Welcome to dextri.com on July 5 2009.
This is an internet experiment running to monitor browsing habbits of individuals through wikipedia contents.

Portal:English football

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Wikipedia portals: Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Natural sciences · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology

edit  

The English Football Portal

Football in England is of incredible importance to the English public, as it is the national sport of England, and as such 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.

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.

edit  

Selected article

Gilberto Silva, here in North London
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva (born October 7, 1976 in Lagoa da Prata, Minas Gerais), commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He has played most of his club football for the English club Arsenal, as a defensive midfielder.

Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with América Mineiro, where good form earned him a move to Atlético Mineiro in 2000. He became a star player for Atlético, playing for three years in the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He came to particular prominence when he helped the Brazilian national team win the 2002 FIFA World Cup, playing in all seven of Brazil's matches.

In August 2002, for a fee of £4.5 million, he joined Arsenal with whom he won the 2004 FA Premier League, and two FA Cup trophies. In his first five seasons with the club he played 208 games and scored 23 goals. On 19 August 2006 he scored Arsenal's first competitive goal at the newly built Emirates Stadium. He was made vice-captain of Arsenal in 2006 and is contracted to the club until June 2009. In 2007 he was selected as Brazil captain for the Copa América tournament, which Brazil went on to win.

edit  

Did you know...

Statue of the 1966 World Cup winning England side
edit  

Selected competition

Site of the 2007 final - Wembley
The Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. Currently over 400 teams compete each season, with two qualifying rounds preceding the six proper rounds, semi-finals and final.

Until 1974, football players were either professionals or amateurs. Professionals were paid to play by their clubs, and the only cup competitions such clubs were allowed to enter were the FA Cup and, for clubs outside The Football League, the FA Trophy. Amateurs, on the other hand, did not get paid by their clubs, and such clubs had their own cup competition, the FA Amateur Cup.

edit  

WikiProjects

edit  

Selected picture

Arsenal defender Abou Diaby takes a throw-in
Credit: Flickr user wonker

When a ball is kicked out of play on the side of the pitch, the game is resumed with a throw-in. Here, Arsenal player Abou Diaby returns the ball into play.

edit  

In the news

edit  

Current season

edit  

Categories

edit  

Featured content

Articles: 2007 UEFA Champions League Final • Arsenal F.C. • Aston Villa F.C. • Chelsea F.C. • City of Manchester Stadium • Dover Athletic F.C. • Duncan Edwards • England national football team managers • Everton F.C. • Gillingham F.C. • Thierry Henry • History 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 Stoke City F.C. • Ipswich Town F.C. • Manchester City F.C. • Margate F.C. • Norwich City F.C. • Portman Road • Premier League • Priestfield Stadium • Bobby Robson • Sheffield Wednesday F.C. • Gilberto Silva • Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. • Valley Parade • York City F.C.

Lists: List of Arsenal F.C. players • List of Aston Villa F.C. managers • List of Aston Villa F.C. players • Aston Villa F.C. seasons • List of Birmingham City F.C. managers • Birmingham City F.C. seasons • List of Birmingham City F.C. players • List of Birmingham City F.C. statistics and records • Bradford City A.F.C. seasons • List of Bristol Rovers F.C. managers • List of English Football League managers by date of appointment • English football champions • List of Everton F.C. managers • List of Gillingham F.C. managers • List of Gillingham F.C. players • Gillingham F.C. seasons • List of Ipswich Town F.C. managers • List of Ipswich Town F.C. players • List of Ipswich Town F.C. Players of the Year • List of Ipswich Town F.C. statistics and records • Ipswich Town F.C. seasons • Leeds United A.F.C. seasons • List of Liverpool F.C. managers • List of Liverpool F.C. players • Liverpool F.C. seasons • List of Manchester City F.C. managers • Manchester City F.C. seasons • List of Manchester United F.C. managers • List of Manchester United F.C. players • Manchester United F.C. seasons • Margate F.C. seasons • List of Norwich City F.C. Players of the Year • List of York City F.C. Clubmen of the Year • List of York City F.C. managers • List of York City F.C. players • York City F.C. seasons • List of York City F.C. statistics and records

Topics: Gillingham F.C. • Ipswich Town F.C. • York City F.C.

edit  

Topics

v • d • e
Football in England
The Football Association
National teams
England · B · C · U-21 · U-20 · U-19 · U-18 · U-17 · U-16
League system
Domestic cups
Foreign Premier League players · List of clubs · List of venues (by capacity) · List of competitions · Records
v • d • e
Women's football in England
The Football Association
National teams
League system
Premier League (National · North · South) · Combination Leagues (Northern · Midland · South West · South East)
Cup competitions
List of clubs
edit  

Things to do

WikiNews: Create and submit news stories about English football for Wikipedia's sister project WikiNews.

Expand stubs: Competitions in England • National teams • Organisations

Expand club articles of teams from England. See also: the United Kingdom

Expand biographies of English people associated with the game

Create: Most wanted articles • Requested articles

Add: Infoboxes • Images (General requests, Requested images of people)

Review: articles currently under review

Assess: Assessment requests • Assess an article

Revert Vandalism on this portal and on English Football articles

Assist in maintaining this Portal

edit  

Related portals

What are portals? · List of portals · Featured portals
Purge page cache

 Sports    Games    American football    Association football    Baseball    Basketball    College football    Chess    Cricket    Cycling    Fencing    Golf    Gymnastics    Ice hockey    Motorsport    Olympics    Rugby league    Rugby union    Swimming    Tennis


Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:English_football"
Personal tools
Visit joltnews for the latest headlines
Visit bloit.com for company information
Geed Media does computer consulting on long island.
This page viewed times. See Logs