UK SOCCER

David Bekham, the English football legend is the craze of the 21st century. From his hairstyle to his playing skills, soccer fans are always looking for something more from this versatile sports star. Soccer in UK is indeed a popular game, which is watched more than baseball and basketball, combined.

A historical record of the development of soccer in England shows that Eton College had the earliest known rules of the game in 1815. Order gradually came to the game, and then the standardized rules, known as the Cambridge rules, were adopted by the England’s major colleges.

On 26 October 1863, eleven London clubs and schools sent their representatives to a meeting in the Freemason's Tavern to establish a single set of fundamental rules to govern the matches played amongst them.

Like any other country, Soccer in UK follows certain general rules. Each of the 2 teams has 11 players. Their prime objective is to take control of the ball and place it in the opponents net (goal). The game also has a referee to judge the match neutrally. Points and penalty are also similar to that of Soccer played elsewhere.

Who doesn’t know teams like Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United? Manchester United has taken a number of leads due to the immensely talented and internationally famous player Christiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, in European Champions League.

Players like David Bekham and Ronaldo have amazed the world with their unbelievable sphere usage ability. They have now become a household name among soccer players and soccer fans all over the world. Bekham is considered to be one of the best mid fielders to ever play for the English party.
A number of series matches like the, Championship League and the English Football League are the most competitive soccer leagues in the world. The premier league is the world's most watched sporting league, and the most lucrative football league. UK takes an active part in the Soccer World Cup and has emerged victorious in 1966, when it had also acted as the host country.
There are a number of English leagues enduring top clubs like the Arsenal Football Club and the Aston Villa Football Club, which have gradually made their way and joined the English club’s football elite.
UK is one of the few countries that support Women’s Premier League. However, the league is semi-professional and has a much lower profile than the men's game even within its national boundaries.
At first, it was England where soccer was originally banned, that eventually exported modern soccer to every continent in the world. By the turn of 1990s, UK had emerged as a truly spirited team. It won the 1990 FIFA world cup and since then the popularity of UK soccer teams has been gripping the masses globally. Today, undisputedly soccer is the most watched and played sport in the world enjoyed by 8 billion people. This made soccer and the World Cup; the most watched single sports event in the world's history not surpassed even by the Olympics!
Alan Gibson
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