ENGLAND RUGBY LEAGUE’S OFFICIAL ST. GEORGE?S DAY CELEBRATION

THE 09/10 PUMA® ENGLAND RL KIT IS HERE

 

LONDON, 23rd April. The 09/10 PUMA® England Rugby League Kit has been official launched today on St. George’s Day by www.RugbyLeagueOnline.co.uk. As an emblem of pride across England, the cross of St George empowers this kit design and it seemed only right that this day was chosen to mark the identity of a team whose campaign on home soil later this year is so highly anticipated.

Phil Williams, Marketing Manager, RFL states: “With the Four Nations on the horizon this autumn I’m sure fans will relish wearing this new England shirt with pride.  It was striking during the World Cup just how many England fans were out there in Australia wearing England’s colours and I hope we’ll see the same this year starting with the international against France in June.”

Roger Harrison, Marketing Director, PUMA UK, said: “The innovative 09/10 England RL Kit is a powerful reminder to Rugby League supporters of England’s national identity. In a few months time, the team will walk out wearing the intimidating and authoritative design, backed by eager supporters that share the national spirit and determination that the St. George symbol has come to stand for in English sport today.’

The England kit has today been launched at www.RugbyLeagueOnline.co.uk alongside the official new Leisurewear and Accessories ranges which are also available to buy now. The team’s official Trainingwear range is due to be launched in advance of the summer weather on the website from 29th May 2009.  Read more... (636 words, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)

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Football

Football

Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports, although the first sport with this name originated in the United Kingdom. The most popular of these world-wide is association football (also known as soccer). The English word “football” is also applied to American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby football (rugby league and rugby union), and related games. Each of these codes (specific sets of rules) is to a greater or lesser extent referred to as “football” and sometimes “footy”.

These games involve:

a large spherical or prolate spheroid ball, which is itself called a football.

a team scoring goals and/or points, by moving the ball to an opposing team’s end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line.

the goal and/or line being defended by the opposing team.

players being required to move the ball mostly by kicking and — in some codes — carrying and/or passing the ball by hand.

goals and/or points resulting from players putting the ball between two goalposts.

offside rules, in most codes, restricting the movement of players.

in some codes, points are mostly scored by players carrying the ball across the goal line.

in most codes players scoring a goal must put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts.

players in some codes receiving a free kick after they take a mark/make a fair catch.  Read more... (330 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

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The History of Football

For as long as football (soccer) has been around, football fans have also been around. The most significant consequence: it is appreciated that the football World Cup gathers the second greatest number of viewers, after the Olympics. For instance, the World competition of 2006 brought together more than three million spectators, and these were only those who got the chance of a seat in the stadiums. Just imagine the number of those who gathered around a TV in order to watch the matches; how useful free football online would have been! And the case of the World Cup is not singular; other football tournaments have their own faithful fans and viewers, many of whom would surely be grateful for the occasion of watching their favorite teams in action while the matches are broadcasted live. Fortunately, the latest improvements in live broadcasting allow football fans to watch live and free soccer online. Obviously, the reasons why free football online has been made possible are closely related to the popularity of this particular kind of sports event.

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History of Association Football

Association football is popularly known as football soccer and it is claimed to be the most popular sport around the world. However, we can trace back the history of football soccer back in time and find the first sources citing ball games with similar characteristics that were played by ancient civilizations.

During the third century BC a soccer-like ball game was played in Egypt as a fertility rite, although the rules of the game were similar to those of modern handball, although China invented a leather ball game the century before and it was credited to Fu-Hi, who was not only an inventor but one of the five great Chinese rulers from the ancient times.

The leather ball was made of several spherical roots in the form of hard bristles that was coated with rawhide, but once again, the game was played passing the ball from hand to hand. The leather ball was later adopted in India and Persia where it became the most popular game. In the New World, the ancient pre-Hispanic civilizations were also known by their ball games that once again resembled what we known today as football soccer, although some tribes added their own rules and variants to those games.

Aztecs practiced a game called “tlachtli”, that was probably the first real soccer game in the world because it incorporated actions similar to those of the tennis and basketball, but the use of the hands was prohibited, thus the ball was only touched with the feet. Of course, the end of the game was different to the end of a soccer match today. Aztecs sacrificed the captain of the defeated team, something that many people would like to do nowadays.  Read more... (521 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

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Atari 2600 & 7800 Super Football Video Game Cartridge


Product Description
Scramble for the Touchdown.

Super Football offers 3-D football action. On screen, you get a
full view of the field from above and behind the offensive team.
And you control the action as the players line up, kick, run,… More >>
Atari 2600 & 7800 Super Football Video Game Cartridge

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Understanding The Differences Between CFL Canadian Football And The NFL

Its that time of the year again–Americans are getting ready for football. In a few months NFL teams will be opening training camp and college football teams starting practice. Up north, however, the footballs are already flying as pro football is in full swing up in Canada with the Canadian Football League (CFL).

The CFL is almost as old as the NFL, coming into existence in’30. The league’s Grey Cup championship trophy is even older, having been awarded to the best Canadian professional football team since’09. There have been a number of NFL stars who got their start in the CFL including Doug Flutie, Randall Cunningham and Jeff Garcia.

While the CFL plays football at the highest professional level of competition outside of the NFL, there are a few differences in the game:

The most obvious difference is the football itself–the CFL football is longer and fatter than the NFL ball. The CFL still has their goal posts on the goal line, which the NFL moved to the back of the end zone years ago. The field is 10 yards longer and 12 yards wider than the NFL field, and the CFL end zones are 20 yards deep instead of the NFL’s 10 yards.  Read more... (783 words, estimated 3:08 mins reading time)

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Australian Football Players Abroad

Our online poll in 2008 indicated Australian players wanted to trial and play their football in Europe, in particular the English Premier League. We did some research to locate where Australian football players were based. The results may surprise you. Our results are based on findings for the 2008 season.

Scotland : 10 players : Ireland : 3 players : England : 50 players : Spain : 1 player : Norway : 3 players : Denmark : 3 players : Holland : 6 players : Poland : 1 player : Germany : 9 players : Switzerland : 2 players : Croatia : 2 players : Hungary : 2 players : Italy : 7 players: Servia : 1 player : Macedonia : 1 player: Greece : 3 players : Cyprus : 1 player : Turkey : 3 players : Romania : 1 player : Georgia : 1 player: Japan : 4 players : China : 1 player : Malaysia : 1 player : USA : 6 players.

It is worth noting that of the 50 Australian football players, playing in England, only 23 of the players were involved in the English Premier League, 27 playing in the lower tiers and 5 of the 50 players were playing in the sixth tier in England.

For many young Australian born players the “rest of the world”  may be their only way of playing in the English Premier League due to new FA (Football Association) and FIFA regualtions regarding foreign players signing contracts in England coming from Australia.

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Australian Football Players Signs With Ascoli Soccer Academy

We are pleased to announce our new partnership. Train and Play the Italian Way


 


Australian Football Players is pleased to announce a unique partnership with Italy’s Ascoli Soccer Academy. This partnership will not only forge relationships between Australian Football Players and Italian football clubs like Ascoli Calcio 1898 but we are now able to offer Australian players and teams the opportunity to travel to Italy and participate in Camps, Trials and Year Long Soccer Courses. Ascoli Soccer Academy and Ascoli Calcio 1898 technical staff conduct trials both in Italy and abroad. We hope to bring both Academy and Club to Australia in the near future to conduct trials. 


 


The Italian Football Academy (IFA)- Ascoli Soccer Academy has brought together the experience of its’ own technical staff and the experience acquired from the Perugia Football Club’s coaching staff to create a unique developmental institution. Australian Football Players has now joined Ascoli Soccer Academy in a consolidated effort to bring advanced player and coach education to local Australian clubs. Australian Football Players and Ascoli Soccer Academy have identical philosophies which clearly put an emphasis on structured and methodical football education. Australian Football Players, as the Australian based affiliate, will work closely on a yearly basis with the academy to identify quality players and possibly fill its’ ranks in the Italian professional league. Australian Football Players will also provide learning opportunities for youth coaches as the demand for “higher learning” continuous to increase. The Ascoli Soccer Academy technical organization chart consists of 80 observers and 20 supervisors distributed along the national territory, all of them coming from multi-year professional experiences.  

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