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Chelsea Football Club were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub, (now The Butcher's Hook) opposite today's main entrance to the ground on the Fulham Road. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, was settled on after London FC, Kensington FC and Stamford Bridge FC had been rejected. Blue shirts were adopted by Mears, after the racing colours of Lord Chelsea, along with white shorts and dark blue…

Through the last thirty years of men’s international soccer there have been many teams to rise on the back of a single star. This player usually has the ability to make all of the players around him play better than ever before. A player in this position is generally thrust into the spotlight at an early age, usually mid to late teens, and if they are not the best at focusing, they are not given the time to develop their skills as they keep progressing through the ranks. I believe that this puts…

For years now I have learned how to play many sports, but I have fell in love with one sports in particular; soccer. One love this sport just because they can run faster, or that was the dominant sport where one was born and raise, but the Good Samaritan acts done by soccer players. I first came interested in soccer back in 2006 when Didier Drogba (Ivorian footballer) stopped civil war in Ivory Coast and later came across an article of how Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé (Retired…

Soccer like sports date back all the way to the Romans and Ancient Greeks. These two ancient civilizations used to play many ball games required the use of feet. The first noted soccer game was played between two countries England and Scotland in 1872. From this point onwards the game became very popular in Europe and eventually spread across many countries in the world. The length of a soccer field can be between 90-120 meters. Matches are generally played between two teams with 11 players on…

Hillsborough soccer disaster April 15, 1989 that’s when this rival game took place the Hillsborough stadium.The game was between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. They had to install a metal security fence because they didn't want nobody on the field. It was also a FA Cup semi-final which is a very big game . Sometimes humans can act like animals. That’s what happened at the Hillsborough soccer stadium. It all started at the front gates when there was to many people flooded in.…

Ildemar Ulloa 1. In the article “The “Glocalization” of soccer in America” by Edgar Campos it talks about their new concept glocalization and how they’re trying to use soccer to help. They use soccer because it is the most popular sport and they’re trying to infuse it with American culture. It also talks about the International Champions Cup (ICC) which is a soccer tournament where big teams from Europe come to the United States to play. They infuse American sporting values into the most popular…

Every World cup fills fans with joy and hopefulness that their country can do them proud and for the top countries there is an unimaginable amount of pressure to win the tournament. The World cup has seen great players like Pele, Franz Beckenbauer, Zinedine Zidane, Diego Maradona and many others grace the tournament and win the competition, but not every world cup goes according to plan as underdogs can rip up the script and ruin what was meant to happen, In this article I will be discussing…

As the most prominent members of a band, rock singers get the most attention for their work. Often, lead singers end up going solo and collaborating with other musicians, giving them even more exposure. Many times, this translates into more money and fame than the singer’s counterparts in the band. Here is a list of the 10 richest rock singers in the world, who have made their money through extensive tours and numerous main and side projects. Number Ten: Dave Matthews ($250 Million) As…

Sepp Blatter is a Swiss football executive and the eighth president of FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Having been born inborn in a remote Alpine town, he has been married three times and has one daughter, called Corinne. Blatter has greatly increased the influence of Asians and Africans in World Soccer. He, in addition, speaks fluent French, Italian, English, German and Spanish. Those are examples of his few good influences for the world. It is not yet totally…

Public relations is sometimes described as the anvil upon which public opinion is forged. This means that public relations plays a key role in how a company is viewed by the public. Whether this view is negative or positive, its strongly affects the success of that company. A company needs to take measures to ensure the public opinion is in their favor. An example of a company who has been taking huge measures to boost the public opinion of them would be the ASL (American Soccer League) Fury…