Football


Football is Englands national sport. It is also refered to as Soccer in some countries but commonally known as football. Football was first codified in 1863 in London by the Football Association. England is also home to the FA cup the longest run cup in the football world founded in 1871. England is also home to the oldest league team in the world. For this reason England is often refered to as "The home of football."

English football's National Shield is shown here on the left.

England's finest football moment came in the 1966 world cup final where they beat West Germany for the first and only time in their history. A short video Showing the clips is on the right hand side. Pushing the "Space" bar and clicking the play symbol will start this video.

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