The records from the Byzantine Empire show that a version of soccer being played there before the rise of the Roman Empire may be the truest version from ancient times.
juventus ,
levski sofia ,
lille osc ,
olympiakos This version called Pok t’ Pok was also quite violent and the use of weapons was allowed at times. The losing team was beheaded, no worries of a losing streak.
olympique marseille ,
lyon ,
osasuna ,
panathinaikos Being a team sport, football not only exercises the human body and mind, but also brings people together to produce measurable results.
parma ,
partizan ,
psg ,
psv eindhoven Yet, the word "football" is used in reference to two different, but related, team sports.
ac milan ,
afc ajax ,
anderlecht ,
as roma ,
atletico madrid ,
leverkusen Among the top football players who have suited up for Aberdeen F.C. are Gordon Strachan, Alex McLeish and club legend Willie Miller.
bayern munich ,
benfica ,
besiktas ,
bordeaux ,
sc braga ,
celtic fc In the 1985-86 season, Aberdeen F.C. won the Scottish Cup as well as the League Cup to cap the Ferguson era on a successful note.
cska moscow ,
cska sofia ,
deportivo la coruna 3. The first player to ever score a goal for Aberdeen was Willie McAulay against Stenhousemuir on August 15, 1903 before a crowd of 8,000 spectators at Pittodrie.
dinamo kiev ,
espanyol ,
barcelona Once the game starts, it's just you and the other fellow, just as it is in the prize ring. If you are not prepared, it can be a long, hard afternoon. And a losing one, too.
fc basel ,
porto ,
fenerbahce And as far as I can tell the streams are extremely high quality, which is exactly what you would want if you couldn't watch your games on the tube and had to watch them online.
fiorentina ,
galatasaray ,
inter Perhaps it's the lack of a Catalan side to support that causes even the most nationalist of Catalans to put divisions aside.
racing santander ,
rangers fc ,
real madrid As a result of this process of labelling, children of 'superior' eye-colour both outperformed children of 'inferior' eye-colour and their usual selves, while children of 'inferior' eye-colour underachieved.
sampdoria ,
schalke 04 ,
sevilla Or perhaps allegiances are constructions that unite or untie us as quick as you like. In football as well as political terms, Real Madrid is normally the archrival.
shakhtar donetsk ,
sporting lisbon ,
lazio If this wasn't enough, he also achieved all the targets laid down by City's owner, including a place in Europe.
steaua ,
st etienne ,
zenit We all know it's a totally different game at international level.
wolfsburg ,
werder bremen ,
villareal cf This was only a friendly, but to the first non-Englishman ever to be appointed to the post of manager it must have felt like a proper international game.
valencia cf ,
udinese calcio ,
fc arsenal Up until this point, McClaren had hardly been a household name.
aston villa ,
bolton wanderers ,
chelsea fc After it became obvious that the big man didn't want the job due to media attention, the FA gave the job to McClaren.
everton fc ,
liverpool fc ,
manchester city McClaren's first act as manager was to drop many of our most experienced players such as David James and David Beckham.
manchester united ,
middlesbrough fc ,
newcastle Beckham performed his usual magic - both as a quality player and a talisman for the country as a whole.
portsmouth fc Again the FA looked for a home grown manager but when no one could be found we went abroad and found Fabio Capello.
stoke city fc What we need in England is continuity. It's all very well for Capello to "discipline" the players but what's the good if he's not here to carry on the good work?
vfb stuttgart The pyramid consists of over 140 leagues, 480 divisions and over 7,000 clubs.
hotspur The FA Trophy is contested between clubs situated in levels 5-8 and the Conference League Cup restricted to levels 5 and 6.
wba Valencia CF Valencia Club de Futbol is often referred to as just Vaencia or as Los Che. Founded in 1919, today Valencia plays in La Liga and is one of the biggest clubs in Spain and one of the most well known in the world.
west ham united They have also come second place in the UEFA Champions League, loosing out in 2000 to Domestic Rivals, Real Madrid, and in 2001 to the German giants, Bayern Munich. Valencia CF is not the only football team in Valencia, in fact, there are two others: Levante and Villarreal.
wigan athletic fc Because it is so easy to get to there is little need to search for a hotel in the area, but rather take one of the four star hotels of which there is abundance in the centre of the city.