British soccer culture 英国足球文化 序号01 史丹宁

Contents ① . Origin of British soccer ② . The birth of modern soccer 英国足球的起源 ② . The birth of modern soccer 现代足球的诞生 ③ . FA Premier League 英超联赛

Part One: Origin of British soccer Have you ever wonder how soccer games get into our life? When and where is the origin of this game from? Why is it so many peoples in the world crazy about this game? Almost every culture has reference to the history of soccer. But it was in England that soccer really begin to take shape. It all started in 1863 in England, when two football association (association football and rugby football) split off on their different course. Therefore, the first Football Association was founded in England.

Part Two: The birth of modern British soccer On October 26, 1863, in London the British set up the world’s first football organization - the British Football Association (The FA) and uniformed the rules of football. They formulated a total of 14 soccer rules, which are now based on. Today, people call this day “ the birth of the modern football”.

The national emblem of British The logo of FA The national emblem of British

England football team England only won once World Cup in 1966. Established in October 26, 1863 Joind in FIFA in May 23,1940 Rank the eighth in FIFA Qualified for the 2010 World Cup: European qualifying Group F Group 1st Coach: Fabio Capello

Part Three: FA Premier League

As the Premiership sponsor of the FA Premier League(英格兰足球超级联赛), Barclays Bank(巴克莱银行) in 2004 named(为... ...冠名) it “ Barclays English Premier League(巴克莱超级足球联赛)”，which is nowadays usually referred to the Premier League(英超) and is the professional football league(职业足球联赛) under the Football Association of England(英格兰足总). English Premier League was established on February 20, 1992, whose predecessor (前身) was the League of England(英格兰甲级联赛). So the FA Premier League is the highest level league of the English league system(英格兰联赛系统).

English Premier League has now become one of the world‘s most popular sporting events(体育赛事). The first Premiership game was held on August 15, 1992. English Premier League has 20 teams now. Up to the 2010/11 season, only four teams have won the Premier League champion(联赛冠军)： Manchester United ,Chelsea(切尔西) , Arsenal(阿森纳) and Blackburn(布莱克本) .

The premiership's five famous football clubs Manchester United (曼联) Chelsea (切尔西) Arsenal (阿森纳) Liverpool (利物浦) Manchester City (曼城)

Manchester United

Winning moment 夺冠时刻 Wayne Rooney 韦恩·鲁尼

Chelsea

Frank Lampard 弗兰克·兰帕德 Winning moment 夺冠时刻

Arsenal

Winning moment 夺冠时刻 Robin van Persie 罗宾·范·佩西

Liverpool

Steven Gerrard 斯蒂文·杰拉德 Anfield Stadium 安菲尔德球场

Manchester City

Manchester City Stadium 曼彻斯特城市体育场 Emmanuel Adebayor 埃曼纽尔·阿德巴约

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