Bill Shankly, Liverpool manager on football:
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”
General facts:- national sport in the United Kingdom -over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs than any other country
- played in English schools since at least 1581
-modern global game of Football was first codified in 1863 in London
-UK is home to: the world's first club (Sheffield F.C.), world's oldest professional association football club (Notts County F.C), oldest national governing body (theFootball Association), the first national team, the oldest national knockout competition (the FA Cup), oldest national league (the Football League)
-the UK's top league, the Premier League, is nowadays one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world
- England National Football Team has won the World Cup once, in 1966
The Premier League: -UK´s top league, includes 20 teams
&FA Cup- Win is the greatest national success qualification for the Champions League (Europe's largest competition at club level)
- founded in 1992
-first three teams qualify for the CL, fourth CL quali, fifth Europe League, winner of FA cup and League Cup, 18, 19, 20 relegate
- most wins Manu 20, actual winner ManCity- best players in history: Fowler, Shearer, Giggs, Ronaldo, Henry and more
-big names in premier league today are: di Maria, van Persie, Aguero, Gerrard, Fabregas and many more
-FA Cup was first held in 1871–72 (143 years ago)
-around 760 clubs take part this season
- 121.919 19. April 1913 Crystal Palace, London Aston Villa 1:0 AFC Sunderland
- 28. April 1923 Wembley-Stadion, London Bolton Wanderers 2:0 West Ham United 126.047
-actual winner Arsenal won 3-2 e.t. against Hull City
-Arsenal and Manu 11 wins
Liverpool: -has won more European trophies than any other English team with five European,