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With Man United's imminent departure from the most prestigious club event quarter finals, I felt I'd tell you all about football - clearly United can't teach you anything! Only kidding, the match isn't over yet and even if they do go out, they're still the best in England.
Football - it's a fantastic sport, played by many, including myself, and it is easily the most talked about sport in respect to media and television.
There are the triangle leagues where the top team from each gets promoted into the conference. These the Ryman Premier, Dr Martens league, Unibond Premier league - these 3 set-ups also have their own set of 3 leagues.
Obviously, every team wants to play in the Premiership as it is the top flight of English football, but the top 4 divisions are all full of professional sides, whereas The Conference and descending leagues contain mainly semi-professional clubs. Played using your feet primarily (although every other part of the body is allowed – with the exception of the hands and arms (goalkeepers can use their hands obviously) the idea is to score goals against your opposition in a Goal made up of a net & frame. A game is played on a pitch of approximately 105 by 70 metres.
Throughout a season every team in the league play each other 2 times - at home once and away once. The games are played over a period of 90 minutes, with injury time added on if the game has been stopped during the course of the game. Two sides face each other - the FA decides the league fixtures - and the winning team receives 3 points, the losing side 0. In the case of a draw the points are shared, but they only get 1 point each. At the end of a season the team with the most points wins the league! This is an outstanding achievement as it shows that the team is the best in that league. Teams that do particularly well in the premiership, i.e. top 3, will be entered into the Champions League competition for the following season.
The Champions league is the most prestigious competition where all the top European sides face each other on group stages, with the top 2 in each group of 4 (of 8 groups) going into a 2nd group stage of 4 groups and the top 2 of the 4 in each group progressing into a knockout stage. Then the quarters, then the semis, and then the Final – the winner of this is officially the top team in Europe, and are crowned the Champions of Europe!
So it really does pay to get into the Premiership, as it is a way of joining the elite teams in Europe as a side competition.
Refs and many other officials are present to make sure all football is kept within the laws of the game. Players can receive yellow cards for dissent, poor challenges or abusive remarks to other players. If receiving two yellow cards a player will be withdrawn from the game, restricting the team to 10 men. A red card is then shown and the player has to leave the field, much to his or her humiliation. Red cards can be shown straight away without a yellow card if the player has made a particularly poor challenge - in that it was dangerous, and against the rules.
The OFFSIDE rule:
Many people do not grasp the concept that is the offside rule; I do not blame them because it is very complicated, but I'll try to explain it to you as best I can.
If the ball is played forward by your team in the oppositions half (i.e. the way you're shooting) and a player from your team is further forward than any opposition player except the goalkeeper at the time the ball was played forward then an offside flag will be raised, and a free kick given. The player is not offside if he is level with the last defender of the opposition when the ball is played forward to him/her.
There are many formations that teams can play:
The most popular is the 4-4-2 systems. This is of 1goalkeeper, 4defenders, 4midfielders and 2forwards or strikers.
There are also these formations: 4-3-3, 3-5-2, 3-2-5, 4-2-4, 2-3-5, 5-2-3 and 5-4-1. The most popular is the 4-4-2 though.
Football is a fantastic sport, and there is an awful lot of money involved in the game from Sponsorship, TV coverage, interviews, and kit suppliers as well as the huge wages and transfer fees that clubs have to pay.
I think there are some brilliant footballers in England, and although the British and European leagues are mainly for men, there are women's leagues - the World Cup for Women in USA made record attendances when the US women's team won. There are a lot of top women in the sport too.
I highly recommend that you watch a game as they are often incredibly exciting and action packed. If you find football boring then that is your choice, but a lot of people like the game, and it is a highly played sport throughout the world. Football has been described as ‘the beautiful game’ by Pele – one of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen, and has made some true superstars and celebrities. Everyone has heard of David Beckham, one of the greatest Manchester United players in recent history, and I’m sure most people have heard of Maradona – a brilliant footballer from Argentina who took drugs* and infamously scored with his hand on several occasions!
* Drug taking isn’t so much of an issue in today’s game, players know what they have to do, and abide by the rules as much as possible.
Football was invented around 130 years ago, and by the British! But as an international side we aren’t as good as we should be, especially when you consider the quality of football in the premiership and other divisions but over time we’ll improve!
Most football teams have scouts who look around for potential signings and future prospects, coaches who coach and train the side, physiotherapists who obviously try to keep players free from injury by advising them, and, if they get injured, helping them to recover.
Also, there are the managers and a chairman, and board of directors. In today’s world, football is every much a business as it is a sport. It is one of my favourite sports, and it could be yours too! If you’re young and you want to pursue a career in football then you really must train and train and train, because the only way to become the best, to have what it takes to get into a top side is to practise all the time, and get as good as you can: join a local club, get selected for your school, play for the county, and then progress to youth international level and you’ll be scouted by loads of top clubs wanting your signature.
I hope this post has been a very informative source of information to you, feel free to reply with your comments, complain or anything!
Dan2K1
Football - it's a fantastic sport, played by many, including myself, and it is easily the most talked about sport in respect to media and television.
There are the triangle leagues where the top team from each gets promoted into the conference. These the Ryman Premier, Dr Martens league, Unibond Premier league - these 3 set-ups also have their own set of 3 leagues.
Obviously, every team wants to play in the Premiership as it is the top flight of English football, but the top 4 divisions are all full of professional sides, whereas The Conference and descending leagues contain mainly semi-professional clubs. Played using your feet primarily (although every other part of the body is allowed – with the exception of the hands and arms (goalkeepers can use their hands obviously) the idea is to score goals against your opposition in a Goal made up of a net & frame. A game is played on a pitch of approximately 105 by 70 metres.
Throughout a season every team in the league play each other 2 times - at home once and away once. The games are played over a period of 90 minutes, with injury time added on if the game has been stopped during the course of the game. Two sides face each other - the FA decides the league fixtures - and the winning team receives 3 points, the losing side 0. In the case of a draw the points are shared, but they only get 1 point each. At the end of a season the team with the most points wins the league! This is an outstanding achievement as it shows that the team is the best in that league. Teams that do particularly well in the premiership, i.e. top 3, will be entered into the Champions League competition for the following season.
The Champions league is the most prestigious competition where all the top European sides face each other on group stages, with the top 2 in each group of 4 (of 8 groups) going into a 2nd group stage of 4 groups and the top 2 of the 4 in each group progressing into a knockout stage. Then the quarters, then the semis, and then the Final – the winner of this is officially the top team in Europe, and are crowned the Champions of Europe!
So it really does pay to get into the Premiership, as it is a way of joining the elite teams in Europe as a side competition.
Refs and many other officials are present to make sure all football is kept within the laws of the game. Players can receive yellow cards for dissent, poor challenges or abusive remarks to other players. If receiving two yellow cards a player will be withdrawn from the game, restricting the team to 10 men. A red card is then shown and the player has to leave the field, much to his or her humiliation. Red cards can be shown straight away without a yellow card if the player has made a particularly poor challenge - in that it was dangerous, and against the rules.
The OFFSIDE rule:
Many people do not grasp the concept that is the offside rule; I do not blame them because it is very complicated, but I'll try to explain it to you as best I can.
If the ball is played forward by your team in the oppositions half (i.e. the way you're shooting) and a player from your team is further forward than any opposition player except the goalkeeper at the time the ball was played forward then an offside flag will be raised, and a free kick given. The player is not offside if he is level with the last defender of the opposition when the ball is played forward to him/her.
There are many formations that teams can play:
The most popular is the 4-4-2 systems. This is of 1goalkeeper, 4defenders, 4midfielders and 2forwards or strikers.
There are also these formations: 4-3-3, 3-5-2, 3-2-5, 4-2-4, 2-3-5, 5-2-3 and 5-4-1. The most popular is the 4-4-2 though.
Football is a fantastic sport, and there is an awful lot of money involved in the game from Sponsorship, TV coverage, interviews, and kit suppliers as well as the huge wages and transfer fees that clubs have to pay.
I think there are some brilliant footballers in England, and although the British and European leagues are mainly for men, there are women's leagues - the World Cup for Women in USA made record attendances when the US women's team won. There are a lot of top women in the sport too.
I highly recommend that you watch a game as they are often incredibly exciting and action packed. If you find football boring then that is your choice, but a lot of people like the game, and it is a highly played sport throughout the world. Football has been described as ‘the beautiful game’ by Pele – one of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen, and has made some true superstars and celebrities. Everyone has heard of David Beckham, one of the greatest Manchester United players in recent history, and I’m sure most people have heard of Maradona – a brilliant footballer from Argentina who took drugs* and infamously scored with his hand on several occasions!
* Drug taking isn’t so much of an issue in today’s game, players know what they have to do, and abide by the rules as much as possible.
Football was invented around 130 years ago, and by the British! But as an international side we aren’t as good as we should be, especially when you consider the quality of football in the premiership and other divisions but over time we’ll improve!
Most football teams have scouts who look around for potential signings and future prospects, coaches who coach and train the side, physiotherapists who obviously try to keep players free from injury by advising them, and, if they get injured, helping them to recover.
Also, there are the managers and a chairman, and board of directors. In today’s world, football is every much a business as it is a sport. It is one of my favourite sports, and it could be yours too! If you’re young and you want to pursue a career in football then you really must train and train and train, because the only way to become the best, to have what it takes to get into a top side is to practise all the time, and get as good as you can: join a local club, get selected for your school, play for the county, and then progress to youth international level and you’ll be scouted by loads of top clubs wanting your signature.
I hope this post has been a very informative source of information to you, feel free to reply with your comments, complain or anything!
Dan2K1
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This rhetoric is nothing more than an attempt to cover up the fact that both No10 and Sandman support teams recently booted out of the Champions League.
The simple fact when referring to the offside rule is that it's entirely random and nobody has a damn clue about it - especially the referees.
By the way, you can see I'm extremely informed about football matters - tonights prediction: Liverpool 2-5 Barcelona.
The simple fact when referring to the offside rule is that it's entirely random and nobody has a damn clue about it - especially the referees.
By the way, you can see I'm extremely informed about football matters - tonights prediction: Liverpool 2-5 Barcelona.
You are probably right then No10. Who are myself and FIFA to disagree. In case you are interested this is taken from the official FIFA website on the laws of the game:
Offside Position:
It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position. A player is in an offside position if: he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.
Never mind. The rule is widely misunderstood. Even by many referees!
Offside Position:
It is not an offence in itself to be in an offside position. A player is in an offside position if: he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent.
Never mind. The rule is widely misunderstood. Even by many referees!
I am sorry to say this but Sandman is infact correct and you two are wrong. A player is in an offside position if he is in the opposing teams half and the ball is played to him when there is only 1 player on the other team, in front of him. So basically, if the goalkeeper is upfield, for some reason, and a ball is played forward to a striker who is in the opposing team's half with just a defender, he is offside as there needs to always be 2 players in front of him.
Well done Sandman!
Well done Sandman!
Sorry but you are both wrong. You have to be played on by two opposition players, not one.
Therefore you were wrong in your definition Dan2k1 as you are not played onside by the last defender. You said in your post: "The player is not offside if he is level with the last defender of the opposition when the ball is played forward to him/her."
However, if the keeper has moved upfield (a la Barthez) you need to be played on by two defenders. Therefore your definition was wrong.
Therefore you were wrong in your definition Dan2k1 as you are not played onside by the last defender. You said in your post: "The player is not offside if he is level with the last defender of the opposition when the ball is played forward to him/her."
However, if the keeper has moved upfield (a la Barthez) you need to be played on by two defenders. Therefore your definition was wrong.
The Goalkeeper has nothing to do with the offside rule. Also, an attacker only has to be played ONside by one opponent not two (except the goalkeeper).
Basically a player is deemed OFFside if he is the most advanced position at the time the ball is kicked (ignoring the goalkeeper). If he is LEVEL with the last defender at the time the ball is kicked he is ONside.
There are a few exceptions to the rule :
1. If the attacking player is in his own half at the time the ball is played he can NOT be ruled OFFside.
2. The referee can allow play to continue even if a player is in a OFFside position - provided that player is not 'interfering with play'. That means he is either off the pitch (having treatment perhaps) or is running / walking back to his own goal.
3. A player can NOT be deemed OFFside if the ball has been played by a member of the opposition team. For example, if a defender makes a poor back pass to the goalkeeper which is intercepted by an attacker - that attacker CAN NOT be ruled offside because he has not received the ball from one of his own team mates.
Basically a player is deemed OFFside if he is the most advanced position at the time the ball is kicked (ignoring the goalkeeper). If he is LEVEL with the last defender at the time the ball is kicked he is ONside.
There are a few exceptions to the rule :
1. If the attacking player is in his own half at the time the ball is played he can NOT be ruled OFFside.
2. The referee can allow play to continue even if a player is in a OFFside position - provided that player is not 'interfering with play'. That means he is either off the pitch (having treatment perhaps) or is running / walking back to his own goal.
3. A player can NOT be deemed OFFside if the ball has been played by a member of the opposition team. For example, if a defender makes a poor back pass to the goalkeeper which is intercepted by an attacker - that attacker CAN NOT be ruled offside because he has not received the ball from one of his own team mates.
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