to-day operations of the country's top league, the Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h...
[click for more], it has veto power over the appointment of the league Chairman and Chief Executive and over any changes to league rules.^[1] The Football LeagueThe Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. It also organises two knockout cup competitions. The Football League was founded in 1888 with 12 member clubs, but steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1959 the League had 92 clubs. Financial considerations led to a major shake-up in 1992 when, in a step to maximise their revenue, the leading members of T...
[click for more], England's second tier league, consisting of The ChampionshipThe Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system....
[click for more], League OneFootball League One (often referred to as League One for short or Coca-Cola Football League 1 for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....
[click for more] and League TwoFootball League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for sponsorship reasons) is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
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The game is controlled at the local level, by 43 County Football AssociationsThe County Football Associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of Sunday league football. They also sometimes deal with such matters as the training of new referees and coaches....
[click for more] affiliated to The Football Association but with responsibilities for organising and running football activities in their area. The Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man Football Associations are organised as County Football Associations below the FA.^[2] A hierarchy of leagues operates throughout the game, each taking responsibility for the administration of their own activities, such as membership, fixtures and registrations.

The FA owns and runs both Wembley StadiumWembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which is currently being rebuilt. It stands opposite Wembley Arena....
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Prior to the first meeting of the Football Association in the Freemasons' Tavern in Great Queen Street, LondonLondon — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major "world city". With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in the Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. Founded as Londinium, the capital of the Roman province of Britannia, it later rose to become the centre of the British Empire. Today it generates over 17% of the GDP of the UK's economy, the world's fourth largest, and is a major financia...
[click for more] on 26 OctoberOctober 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. Events 700-1899 740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death. 1640 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England 1795 - The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created 1863 - The Football Association is formed 1881 - The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona. ...
[click for more] 18631863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento, CA on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. January 11 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkan...
[click for more], there were no universally accepted rules for the playing of the game of football. However, a set of rules known as the Cambridge Rules had been devised and published by members of Cambridge UniversityThe University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, after Oxford. It is situated in the city of Cambridge, England. According to legend, the university was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping from Oxford after a fight with locals there....
[click for more] in 1848 and had been in use for some time: these were used to form the basis of the Football Association rules. A different set of rules, the Sheffield RulesThe Sheffield Rules were an early set of laws for football (soccer) used in the English city of Sheffield. They were devised in 1857 by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest for adoption by the newly founded Sheffield F.C.. The rules were used by all the Sheffield sides and later adopted as the official rules of Sheffield Football Association....
[click for more], had been in use by a number of clubs in the North of England since the 1850s and these were also subsumed into the official Football Association rules.

The founding members present at the first meeting were Barnes, Civil Service, Crusaders, Forest of Leytonstone (later to become WanderersThe Wanderers Football Club were an amateur football club, who were one of the leading clubs in English football in the 1860s and 1870s. They are chiefly noted for winning the first-ever FA Cup final, held at the Kennington Oval, London, on March 16, 1872. They beat the Royal Engineers 1-0, the winning goal scored by Morton Betts, under the pseudonym A.H. Chequer. In all they won the cup five times between 1872 and 1878....
[click for more]) , N.N. (No Names) Club (Kilburn Kilburn is a neighbourhood in the London Boroughs of Brent and Camden (the boundary between the two boroughs runs along the Kilburn High Road (part of the A5), the area's main thoroughfare running northwest-southeast)....
[click for more]), the original Crystal Palace, BlackheathBlackheath Rugby Club (BRC) is a rugby football club originally based in Blackheath in south-east London, but now playing at the Rectory Field in neighbouring Charlton. It is the oldest rugby club in the world, dating back to 1858....
[click for more], Kensington School, Percival House (Blackheath), Surbiton and Blackheath Proprietary School; CharterhouseCharterhouse School is a British public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. It was founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian Monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield (see Charterhouse). Today, pupils are still referred to as Carthusians, and ex-pupils as Old Carthusians or OCs....
[click for more] sent their captain, B.F. Hartshorne, but declined the offer to join. Many of these clubs are now defunct or play rugby unionRugby union is a team sport that was (according to legend) developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. Two teams, each of 15 players have the task of outscoring the opposing team. Players clutch an ovoid ball in their hands or arms, and may pass it backwards or laterally across the pitch, or kick it in any direction. The opposing players attempt to halt the ball-carrier by tackling him or her with their arms and bodies. When tackled, the ball carrier must release the ball, at ...
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Central to the creation of the Football Association and modern football was Ebenezer Cobb MorleyEbenezer Cobb Morley can be regarded as the father of the Football Association and hence of all football. Morley was born in Hull but moved to Barnes in 1858 forming the Barnes club, a founding member of the FA, in 1862. In 1863 he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting that created the FA....
[click for more]. He was a founding member of the Football Association in 1862. In 1863, as captain of the Mortlake-based club, he wrote to Bell's Life newspaper proposing a governing body for the sport that led to the first meeting at the Freemason's Tavern that created the FA. He was the FA's first secretary (1863-6) and its second president (1867-74) and drafted the Laws of footballThe Laws of the Game (also known as the Laws of Football) are the rules governing a game of Association football (soccer). Current Laws of the Game The current Laws of the Game consists of 17 individual laws: Law 1: The Field of Play Law 2: The Ball Law 3: The Number of Players Law 4: The Players' Equipment Law 5: The Referee Law 6: The Assistant Referees Law 7: The Duration of the Match Law 8: The Start and Restart of Play Law 9: The Ball In and Out of Play Law 10: The Method of Scoring Law 11: Offside Law...
[click for more] that determine the way the game is played today across the globe at his home in Barnes, London. As a player, he played in the first ever match in 1863. He is, therefore, considered the father of Association Football.

The first revision of the rules for the modern game was drawn up over a series of six meetings held in the social room of the public house from October till December. At the final meeting, F. M. Campbell, the first FA treasurer, and the representative from Blackheath, withdrew his club from the FA over the removal of two draft rules at the previous meeting, the first which allowed for the running with the ball in hand and the second, obstructing such a run by hacking (kicking an opponent in the shins), tripping and holding. Other English rugby clubs followed this leadThis article covers the history of rugby union. See also football, rugby football and the history of rugby league. ...
[click for more] and did not join the FA but instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football UnionThe Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the rugby union governing body in England. It was formed in 1871 to draw up rules for the game first played at Rugby School in 1823. Similar unions were organised during the next few years in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Canada, South Africa, and the United States....
[click for more]. The term "soccer" dates back to this split to refer to football played under the "association" rules.

An inaugural game using the new FA rules was initially scheduled for Battersea ParkBattersea Park is a 200 acre (0.83 km�) green space in Battersea, London, situated on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Chelsea. The park occupies a mix of marshland reclaimed from the Thames, and land formerly used for market gardens serving the growing London population....
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[click for more], but enthusiastic members of the FA couldn't wait for the new year and an experimental game was played at Mortlake on 19 DecemberDecember 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days remaining. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. 1187 - Pope Clement III elected 1732 - Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack 1777 - George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1828 - John C. Calhoun pens South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828. 1835 - Toledo Blade newspaper begins publishing. 1842...
[click for more] 18631863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento, CA on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. January 11 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkan...
[click for more] between Morley's Barnes team and their neighbours Richmond (who were not members of the FA), ending in a goalless draw. The Richmond side were obviously unimpressed by the new rules in practice because they subsequently helped form the Rugby Football UnionThe Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the rugby union governing body in England. It was formed in 1871 to draw up rules for the game first played at Rugby School in 1823. Similar unions were organised during the next few years in Ireland, Wales, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, France, Canada, South Africa, and the United States....
[click for more] in 1871. The Battersea Park game was postponed for a week and the first exhibition game using FA rules was played there on Saturday 9 JanuaryJanuary 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 356 days remaining (357 in leap years). Events 1431 - Trial of Joan of Arc began in Rouen, the seat of the English occupation government. 1760 - Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat. 1768 - Philip Astley stages the first modern circus (London). 1788 - Connecticut becomes the fifth state to join the United States. 1793 - Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States. 1806 - Horatio Nelson,...
[click for more] 1864. The members of the opposing teams for this game were chosen by the President of the FA (A. Pember) and the Secretary (E. C. MorleyEbenezer Cobb Morley can be regarded as the father of the Football Association and, to a certain extent, therefore, of all organised football....
[click for more]) and included many well-known footballers of the day.

The FA's main commercial asset is its ownership of the rights to England internationals and the FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournam...
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[click for more] was £206.1 million, of which £176.9 million came from broadcasting and sponsorship. Its other sources of income include gate receipts from English internationals, payments from FIFAF�d�ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of association football (called simply football or soccer). It is based in Zurich, Switzerland....
[click for more] and UEFAThe Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, running nine national and four club competitions in Europe, controlling the prize-money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. It is one of the six continental confederations of FIFA....
[click for more] relating to England's participation in international competitions, and sundry minor sources of income. ^[3] The FA owns the new Wembley StadiumWembley Stadium is a football stadium in Wembley, London, England, which is currently being rebuilt. It stands opposite Wembley Arena....
[click for more], which opened in 2006, via its subsidiary Wembley National Stadium Limited. For the 4 seasons from 2008 to 2012, the FA has secured £425 million from ITVIndependent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. The original 'ITV' channel has now been rebranded as ITV1 by ITV plc (the operator of the "Channel 3" franchises in England and Wales)....
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[click for more] for England and FA Cup games domestic television rights, a 42% increase over the previous contract, and £145 million for overseas television rights, up 272% on the £39 million received for the previous four-year period. ^[4]

The FA's income does not include the turnover of English football clubs, which are independent businesses. As well as running its own operations the FA chooses five charities each year to which it gives considerable financial support [1],[2].

In November 2007, Radio 5 Live estimated the cost to the FA of non-qualification for Euro 2008 to be in the direct region of £5million, with loss of revenue to the UK economy likely to run into the billions.

The FA also runs several competitions:

FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournam...
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FA TrophyThe FA Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference,Southern League,Isthmian League,and Northern Premier League.Clubs at lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase....
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FA VaseThe FA Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. Prior to 1974, football players were either professionals or amateurs. Professionals were paid to play by their clubs, and the only cup competitions such clubs were allowed to enter were the FA Cup and, for clubs outside The Football League, the FA Trophy. Amateurs, on the other hand, did not get paid by their clubs, and such clubs had their own cup competition, the FA Amateur Cup....
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FA Women's Cup
FA Women's Premier League Cup
FA Youth CupThe FA Youth Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. It is dominated by the youth sides of professional teams, mostly from the Premier League, but attracts over 300 entrants from throughout the country....
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FA Sunday Cup
FA County Youth Cup
FA Community ShieldThe FA Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy. It is contested in an annual match between the champions of the FA Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. If a team wins The Double (both the Premiership and the FA Cup), the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up. Traditionally the game is played on the weekend before the start of the regular domestic season. Currently, the game is played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales whilst Wembley S...
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FA National League System CupThe FA National League System Cup is a new football competition run by The Football Association. It was created in the 2003/04 season to provide an English representative in the UEFA Regions Cup....
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FA Futsal CupThe FA Futsal Cup is a national competition organised by the Football Association in the game of futsal. The winners gain entry to the UEFA Futsal Cup. In 2005, Doncaster College for the Deaf became the first disability side to win a major open football competition and will be the first such team to enter a UEFA competition....
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Arthur Pember (18631863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento, CA on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. January 11 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkan...
[click for more]–1867 Events January 8 - African-American men granted the right to vote in the District of Columbia January 11 - Benito Ju�rez becomes Mexican president again January 30 - Emperor Komei of Japan dies. Crown Prince Mutsuhito is expected to become the next Emperor of Japan. January 31 – Maronite nationalist leader Karam leaves Lebanon on board of a French ship for Algeria February 3 - Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu abdicates, and the late Emperor Komei's son, Prince Mutshuhito becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan. End ...
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E. C. MorleyEbenezer Cobb Morley can be regarded as the father of the Football Association and, to a certain extent, therefore, of all organised football....
[click for more] (1867–1874 Events January - April January 1 - New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. January - Signing of the Pangkor Treaty (also known as the Pangkor Engagement), by which the British extended their control over, first the Sultanate of Perak and later the other independent Malay States. February 21 - The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first news...
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Major Sir Francis Marindin (1874–1890 Events January 2 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U.S. White House. January 25 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 - L�on Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as French Minister of the Interior March 4 - The longest bridge in Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened. March 20 - Wilhelm II of Germany fires Otto von Bismarck June 1 - The United States Census Bureau begins...
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Lord Kinnaird (1890–1923 Events January-June January 1 - Grouping of all UK railway companies into four larger companies January 10 - Lithuania seizes and annexes Memel January 11 - Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments February 16 - Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun March - Antigone by Jean Cocteau appears on a Paris stage. Settings by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur Honegger, and costumes by Gabrielle Chanel. Antonin Artaud played the part...
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Sir Charles Clegg (1923–1937 Events January January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. January 23 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. January 31 - Ohio river floods January 31 - 3...
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William Pickford (1937–1939 Events January-June January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq mi razed January 26 - Falangists take Barcelona January 26 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona. February 2 - Hungary joins Antikomintern Pact February 10 - Falangists take Catalonia February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government...
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The Earl of Athlone (1939–1955 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. Events January-April January 2 - Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 - The Scrabble board game debuts. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Malenkov February 13 - Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls. February 23 - First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). March 2: King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit. Severe flooding in North and Wester...
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The Duke of Edinburgh (1955–1957 Events Undated The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China Consumers' Association founded (UK) Project Orion begins, a U.S. program to build a spacecraft powered by nuclear explosions. Civil Rights Commission established under the Civil Rights Act of 1957 IBM makes FORTRAN scientific programming language available to customers. It becomes the most widely used computer language for technical work. ...
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The Duke of Gloucester (1957–1963 Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elys�e treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in South Carolina, the last US state to hold out against racial integration January 29 - Charles De Gaulle vetos United Kingdom's entry into the EEC Template:February 4- Ramia Fagalar's birthday* February 8 - Travel...
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The Earl of Harewood (1963–19711971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). Events January January 1 - British divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 3 - Open University begins in the United Kingdom January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. January 3 - BBC Open University commences January 7 - Howard Hughes breaks his silence to announce that h...
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Prince William of WalesThrough his mother, Prince William is descended from both the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Richmond, two illegitimate sons of King Charles II of England. Thus, upon his expected ascension as King, he will be the first British monarch descended from Charles II, as well as the first descended from Charles I since the death of Queen Anne in 1714....
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Charles Clegg (1890 Events January 2 - Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U.S. White House. January 25 - The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 - L�on Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as French Minister of the Interior March 4 - The longest bridge in Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened. March 20 - Wilhelm II of Germany fires Otto von Bismarck June 1 - The United States Census Bureau begins...
[click for more]–1937 Events January January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. January 23 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime and assassinate its leaders. January 31 - Ohio river floods January 31 - 3...
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A. G. Hines (1938 Events January -June January 3 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 - Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cairo January 28 - The first ski tow in America begins operation in Vermont. January 31 - Crown princess Beatrix is born in Netherlands February 4 - Thornton Wilder's play Our Town opens (New York City). February 10 - Carol II of Romania takes dictatori...
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M. Frowde (1939 Events January-June January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq mi razed January 26 - Falangists take Barcelona January 26 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona. February 2 - Hungary joins Antikomintern Pact February 10 - Falangists take Catalonia February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government...
[click for more]–1941 Events January January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian-held Eritrea. January 21 - World War II: Australian and British forces attack Tobruk, Libya. January 22 - World War II: British troops capture Tobruk from the Italians. January 23 - Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a...
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Sir Amos Brook Hirst (1941–1955 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. Events January-April January 2 - Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 - The Scrabble board game debuts. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Malenkov February 13 - Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls. February 23 - First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). March 2: King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit. Severe flooding in North and Wester...
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Arthur Drewry (1955–19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. ...
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Graham Doggart (1961–1963 Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elys�e treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in South Carolina, the last US state to hold out against racial integration January 29 - Charles De Gaulle vetos United Kingdom's entry into the EEC Template:February 4- Ramia Fagalar's birthday* February 8 - Travel...
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Joe Mears (1963–1966 Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-B�del Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 - Strike of public transportation workers in New York City - ends January 13 January 3 - First Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco January 4 - Military coup in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso). January 4 - Prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow January 5 - Fire due to a gas leak in Feyzin oil refinery near Lyon, France - 12 dead, 80 injured J...
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Dr Sir Andrew Steven (1967 Events January January 4 - British motorboat racer Donald Campbell dies while attempting a water speed record on Coniston Water. January 4 - Algerian revolutionary Mohammed Khider is shot in Madrid. January 6 - Vietnam War: USMC and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. January 10 - Segregationist Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia. January 13 - Military coup in Togo under the leadership of Etienne Eyadema. January 14 - The New York Times reports that the US...
[click for more]–19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16 - Trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction begins in Stuttgart, West Germany January 18 - The Scottish Labour Party is formed January 21 - The first commercial Concorde flight took off. January ...
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Professor Sir Harold Thompson (1976–19811981 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-February January - Sarawak Chamber found January 1 - Greece enters the EEC January 1 - Palau becomes self-governing January 4 - Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 - Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and her husband January 19 - United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity January 20 - Ronald Reagan succeeds Jimmy C...
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Sir Bert MillichipSir Frederick Albert (Bert) Millichip (August 5, 1914 - December 18, 2002) was an English association footballer best known for his sometimes controversial contributions to the administration of the game....
[click for more] (1981–19961996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. Events ...
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E. C. MorleyEbenezer Cobb Morley can be regarded as the father of the Football Association and, to a certain extent, therefore, of all organised football....
[click for more] (18631863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento, CA on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. January 11 - American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post - General John McClernand and Admiral David Porter capture the Arkan...
[click for more]-18661866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon - Turks are defeated January 12 - Royal Aeronautical Society is formed (London) January 28 - 800 Maronite troops clash with Ottoman troops in Karem Saddah, modern-day Lebanon - more battles between nationalist Maronites and Ottoman army follow February 13 - Jesse James robs his first bank April 4 - Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attemp...
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R. W. Willis (1866-1868 Events January 3 - Meiji Emperor declares "Meiji Restoration", his own restoration to full power, against the supporters of the Tokugawa Shogunate. January 10 - Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu declares emperor's declaration "illegal" and attacks Kyoto. Pro-Emperor forces drive his troops away. Shogun surrenders in May. February 16 - In New York City the Jolly Gorks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE). February 24 - The first parade to have floats occurs at Mardi Gras in New...
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R. G. Graham (1868-1870 Events January - April January 6 - The inauguration of the Musikverein (Vienna). January 10 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil January 15 - A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly). January 26 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union January 27 - First college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is formed at DePauw University February 2 - It is revealed that the ...
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Charles Alcock (1870-1895 Events January January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. ...
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Sir Frederick Wall (1895-1934 Events January-April January 1 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison. January 7 - First Flash Gordon comic strip is published. January 10 - Execution of Marinus van der Lubbe January 24 - Einstein visits White House January 26 - The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City. February 9 - Gaston Boumerque forms a new government in France February 12 - The Export-Import Bank is incorporated. February 23 - Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. March 1 - Manchuria becomes Manchukuo March 8 - Prince Sigvard of...
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Sir Stanley Rous (1934-1962 Events January January 1 - Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 - Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 - New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time (National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC) January 9 - Trade pact between Cuba and the Soviet Union January 10 - Avalanche on Nevado Huascar�n in Peru; 4000 deaths January 13 - Albania allies itself...
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Sir Denis FollowsSir Denis Follows was educated at the universities of London and Nottingham. He was President of the National Union of Students between 1931-33....
[click for more] (1962-19731973 was a common year starting on Monday. Events January January 1 - United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, now known as the European Union. January 3 - Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner. January 15 - Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President of the United States Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. January 17 - Ferd...
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E. A. Croker (1973-19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 7 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 9 - The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 17 - A gunman kills 5 children, wounds 30 and t...
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Graham Kelly (19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 7 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead January 9 - The Sega Genesis is released in New York, New York and Los Angeles, California January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola January 17 - A gunman kills 5 children, wounds 30 and t...
[click for more]-19981998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. Events ...
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David Davies (1998-20002000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year for a Culture of Peace. The World Mathematical Year. ...
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David Davies (2002-20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year ...
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Mark Palios (2003-20042004 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections....
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Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. is an English professional football club. It is currently in the FA Premier league. They play at the Reebok stadium, Bolton. The manager is Sam Allardyce. Bolton finished the 2003/2004 season in an unprecedented 8th place, consolidating their Premiership status....
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Manchester United Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester....
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Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h...
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Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. are the professional football team of Ipswich, in East Anglia, England. They are popularly known as the Tractor Boys because of Ipswich's agricultural history, and by most supporters as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys or Town derived from the team name. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/62 under the management of Sir Alf Ramsey, and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final....
[click for more] Chairman: David SheepshanksDavid Sheepshanks is best known for being the chairman of Ipswich Town football club in the Football League Championship in England. He was elected to the Ipswich Town board in 1987 and was appointed chairman in 1995. Other business interests include Suffolk Foods Ltd where he is the founder and majority shareholder....
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The Football LeagueThe Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. It also organises two knockout cup competitions. The Football League was founded in 1888 with 12 member clubs, but steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1959 the League had 92 clubs. Financial considerations led to a major shake-up in 1992 when, in a step to maximise their revenue, the leading members of T...
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HistoryEngland is the largest and most populous of the four main divisions of the United Kingdom. The division dates from the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the fifth century. The territory of England has been politically united since the tenth century. This article centers on that territory. However, before the tenth century and after the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603, it is difficult to distinguish English from British history.... [click for more]

Politics The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. Its system of government (often known as the Westminster system) has directly inspired the government of other countries, such as Canada, India, Australia and Jamaica.... [click for more]

GeographyEngland comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight. It is bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales. It is closer to continental Europe than any other part of Britain, divided from France only by a 21-mile (34-km) sea gap.... [click for more]

DemographicsThis article discusses the Demographics of England as presented by the United Kingdom Census in 2001. See List of United Kingdom countries by population for a breakdown of regional population statistics... [click for more]

CultureThe Culture of England is sometimes difficult to separate clearly from the culture of the United Kingdom, so influential has English culture been on the cultures of the British Isles and, on the other hand, given the extent to which other cultures have influenced life in England.... [click for more]

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Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992, when the top division football clubs broke away from the Football League after securing a greatly improved TV rights deal with the then fledgling satellite television company Sky Television. The new name was merely a branding exercise as there was no innovation in competitive terms; an identical first tier league h... [click for more]	England (B) (C)	FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournam... [click for more]
The Football LeagueThe Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. It also organises two knockout cup competitions. The Football League was founded in 1888 with 12 member clubs, but steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1959 the League had 92 clubs. Financial considerations led to a major shake-up in 1992 when, in a step to maximise their revenue, the leading members of T... [click for more] (Champ, 1, 2)	(U-21) (U-20) (U-19)	Football League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. Like the more prestigious FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. Unlike the FA Cup, only the 92 members of The Football League (who organise the competition) and FA Premier League can enter. The winners qualify for the UEFA Cup, if they have not qualified for European competition in some other way.... [click for more]
Football ConferenceThe Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of so-called non-league football in England. Conference National is the highest of the three divisions within The Football Conference, and Conference North and Conference South serve as regional feeders one step down. The Football Conference consisted of only one division up until 2004, but expanded as part of an extensive restructuring of the National League System which took effect beginning with the 2004-05 season.... [click for more] (NatConference National (often referred to as the Nationwide Conference for sponsorship reasons) is the top division of the Football Conference. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system. Two clubs from Conference National are eligible for promotion to the Football League Two at the end of each season, and the three bottom clubs are liable to be relegated to either Conference North or Conference South, the lower regional divisions of Th... [click for more], NConference North (often referred to as Nationwide North for sponsorship reasons) is a new division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at the second level of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of the English football league system.... [click for more], SConference South (often referred to as Nationwide South for sponsorship reasons) is a new division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference North it is at the second level of the National League System, and at the sixth tier overall of the English football league system.... [click for more])	(U-18) (U-17) (U-16)	FA Community ShieldThe FA Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy. It is contested in an annual match between the champions of the FA Premier League and the winners of the FA Cup. If a team wins The Double (both the Premiership and the FA Cup), the Double winner plays the Premier League runner-up. Traditionally the game is played on the weekend before the start of the regular domestic season. Currently, the game is played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales whilst Wembley S... [click for more]
Northern PremierThe Northern Premier League, known in recent years as the UniBond League under a title sponsorship contract, is one of the three regional English football leagues whose champions are promoted to the Football Conference, currently called the Nationwide Conference. From now on its champions will be promoted to the Conference North division rather than the national.... [click for more] (PremThe Premier Division is the top division of the Northern Premier League. It is one of the fifth divisions down in the English football league system. For sponsorship reasons, it is often referred to as the UniBond League Premier Division.... [click for more], 1N, 1S)	List of clubsThis is a list of football clubs located in England and the leagues and divisions they play in (though note that not all play in the English football league system). Also included in this list are the few clubs from outside England that play in the English system.... [click for more]	Football League TrophyThe Football League Trophy is the generic name of an English football competition for clubs in the two lower divisions of the Football League, the official name of which is frequently changed to match changes in sponsors, and which is presently called the LDV Vans Trophy. It is frequently referred to as the Associate Members' Cup, though that name is now an anachronism as there is no longer a distinction between full and associate membership of the League.... [click for more]
Southern LeagueThe Southern League is an English football league for semi-professional and amateur teams. For other uses, see Southern League (disambiguation). ... [click for more] (Prem, 1Mid, 1S&W)	List of venues	FA TrophyThe FA Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference,Southern League,Isthmian League,and Northern Premier League.Clubs at lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase.... [click for more]
Isthmian LeagueThe Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England. It is more commonly known by the name of its official title sponsor as the Ryman League, and before that as the Diadora League, ICIS League and Vauxhall-Opel League.... [click for more] (PremThe Premier Division is the top division of the Isthmian League. It was at the sixth tier of the English football league system from 1985-2004 but is now at the seventh tier. For sponsorship reasons, it is often referred to as the Ryman League Premier Division.... [click for more], 1N, 1S)	(by capacity)	Conference League Cup
English football league systemThe English football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in England (though for historical reasons — namely that the league system was originally intended to be United Kingdom-wide — a small number of Welsh clubs also compete).... [click for more]	List of leagues... [click for more]	FA VaseThe FA Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. Prior to 1974, football players were either professionals or amateurs. Professionals were paid to play by their clubs, and the only cup competitions such clubs were allowed to enter were the FA Cup and, for clubs outside The Football League, the FA Trophy. Amateurs, on the other hand, did not get paid by their clubs, and such clubs had their own cup competition, the FA Amateur Cup.... [click for more]
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National teams	England \| Scotland The Scotland national football team have played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England, who they played against in the world's first international football match at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, in 1872. The match ended 0-0.... [click for more] \| WalesThe Wales national football team's only World Cup appearance was in 1958, when they drew all the matches in their group and reached the quarter-finals, losing 1–0 to Brazil.... [click for more] \| N. Ireland Northern Ireland national football team's best World Cup performance was in their first appearance in the competition, the 1958 World Cup, where they reached the Quarter-finals after beating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the play-off. They were knocked out by France, losing 4-0.... [click for more] \| UK
National associations	The FA \| SFA \| FAWThe Football Association of Wales is the governing body of football in Wales, being a member of both FIFA and UEFA. Established in 1876, it is the third-oldest association in the world, and is one of the five associations (with the English Football Association, the Scottish Football Association, the (Northern) Irish Football Association and FIFA) which make up the International Football Association Board which is responsible for the Laws of the Game.... [click for more] \| IFA The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the organising body for the sport of football (soccer) in Northern Ireland. It should not be confused with the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), which is the organising body in the Republic of Ireland.... [click for more]
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UK-wide national team competitions	British Home ChampionshipThe British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the UK's four national teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (Ireland before 1921-1922), from the 1883-1884 season until the 1983-1984 season.... [click for more] \| Rous CupThe Rous Cup was a short-lived football competition in the late-1980s, contested between England, Scotland and, in later years, a guest team from South America.... [click for more] \| Celtic Cup
UK-wide club competitions	Empire Exhibition Trophy \| Coronation Cup \| Texaco CupThe Texaco Cup was a cup competition that involved clubs from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland that had not qualified for European competions. Irish clubs withdrew from the competition in 1973-74 and from 1974 to 1975 competed in a separate Texaco Cup.... [click for more] \| Anglo-Scottish CupThe Anglo-Scottish Cup was a tournament arranged for eight of the best teams in English and Scottish football leagues during the summer for several years during the 1970s. It was created in 1975 as a new incarnation of the Texaco Cup.... [click for more] \| FAW Premier CupThe FAW Premier Cup is a Welsh football cup competition, organised by the Football Association of Wales. The six Welsh clubs playing in the English league pyramid - Wrexham F.C., Swansea City F.C., Cardiff City F.C., Newport County F.C., Merthyr Tydfil F.C. and Colwyn Bay F.C. compete with clubs from the Welsh Premiership... [click for more]
Top level club league competitions	Premier League \| Scottish Premier LeagueThe Scottish Premier League (SPL for short) is the top division within the current structure of Scottish association football. It is also known as the Bank of Scotland Premierleague after its main sponsor, the Bank of Scotland.... [click for more] \| Welsh Premier League \| Irish Premier League
National cup competitions	FA Cup \| Scottish CupThe Scottish FA Cup, also known as The Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. The Scottish Cup started in 1873 when Queens Park F.C. beat Clydesdale 2-0. The competition is of a similar format to the FA Cup with a knockout, single elimination, format where teams are drawn against each other randomly (no seedings are present). In the draw, the team who is drawn first from each tie is the home team. If the first match finishes a draw then a replay is played at the stadium... [click for more] \| Welsh CupThe Welsh Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Wales and neighbouring parts of England. Only Welsh teams (since the mid-1990s, only teams in the League of Wales) can progress to the UEFA Cup through winning the Welsh Cup.... [click for more] \| Irish CupThe Irish Cup is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams from Northern Ireland. It is not be to confused with the FAI Cup, which is for clubs in the Republic of Ireland. It is similar to the FA Cup played in England. Linfield FC hold the record of most wins with 36 cups.... [click for more]
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Albania The Football Association of Albania (FSF) (Albanian: Federata Shqiptare e Futbollit ) is the governing body of football in Albania. It organizes the football league, Albanian First Division, and the Albainan national football team. It is based in Tirana....
[click for more] | Andorra The Andorran Football Federation (Catalan: Federaci� Andorrana de F�tbol) is the governing body of football in Andorra. It organizes the football league, Andorran First Division, and the Andorran national football team. It is based in Andorra la Vella....
[click for more] | Armenia The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) is the governing body of football in Armenia. It organizes the football league, Armenian Premier League, and the Armenian national football team. It is based in Yerevan....
[click for more] | Austria The Austrian Football Association (�FB) (German: �sterreichischer Fussball-Bund) is the governing body of football in Austria. It organizes the football league, Austrian Bundesliga, and the Austrian national football team. It is based in Vienna....
[click for more] | AzerbaijanThe Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) is the governing body of football in Azerbaijan. It organizes the football league, Azerbaijani First Division, and the Azerbaijani national football team. It is based in Baku....
[click for more] | Belarus The Football Federation of Belarus (BFF) (Belarusian: Беларуская Фэдэрацыя па Футболу) is the governing body of football in Belarus. It organizes the football league, Belarusian Premier League, and the Belarusian national football team. It is based in Minsk....
[click for more] | Belgium | Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnian: Nogometni/Fudbalski Savez Bosne i Hercegovine or N/FSBiH) is the chief officiating body of football in Bosnia and Herzegovina....
[click for more] | Bulgaria The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) (Bulgarian: Български футболен съюз) is the governing body of football in Bulgaria. It organizes the football league, Bulgarian Premier League, and the Bulgarian national football team. It is based in Sofia....
[click for more] | Croatia The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) (in Croatian: Hrvatski Nogometni Savez) is the governing body of football in Croatia. It organizes the football league, Croatian First League, and the Croatian national football team. It is based in Zagreb....
[click for more] | Cyprus The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) (Greek: Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου) is the governing body of football in Cyprus. It organizes the football league, Cypriot First Division, and the Cypriot national football team. It is based in Nicosia....
[click for more] | Czech RepublicThe Football Association of the Czech Republic (ČFS) (Czech: Českomoravsk� fotbalov� svaz) is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic. It organizes the football league, Gambrinus Liga, and the Czech Republic national football team. It is based in Prague. From 1922 to 1993, during the existence of Czechoslovakia, the association was known as the Czechoslovak Football Association, and controlled the Czechoslovakia national football team. After the partition of Czechoslovakia the associa...
[click for more] | DenmarkThe Danish Football Association (DBU) (Danish: Dansk Boldspil-Union) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It organises the Danish football league and the Denmark national football team. It is based in Br�ndby. It was a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA....
[click for more] | England | EstoniaThe Estonian Football Association (EJL) (Estonian: Eesti Jalgpalli Liidu) is the governing body of football in Estonia. It organizes the football league, Meistriliiga, and the Estonian national football team. It is based in Tallinn. EJL became a member of FIFA in 1923, but following Estonia's annexation by the Soviet Union it was disbanded. It became a member again in 1992 after Estonia became independent....
[click for more] | Faroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF) (Faroese: F�tb�ltssamband F�roya) is the governing body of football in the Faroe Islands. It organizes the football league, the Faroe Islands First Division, and the Faroe Islands national football team. It is based in T�rshavn....
[click for more] | Finland The Football Association of Finland (SPL/FBF) (Finnish: Suomen Palloliitto) is the governing body of football in Finland. It organizes the football league, Veikkausliiga, and the Finland national football team. It is based in Helsinki....
[click for more] | France The French Football Association (FFF) (French: F�d�ration Fran�aise de Football) is the governing body of football in France. It organises the French football league, Championnats Nationaux, and the France national football team. It was a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. It is based in Paris....
[click for more] | GeorgiaThe Georgian Football Federation (GFF) is the governing body of football in Georgia. It organizes the football league, the Georgian Premier League, and the Georgia national football team. It is based in Tbilisi....
[click for more] | Germany The German Football Association (DFB) (German: Deutscher Fu�ball-Bund) is the governing body of football in Germany. It organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga and the men's and women's national teams. It was a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. It is based in Frankfurt. It is divided into five regional federations with 21 regional organizations....
[click for more] | Greece The Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) (Greek : ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ) is the governing body of football in Greece. It organizes the football league, Hellenic National League, and the Greece national football team. It is based in Athens....
[click for more] | HungaryThe Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) (Hungarian : Magyar Labdar�g� Sz�vets�g) is the governing body of football in Hungary. It organizes the football league, Arany Aszok Liga, and the Hungary national football team. It is based in Budapest....
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