Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Football Association, also known as the FA, is the governing body of association football in England.It is the oldest football association in the world. The FA was set up because there was no universally accepted rules for playing football, thus the FA was formed to set a set of rules to which all could play in accordance to. In 1992, the FA took control of the Premier League which has broken off from the Football League. Since then the Premier League has become one of the richest football leagues in the world. One interesting fact was that the Rugby Football Union was formed because of some disagreements as to how "football" should be played.The Football Association also founded the longest running major football competition in the world, the FA Cup. The FA is also a permanent member of the International Football Association Board which is responsible for the laws of the game(The rules of soccer).
Signing off, Yew Jin