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English Soccer

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There are few countries that can boast a level of competition as the one found in English soccer, as England has one of the most powerful championships in the World (some specialists even place it above the Italian Serie A or the Spanish La Liga), a strong, but often unlucky national team and above all, a long tradition and history with this sport.


English soccer also holds numerous "firsts", being considered the inventors of the sport, having the first soccer association (in 1863) and forming the first national squad (this record is shared with Scotland, since both countries debuted at the same time, in a match between the newly formed Scotland and England soccer teams).


I have to admit, it's hard not to love and respect fans and players from England. Soccer in English teams is based on a perfect combination between public and players and it's quite a sight seeing a hard but fair tackle on the pitch translating into an echoing cheer from the stands. Some say that if you've never seen an English team play live, you couldn't have tasted what soccer really means.


So now that you already had a bit of taste of England's soccer, let me tell you what you'll be able to find in this section of the website. As with most of the other sections, the "English Soccer" one is divided into areas so before reading the full stories, here's a sneak peak of each area to get your feet wet:




England Soccer Team
With English being the first professional soccer players in the World, their national team was also the first to form up, together with the Scottish team who played them in the first international match on 30 November 1872.


Although the teams' traditional rivals were the Scotts for almost a century, this rivalry was toned down with the continuous degradation in power of the Scottish national team, the latter being replaced by Argentina, or Germany when it came to rivalry-sparked matches.


Despite having a constant stream of great players in the squad, the England soccer team only managed to win a single World Cup in 1966 on home ground, and never had another final ever since.
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Famous English Soccer Players
With the amazing players the England squad had throughout time, it's rather weird that they only managed to achieve one trophy.


To name all famous English soccer players would be a list too long to read, so we'll stick to the likes of Stanley Matthews, who played professional soccer until he was 50 (of course, the competition during his time was less exhaustive), Bobby Moore who captained England's team in the 1966 success, or Bobby Charlton, who survived the Munich disaster plane crash with his club Manchester United and then had the strength to help England win the World Cup.


More recently, superstars like David Beckham, Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard or John Terry already signed the papers to be allowed in the history book of England's soccer.Click here to read more...



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