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Football is of incredible importance to the English public and has an important place within English national life. The sport is almost always referred to simply as football; it is unusual for it to be called soccer and it is only referred to as "association football" in very limited circumstances. Any unqualified reference to football in an English context should be read as a reference to association football rather than to any other member of the football family of sports.

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Kicking ball games are described in England since at least 1280. England can boast the earliest ever documented use of the English word "football" (1409) and the earliest reference to football in French (1314). A description of an exclusively kicking ball game from Nottinghamshire in the fifteenth century bears similarity to football. There is good evidence for refereed, team "foteball" games being played in English public schools since at least 1581. The modern global game of football was first codified in 1863 in London by the English Football Association, the oldest football association in the world. The modern passing game is believed to have been innovated in London in the early 1870s. England is home to the oldest association football clubs in the world (dating from at least 1857), the world's oldest competition (the FA Cup founded in 1871) and the first ever football league (1888). For these reasons England is considered the home of the game of football.

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Woolwich Arsenal v. Newcastle United, April 1906
Arsenal Football Club are an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. They are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles and ten FA Cups.

Arsenal were founded in 1886, though they won their first major trophies in the 1930s, with five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years they became only the second club of the 20th century to win the Double in 1970–71, and during the past twenty years they have been one of the most successful clubs in English football — in this time Arsenal won two further Doubles, the Premier League in 2003–04 unbeaten, and in 2005–06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final.

The club have appeared in a number of media "firsts" including being part of the first ever English League match to be broadcast live on radio in 1927 and contesting the first ever game to be televised live in 1937.

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Stonebridge Road Stadium, home of Ebbsfleet United F.C., in Northfleet, Kent
The 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 has in previous years been variously known (in chronological order) as the Rothmans Isthmian League, Berger Isthmian League, Servowarm Isthmian League, Vauxhall-Opel League, Vauxhall League, Diadora League and ICIS League.

The league was founded in 1905, and was strongly dedicated to amateurism. The champions did not even receive a trophy, league policy being that the honour sufficed. Teams less able to compete financially thus gravitated to it rather than the Southern League, while those with ambition and money would move in the opposite direction.

Although the league established itself as one of the strongest leagues in the country, routinely providing the winners of the FA Amateur Cup, it was still seen as being at a lower level than the Southern League and Northern Premier League which were the top regional semi-professional leagues.

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England play Estonia in the Euro 2008 Qualifiers
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England playing Estonia in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying round Group E match. The match took place at Wembley Stadium in England. England dominated the game and came away with a 3-0 victory with goals from Shaun Wright-Phillips and Wayne Rooney and an own-goal from Taavi Rähn. The victory left England second, five points clear of Russia.

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Brief in-the-news coverage of English football is also available at Sports current events.

Sports current events | Wikinews Football

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Articles: 1923 FA Cup Final1956 FA Cup Final2007 UEFA Champions League FinalArsenal F.C.Aston Villa F.C.Steve BruceChelsea F.C.City of Manchester StadiumDover Athletic F.C.Duncan EdwardsEngland national football team managersEverton F.C.Gillingham F.C.Thierry HenryHistory of Arsenal F.C. (1886–1966)History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)History of Bradford City A.F.C.History of Gillingham F.C.History of Ipswich Town F.C.History of Norwich City F.C.History of Stoke City F.C.Ipswich Town F.C.Leek Town F.C.Luton Town F.C.William McGregorManchester City F.C.Margate F.C.North Road (stadium)Norwich City F.C.Old TraffordPortman RoadPremier LeaguePriestfield StadiumBobby RobsonSheffield Wednesday F.C.Gilberto SilvaStocksbridge Park Steels F.C.Bert TrautmannValley ParadeJohn WarkYork City F.C.

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