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The Football League was renamed to the English Football League, with all of the leagues and cup competitions it organizes including "EFL" in their titles. Manchester United equaled Arsenal's record of 12 FA Cups. Leicester City won the top tier title of English football for the first time in history, just 8 years after their relegation to the ...
The earliest reference to football is in a 1314 decree issued by the Lord Mayor of London, Nicholas de Farndone, on behalf of King Edward II.Originally written in Norman French, a translation of the decree includes: "for as much as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large footballs in the fields of the public, from which many evils might arise that God forbid: we command ...
The English Football League, established in 1888 as The Football League by Aston Villa director William McGregor and renamed "English Football League" in 2016, was the first professional football league in the world. Since its founding, however, many other leagues have been founded in England.
David Beckham, an English retired professional footballer with a net worth of US$300 million. Association football is the world's most popular sport and is worth US$600 billion worldwide. [1] By the end of the 20th century it was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries.
The lion passant guardant used in the logo of the England national football team. The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. [105] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association. [106]
Order imposed on folk football. Public schools start devising versions of football. The Foot Ball Club of Edinburgh was founded as the first club to play any type of organized football. 1830s in football; 1840s in football; The Cambridge Rules are created in 1848.
The oldest surviving soccer trophy is the Youdan Cup (1867) and the oldest national football competition is the English FA Cup (1871). The Football League (1888) is recognised as the longest running association football league.
In the early 20th century, as association football began to grow in Europe, the French Football Association proposed a European federation. [1] The English FA replied that "The Council of the Football Association cannot see the advantages of such a Federation, but on all matters upon which joint action was desirable they would be prepared to ...