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The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times. [1] [2] [3] FIFA cites Cuju in ancient China is the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is scientific evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty, and it closely
Michael Hardcastle MBE (6 February 1933 – 17 January 2019) was a British author of sports fiction for children.He has written more than one hundred and forty books on a range of sporting subjects but is probably best known for his books about association football.
Subject Father/mother Reason 1:8 radio-controlled off-road buggy: Yuichi Kanai (godfather) [1] [2]: Kyosho's lead designer and lifelong employee; best known for the Inferno series of cars, credited for redefining the class from being unreliable and fragile to being tough and user friendlier that helped his employer to lead the 1/8 buggy renaissance from the 1990s, becoming one of the most ...
After winning a replayed KNVB Cup final against Sparta Rotterdam by a score of 2–1, Ajax won in Europe for the first time. On 2 June 1971, in London, Ajax won the European Cup by defeating Panathinaikos 2–0. [11] He signed a seven-year contract at Ajax. At the end of the season, he was named the Dutch and European Footballer of the Year for ...
El Gato is actually just a nickname. He is a huge man who normally is very quiet. He is a world cup winning goalkeeper, and throughout the story, he is telling a soccer reporter his past in an interview. El Gato's mentor was a mysterious man referred to 'The Keeper' and nothing more. The Keeper's actual name is never mentioned at all in the book.
Soccer Comes First (originally published as Soccer Is Also a Game) is a 1966 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle. It is the first in a series of books focusing on the fortunes of fictitious English football team Scorton Rovers.
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker of All Time: 2006–2022 [82] World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008 [83] Dongqiudi Player of the Year: 2019, [84] 2021, [85] 2022 [86] Best Player of All Time by Voetbal International: 2017 [87] [88] Best Player of All Time by 90min: 2023 [89] Best Player of All Time by Radio Times: 2023 [90] Best ...
Supa Strikas was founded by Andrew Smith, Oliver Power, Lee Hartman, and Alex Kramer [2] [3] Supa Strikas was originally created by a South African company but that relationship only lasted a few months. After it was bought by a South-African company, it became, like all successful comics, an exercise in making money out of fandomRoy of the Rovers.