The most famous Quotes in Football

1. “Football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport. Dancing is a contact sport.”
--Duffy Daugherty

Perhaps Mr. Daugherty is trying to eliminate the notion that football is an unmanly “contact” sports. Believe it or not, a lot of people think, or at least give tease to the nature of football wherein large, muscular men get close to one another trying to grab the ball. I don’t see the harm in that.

2. “Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.”
--Frank Gifford

3. “We can't run. We can't pass. We can't stop the run. We can't stop the pass. We can't kick. Other than that, we're just not a very good football team right now.”
--Bruce Coslet

If you can’t do all those things you said you can’t do, you’re never a good football team.

4. “I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.”
--Jerry Rice

You already said it dude.

5. "You guys line up alphabetically by height."
--Bill Peterson

This may take a while.

6. “We've got to find a way to win. I'm willing to start cheating.”
--Marv Cook

Well that turned out well!

7. “I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a "good hit," which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body.”
--Dave Barry

Women aren’t interested in things their men spend time on besides their women.

8. “There's no substitute for guts.”
-- Paul "Bear" Bryant

How about glory?

9. “Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental.”
--Doug Plank

10. “Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.”
--Knute Rockne

I bet Mr. Plank would beg to differ.

Spain ........ The 2010 Champions

Spain won the World Cup for the first time on Sunday, Andres Iniesta netting in extra-time to see off Holland 1-0 in Johannesburg and hand the Dutch their third final loss.

With just four minutes of extra-time remaining, substitute Fernando Torres slid over a cross from the left which was partially cleared as far as Cesc Fabregas and his pass found Iniesta lurking in the area.

The Barcelona star promptly set his sights and fired past Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

Five minutes earlier, the Dutch were down to 10 men when referee Howard Webb red-carded John Heitinga for a foul on Iniesta.

A niggly game saw a proliferation of yellow cards and missed chances at both ends - most notably in the first period of extra-time when Spanish substitute Fabregas raced onto a pass from Iniesta only to see Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg block his shot.

Then fellow substitute Jesus Navas looked odds on to score but his shot deflected off Giovanni van Bronckhorst and hit the side-netting.

Footballs uses till now in the World Cup

The world Revovles around the Ball

This what I call a crazy Fan

Football facts

20 red cards were shown during a 1993 game between Sportivo Ameliano and General Caballero in Paraguay.

Sir Alex Ferguson was fired by St. Mirren in 1978 for swearing at a lady.
ASEC Abidjan of Cote D’Ivoire went unbeaten for 108 games between 1989 and 1994.

Carlos Caszely of Chile was the first player red carded in a World Cup tournament on June 14, 1974.

European Teams have reached the final of every World Cup except in 1930 and 1950.
Goalkeeper Arthur Wharton was the first black professional soccer player. He was born in Ghana (then Gold Coast) and played for English League team Rotherham United in 1889.

In 1950 India withdrew form the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team play barefoot.

In 1954 Turkey knocked out Spain from during a World Cup qualifier by drawing straws. Blindfolded Italian boy Luigi Franco Gemma picked the straws to decide the winner.
In 1957 with only 30 minutes remaining, Charlton Athletic game back from a 5-1 deficit to defeat Huddersfield Town 7-6.

In 1968, Penarol of Urugauy conceded only five goals in 18 games on the way to an unbeaten season.
In 1996 George Weah paid for his teammates uniforms and expenses so that Liberia could enter the African Nations Cup.

In 1997 Nigerian international Celestine Babayaro broke his leg while celebrating a goal in his Chelsea debut during a preseason game.

In 1998 English referee Martin Sylvester sent himself off after punching a player during a game in the Andover and District Sunday League.

In 1999 Leganes coach Enrique Martin received a ten game ban for running down an opposition player who was clean through on goal.

In the 1938 World Cup semifinal, Guiseppe Meazza of Italy’s shorts fell down as he was taking a penalty shot. He held his shorts up and calmly scored past Brazil’s Valter.

In the 1970s legendary coaches Jock Stein and Brian Clough both had 44 day stints at Leeds United.
Jean Langenus of Belgium wore a suit jacket, golfing plus fours and a red striped tie when he refereed the 1930 World Cup final.

Luigi Riva once broke the arm of a spectator with one of his powerful shots.

Madagascan team Stade Olympique L’Emryne scored 149 own goals against champions AS Adema in 2002. They repeatedly scored own goals in protest of a refereeing decision in their previous game.

Michael Laudrup appeared for Real Madrid in a 5-0 win over Barcelona and also Barcelona when they beat Real Madrid 5-0.

Non flying Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp’s fear of flying caused him to miss many international and European games for Arsenal.

Sir Stanley Matthews never received a booking in his 33 year long career.

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (English: International Federation of Association Football), commonly known as FIFA (usual English pronunciation: /ˈfiːfə/), is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are located in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter. FIFA is responsible for the organisation and governance of football's major international tournaments, most notably the FIFA World Cup, held since 1930.
FIFA has 208 member associations, three more than the International Olympic Committee and five fewer than the International Association of Athletics Federations.

Roberto Baggio

Roberto Baggio (born 18February 1967) is a retired Italian footballer. In 1993, Baggio won both the Ballon d'OR and the FIFA World Player of the Year. He is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups. Baggio is known as Il Divin Codino (The Divine Ponytail), for the hairstyle he wore for most of his career and his Buddhist background.

Luís Figo

Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo,(born 4 November 1972) is a retired Portuguese football player. He played as a midfielder for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale , during a career which spanned over 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portuguese national football team, a number that makes him the most capped player for Portugal. Figo was the 2000 European Footballer of the Year, the 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year, and was named amongst the FIFA 100.Figo is one of the few football players to have played for both the Spanish rival clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid.

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup (also called the Football World Cup, the Soccer World Cup, or simply the World Cup) is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association(FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of the Second World War.

The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).

During the 18 tournaments that have been held, seven national teams have won the title. Brazil has won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. Italy, the current champions, has won four titles, and Germany are next with three titles. The other former champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each.

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980 in Porto Alegre), commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Milan and the Brazilian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation.He is a free-kick specialist and has exceptional dribbling ability.

Edison Arantes do Nascimento(born 23 October 1940), best known by his nickname Pelé is a retired Brazilian football player. He is widely regarded by polls among football experts, former players and fans as the greatest footballer of all time.

In his native Brazil, Pelé is hailed as a national hero.

Zinedine Yazid Zidane ([zinedin zidan] born 23 June 1972 in Marseille, France) is a retired French World Cup-winning footballer. Zidane played for club teams in France, Italy and Spain, and was the captain of the French national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of football, his career accomplishments include helping France win the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, as well as taking them to the World Cup Final in 2006. At club level his accomplishments include winning the 2002 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid.

Diego Armando Maradona (born 30 October 1960 in Lanús, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former football player and the current manager of the Argentine national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting world-record contract fees. In his international career, playing for Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals. He played in four FIFA World Cup tournaments.

David Robert Joseph Beckham,(born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Milan in Serie A,on loan from Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy.He is also an established member of the England national team. He has played from Real Madrid CF and Manchester United.

The Pitch

Game PLay

Football is played in accordance with a set of rules known as FIFA's rule. The game is played using a ball, known as the football or soccer ball. Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw. Each team is led by a captain.

The primary law is that players other than goalkeeper cannot handle the ball with their hands or arms during play, though they do use their hands during a throw-in restart. Although players usually use their feet to move the ball around, they may use any part of their bodies other than their hands or arms.Within normal play, all players are free to play the ball in any direction and move throughout the pitch, though the ball cannot be received in an offside position.

In typical game play, players attempt to create goal-scoring opportunities through individual control of the ball, such as by dribbling, passing the ball to a team-mate, and by taking shots at the goal, which is guarded by the opposing goalkeeper. Opposing players may try to regain control of the ball by intercepting a pass or through tackling the opponent in possession of the ball; however, physical contact between opponents is restricted. Football is generally a free-flowing game, with play stopping only when the ball has left the field of play or when play is stopped by the referee. After a stoppage, play recommences with a specified restart.

Introduction

Football or Soccer is the most common game played all over the world. Everyone knows how to kick a ball to the post. Consisting of 11 players in each team totally it has 23 members in it including all the subs. Football was originally was started from England. Earlier players played with a ball of clothes and they had a very short shorts with a jersey with no numbers in it.

It was first only played in England but slowly it spread through the Europe's and then both the America's and after that all over the world. Each and Every people in the world now knows how to play football.

After some year it started world competition knows as Julies remet cup in the beginning but commonly known as World Cup later . It is held in every 4 year and its the most common competition watched by billions of people all around the world .