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Fulham F.C. (in blue) taking on Bolton Wanderers in a game from the 2005 FA Cup. Fulham are the oldest professional football team in London and celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004.

Robbie Keane of Tottenham Hotspur places the ball for a Penalty kick. A player for the Republic of Ireland, Keane scored his 100th competitive goal for Tottenham in the 2-0 win against Sunderland on January 19, 2008. He is the 15th Tottenham player to achieve this feat.

Ryan Valentine scores a penalty for Wrexham F.C. in the final game of the 2006-07 season against Boston United. The losers of this game would be relegated to the Football Conference league. Wrexham won 3-1 to keep their place in Football League Two.

Hampton & Richmond Borough playing Billericay Town in the Isthmian League in 2006. Founded in 1905, the league covers the regions of London and South East England and its champions are eligible for promotion to the Conference South.

Fans of Liverpool F.C. hold aloft a tifo of the team's badge on the Kop at Anfield. Liverpool play in the Premier League, and are the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club.

Arjen Robben and Petr Čech of Chelsea F.C. parade with the Premier League trophy at the end of the 2005-06 season. This was the second season in a row that Chelsea had won the title.

The Sheffield F.C. team in 1857. Sheffield F.C. are regarded as the oldest football club in the world and were awarded the FIFA Order of Merit in 2004 to reflect this. The amateur team played Inter Milan in 2007 to celebrate their 150th anniversary at Bramall Lane with Pele as the guest of honour.

Birmingham City's Kate Ward attempts to get past Arsenal defender Alex Scott for a shot on goal in a match from the 2006 FA Women's Premier League Cup. Arsenal are the most successful women's football team in England and completed the quadruple in the 2006-07 season by winning the FA Women's Premier League, FA Women's Cup, League Cup and the UEFA Women's Cup.

The opening ceremony for the 2006 FA Cup Final between Liverpool and West Ham. This was the 125th time the trophy was contested and the last time the final was held in the Millennium Stadium before returning to Wembley for 2007. The score was 3-3 after extra time and the game was ended with a penalty shootout in which Liverpool won the cup for the seventh time in their history.

England playing Estonia in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying round Group E match. The match took place in the Wembley Stadium in England. England dominated the game and came away with a 3-0 victory with goals from Shaun Wright-Phillips and Wayne Rooney and an own-goal from Taavi Rähn. The victory left England second, five points clear of Russia.

When a ball is kicked out of play on the side of the pitch, the game is resumed with a throw-in. Here, Arsenal player Abou Diaby returns the ball into play.

The opening ceremony of Euro 2004 saw hosts Portugal portrayed as a ship, symbolizing the voyages of the Portuguese explorers, sailing through a sea of the flags of all competing countries. England were eventually knocked out on penalties to the hosts in the quarter-finals.

Supporters of West Bromwich Albion invade the pitch after the final whistle to celebrate the "Great Escape" of avoiding relegation on the last day of the 2004-05 season. Albion were the bottom placed team in the Premiership but beat Portsmouth 2-0, giving them enough points to move above the other low-lying teams in the final standings.

Flowers and tributes left at in memoriam of Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foé at Maine Road, home of his former club Manchester City. Foé collapsed in the 71st minute of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal between Cameroon and Columbia and later died. Many of his former clubs created memorials in his honour, with Manchester City retiring the number 23 shirt.

England have have a long running rivalry with nearby Germany since an early tour of the country in 1899. Although the main rivalry began after the 1966 FIFA World Cup, it was fed by other events, like the second world war.

Liverpool and Everton have a long-running rivalry with each other, stretching back to each team's creation. It was known as the friendly derby due to the volume of families in the crowd, supporting different teams, but in the same stand.

Woolwich Arsenal (now Arsenal) and Newcastle United playing in the 1906 semi-final of the FA Cup. They played this game at the Victoria Ground in Stoke. Newcastle ultimately won the game 2-0, but lost out to Everton in the final.

Gillingham supporters at the second division play-off final between their side and Manchester City. Gillingham had been promoted from the third division only the previous season, and despite leading by two goals, lost out on a penalty shoot-out.

A billboard outside St. James' Park, Newcastle, honouring Alan Shearer, former Newcastle United striker. Shearer is the current Premier League leading scorer with 261 goals, 148 of them he scored with Newcastle in 303 games. He announced his retirement from international football following England's exit from Euro 2000 and is now a pundit for BBC Sport.

Charlton Athletic were founded in 1905, the same year as Chelsea, and first played in the Siemens Meadow, so named because of the overshadowing Siemens telecoms mast. They played here until 1907 and moved on to three other stadia before World War I.

The current manager of England is Fabio Capello. He was announced as manager on December 14, 2007 after the dismissal of Steve McLaren. Before England, he managed Real Madrid, where he was sacked. He is now President of the League Managers Association.

Manchester City's Michael Johnson takes a corner kick during a match in the Premier League. The corner kick was devised in 1867 under the Sheffield Rules, and is awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by crossing the goal line, either on the ground or in the air, having been last touched by a defending player.

Griffin Park is the football ground of League Two side Brentford. It is the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner. The ground gets its name from the Griffin in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the land on which the stadium was built.