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Football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country. England hosts the world's first club, Sheffield F.C.; the world's oldest professional association football club, Notts County; the oldest national governing body, the Football Association; the joint-oldest national team; the oldest national knockout competition, the FA Cup; and the oldest national league, the English Football League. It also has 31% of the population interested in Football. Today England's top domestic league, the Premier League, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with five of the ten richest football clubs in the world as of 2022.

The England national football team is one of only eight teams to win the FIFA World Cup, having done so once, in 1966. A total of six English club teams have won the UEFA Champions League, formerly known as the European Cup. (Full article...)

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The 2008 UEFA Champions League final was a football match played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia on 21 May 2008, to decide the winner of the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, making it an all-English final for the first time in European Cup history. It finished 1-1 after extra time, but Manchester United won 6–5 on penalties, winning it for the third time. This success also marked the 100th anniversary of Manchester United's first league triumph in 1908, the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, and the 40th anniversary of United's first European Cup triumph in 1968.

Chelsea have never gone to this stage of the competition until 2008, but United have appeared in two European Cup finals before in 1968 and 1999, both ending in victory, with the latter capping off a treble. The two started off in the group stages and both finished top spot, but Chelsea decided to change their manager, with Jose Mourinho being dismissed and Avram Grant was named as his replacement. United had gotten past the defending French champions Lyon, Italian club Roma, and a two-time European Cup winner at the time, Barcelona. Chelsea, on the other hand, have had a more bumpier ride, having only drawn 0-0 at Greek club Olympiakos in the last 16 and trailed 2-1 to Turkish champions Fenerbahçe in the quarter-final first legs. However, they won both second legs at home and set up a semi-final against Liverpool, the team that beat them at this stage twice in three years. Ultimately, Chelsea made it third time lucky against the then five-time winners, defeating them 4-3 on aggregate to make their first ever European Cup final.

Did you know...

...that although Archibald Leitch (Craven Cottage pictured) was the foremost football stadium architect in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century, only two of his works have been listed for preservation?

...that the English footballer David Layne scored 58 goals in 81 games for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. before he was jailed for his involvement in the British betting scandal of 1964?

...that the England football squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico contained two players called Gary Stevens?

...that Harry Newbould was the first-ever manager of Derby County F.C.?

...that Stockport County physio Rodger Wylde formed a rock group with player Tom Bennett whilst treating his broken leg?

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The Football Conference is a football league at the top of the National League System of non-League football in England. Conference National is the highest of the three divisions within the Football Conference, with Conference North and Conference South serving as regional feeders one step down. The Football Conference consisted of only one division up until 2004, but expanded as part of an extensive restructuring of the National League System which took effect beginning with the 2004-05 season.

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Former manager of Russia Fabio Capello. He became manager on July 26, 2012 following the resignation of Dick Advocaat. Before Russia, he managed England, he resigned from England on February 8, 2012, following the FA removing the captaincy from John Terry. He was a former President of the League Managers Association.