Soccer History

In 1832 when the first ball was made Answer Football[the real kind] was banned in England during the reign of King Edward[1307-1327] Henries iv and viii and Queen Elizabeth 1 of England had players imprisoned until it was decriminalised in 1681 so the game was around before 1832. The above answer was the 1st organised league as we now know it.

Laurent Blanc scored the first golden goal in a Fifa World Cup for France v Paraguay in World Cup 98.

Nobody. The Premier League did not come into being until the 1992-93 season. Arsenal won the old First Division title in the 1990-91 season.

I think the fifth one is going on. I think the first one was in 1991 and there is one every 4 years.

Good question. The goalkeeper is usually the most undervalued player in a team; rarely does he receive recognition for the effort he puts in. Its an old addage that the goalkeeper is expected to make that great save, and we as fans are only vociferous to his actions when they result in a conceded goal.Anyway, here is a few comments on some goalies through the years who deserve an honourable mention.

Lev Yashin: A Russian who played his entire 22 year career with one club (Dynamo Moscow). The first truly great goalkeeper. His agility between the sticks is legendary; together with his kit, this earned him the nickname 'the black panther'. It is rumoured that his infamous skills led him to save more than 150 penalties; far more than any other professional player. In his honour, the award for the best goalkeeper in a World Cup bears his name.

Gordon Banks: As a Brit, I could hardly leave out this hero of 1966, without which we would never have gone all the way. Of course he had many great moments in his career, but he will always be remembered for making the greatest save in footballing history;It was against Brazil in a group match of the 1970 World Cup. A Brazilian attack was begun by captain Carlos Alberta, who made a long ground pass to Jairzinho. He reached the byline, then released a pacy cross to the far post.Frantically, Banks turns to cover it, but he sees Pele arrive at the ball before him, and the greatest footballer who ever lived proceeds to execute a perfect leaping header, aimed down for the goal line. Then he turned to celebrate.Banks believed him; it was only when other England players cheered that either one realised that Banks had done the impossible. Somehow he had managed to manouvre himself back and downwards quickly enough to knock the ball over the bar. Pele went on to call it the greatest save he had ever seen. Worthy praise indeed for a moment of pure brilliance.

Dino Zoff; Not the most charismatic player, but noteworthy due to being the most consistent keeper. He holds the record for the longest continual period without conceding a goal in international football; 1142 minutes between 1972 and 1974. Thus acquiring that much desired quality in a keeper; depndability.

They are probably the top 3 all time, but here are some worthy mentions from recent years that any footie fan should know about;

Rene higuita; Columbian international famous for mostly the wrong reasons, as his extravegance often got him and his team on the wrong end of a goal. Infamous for creating the 'scorpion kick'; whereby the keeper dives forward, putting his weight on his hands and arches his back to make contact with the ball with his legs above his head (imitating pose of a scorpion).

Jose Luis Chilavert; Great player to watch as he was not only a keeper, but also a free kick specialist! consequently he took penalties, and scored 8 internatinal goals for Paraguay. I've also heard that, apparently, he once scored a hat-trick!

Peter schmeichel; Arguably the best keeper of the last 20 years. Along with his superb goal tending, he was also famous for his impassioned rants at his own defence, and his feared unbelievably long throws down the wings that often would result in deadly counter-attacks.

Yes Brazil has a very good chance of winning their 6th world cup in South Africa in 2010. And as it is in Africa all the better.We must remember a few things Brazil have only won in Europe once in 1958 in Sweeden Pele first world cup , and they have never won when they had a black goalkeeper.

A team may make 3 substitutions per match.

Pele played in Brazil's World Cup Winning Teams of 1958, 1962 and 1970

"A soccer field is always a large rectangle, but it can be from 100 to 130 yards long and from 50 to 100 yards wide."

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It was never known who stole the World Cup in 1966, it was found under a hedge at the bottom of a garden.

Yes. They topped the UEFA Group 6 Qualifying and subsequently went on to the finals tournament. They subsequently drew 2 of their group games against USA and Algeria 1-1 and 0-0 respectively and beat Slovenia, narrowly coming second in their group behind the USA on goals scored. In the round of 16, they lost to Germany 4-1 in one of the most controversial world cup matches ever.

There are a few answers to that. They first won the Premier League in 1993. However, at that time it was not sponsored by Barclays. BarclayCard sponsored it from 2001 to 2004, with Manchester United first winning it in 2003, and Barclays sponsored it from 2004, with Manchester United first winning it in 2007.

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Gordon Strachan (Aberdeen & Man Utd) Chris Sutton (Chelsea & Celtic) Andre Kanchelskis (Rangers & Man Utd) Kenny Dalglish (Celtic & Liverpool) Jimmy Delaney (Celtic & Man Utd) - Also won the Irish Cup with Derry City There will be plenty more!

Here there are to many to name.

England have submitted a bid to host the 2018 World Cup, but it is not known if they will get it.

The first football world cup was played in Uruguay, and won by Uruguay.

The first set of rules for soccer were made by the London Football Association in 1863.

As of April 2014, the top scorer for Arsenal in all competitive appearances is Thierry Henry, who scored 228 goals in 376 appearances, including as substitute.

There are no quarters in Association Football, a match is divided into two halves.