Football in England
Football is the worlds most popular sport. It is estimated that the football army is 250 million strong. the first game of contemporary football was played in 1863 in England. This happened after the rugby association branched off from football and this meant that they now had two separate committees. This allowed the football in England to blossom to the massive organisation the English FA is today.
The English FA is in charge of all footballing activities at a competitive level in England still to this day. They are the oldest national governing body of football in world football.
The FA were set up by what the English consider 'the father' of English football Ebenezer Morley in 1862. he came up with the idea of ''organising'' football after he set up a football club in a public school. There were lots of disagreements about how the game should be played and he suggested that a rule book should be introduced like the MCC did with cricket, another popular sport in England.
These views were taken up at a meeting in London where twelve London clubs met up to form an association that will make certain rules a code that all football clubs will follow to make football played as fairly as possible. one of the major sticking points in some of these meetings to make some of these rules was the issue of hacking in the game of football. this rule was debated by lots of people who agreed and disagreed with the issue of hacking of players legs. after much debate, the first FA football match was played between London clubs Richmond and Barnes where they played out a 0-0 draw. this is considered the first competitive game of football in the history of football.
England is home to one of the most competitive leagues in the world. the premier league was first played in the 1992-1993 season when it replaced the old football division one. the premier league is considered the best league in the world due to the millions of people who watch the matches each weekend.
