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The England national football team playing at Wembley. Football is the most popular sport in England, [2] where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the ...
Cambridge–Colchester rivalry: Cambridge United vs. Colchester United [269] Chesterfield-Sheffield rivalry: Chesterfield vs. Sheffield United or Sheffield Wednesday [270] [271] Crewe-Walsall rivalry: Crewe Alexandra vs. Walsall [272] Dons Derby: AFC Wimbledon vs. Milton Keynes Dons [273] England-Wales rivalries:
Football DataCo is a British company in the football industry that grants licences to third parties (such as newspapers) allowing them to reproduce certain intellectual property (such as fixture lists and statistics) owned by the UK's three professional football leagues: the Premier League, The Football League and the Scottish Professional Football League.
Football in the United Kingdom. Association football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK), with each having a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective country. There is no United Kingdom national football team.
The Football Association (known by its abbreviation The FA) is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its ...
A blue plaque has been unveiled in Sheffield to commemorate a "founding father" of football's rules. Sir Nathaniel Creswick co-wrote the so-called Sheffield Rules at 9 East Parade in 1858.
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isle of Man also competing. The system has a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between ...
The England men's national football team is the joint-oldest in the world; it was formed at the same time as Scotland. A representative match between England and Scotland was played on 5 March 1870, having been organised by the Football Association. A return fixture was organised by representatives of Scottish football teams on 30 November 1872.