Soccer History Information

Football rules were first written in England. The English first brought football into France in 1863, forming their first club. The first official  international match which is recognised by FIFA was played between Scotland and England on November 30 1872.. This match was played under the Football Association rules. England won the first international game in 1873.

The formation of the Football League was inducted in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. there were twelve fouder members. They consisted of six from Lancashire ;Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers, Accrington, Everton and Preston North End and six from the Midlands; Derby County, Notts County, Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers who took part in it.

manchester was the top team of England. In1904 it won the FA Cup. Further domination of the game came with Liverpool, who victorious two league titles in 1901 and 1906, and Everton, who won the FA Cup in 1906. Arsenal won two more titles and the FA cup in1953 but could not keep the pace afterwards for nearly two decades.. Liverpool after winning a title also suffered the same as Arsenal. Manchester came again and won the legue title in 1952,1956 and 1957. In 1958 the Munich air disaster killed eight players ..

After 26 years Manchester became victorious the premiership league and went on to influenced the English football in 1990. During this year they won five league titles, one league cup and  one winners cup. 

.Manchester United's outstanding successwin has continued. Arsenal won matches in 2002 and 2004. It did not lost a single league game through out the season. United also won in 2004 and 2006 United also won the league titles in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007. Manchester United gained a comfortable position at the top of the Premiership, with Chelsea as the contender.. Liverpool,Arsenal and Everton contended same way for the European positions.

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association; the governing body for football in England..The English national team during this period travelled in a rough road to their success. The England team of the 1990s and 2000s has been consistently in football's top twenty countries, but could not cross ahead of the quarter finals in any international tournaments except Italia 90 and Euro 96..They failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup but reached the semi-finals in Euro 96 and lost on penalties to Germany at the semi-finals.  In 1998 they were automatically qualified.The reign was marked with little success, with England did not succeed to qualify for the 2008 European Championships. 2010 sees the FIFA World Cup, get ready for the biggest sporting event and hopefully enjoy!