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The UEFA Champions League, or Champions League as it is more commonly known, is probably one of the best know football leagues in the world.

Originally known European Champion Clubs’ Cup or European Cup it is an annual football tournament between various European football clubs.

It is organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and is considered to be the crème de le crème of the European football calendar. In fact final draws over 178 million television viewers which makes it the most watched annual sporting event worldwide.

Dating back to 1955 the League consists off the best teams who take part in European club football. Each European association is given a number of spots in the League depending on the current UEFA coefficients, with the strongest Leagues in Europe (including the English Premier League) each send four teams to the Champions League. The teams go forward to the Champions League depending on the results of the association’s competitions in the previous Champions League season.

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Throughout the history of England’s premier football cup tournament there have been plenty of giant-killing results that have made headlines. These are the top 10 upsets in FA Cup history:

Liverpool v Wimbledon

The 1988 Cup Final remains one of the biggest tournament upsets ever. Liverpool were aiming for the double, while Wimbledon had been non-league a few years before. Lawrie Sanchez wrote his name into history with the winner, while keeper Dave Beasant saved a penalty.

Sunderland v Leeds

In 1973 Leeds, under Don Revie, were one of the most successful – and feared – teams in England – whereas Sunderland were struggling in the Second Division. Thus the Black Cats’ 1-0 win has to go down as one of the greatest upsets in the history of the tournament.

Bournemouth v Manchester United

Manchester United, then managed by Ron Atkinson were turfed out of the tournament by Bournemouth in 1984. And the manager who masterminded the 2-0 win? Harry Redknapp – wonder what happened to him!

Sutton v Coventry

To understand the full scale of the shock of this 2-1 win in 1989, you need to remember that Coventry had won the FA Cup just 18 months earlier against Tottenham. Thus their third round defeat to non-league Sutton United went down as one of the shocks of that year’s tournament.

Wrexham v Arsenal

When this tie was played in 1992 Arsenal, under manager George Graham were the champions of English football, while Wrexham were languishing at the bottom of the forth division. No one gave them a ghost of a chance of pulling off a result. As expected Arsenal went ahead with a goal from Alan Smith, but – not for the first time under George Graham – never scored a second goal. Wrexham equalised with ten minutes left, through Mickey Thomas, before grabbing a late victory with a goal by Steve Watkin.

With the globalisation of world football there has been growing interest in foreign leagues over recent seasons. Whereas in the past you had to be committed to your local side, more and more kids are now seen wearing Barcelona or Madrid shirts. Some people prefer the English Premier League; others may prefer La Liga in Spain or the German Bundesliga. These leagues can be harder to track with some online resources favouring only British football. If you follow the Spanish league, French or German leagues your needs are not always catered for and it can be a chore keeping up to date with the latest European football scores.
Footballscores.com is an ideal way to keep up to date with European football scores and statistics.

Top scorers and league tables are all readily available on this site. The list of countries covered by footballscores.com is like an A-Z of world geography. If you are a foreign national keeping up to date with your domestic league there is no better resource. With the free movement of workers around the EU our games are coming together more and more so that there doesn’t seem so much distance between our teams and style of play.

With the advent of online betting, there are bets available across Europe. So why just be resigned to British football when the European football scores can be just as lucrative. A modern gambler can be just as likely to bet on a Spanish game as a British game.
The sports channels have heightened interest in global and particularly European football, with La Liga being probably the best league in the world. British fans are as familiar with the El Classico derby as the Old Firm. For a quick and simple way to monitor all of the European football scores, footballscores.com is comprehensive and up to date.

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With the huge popularity of football in the UK, the England football team have always had to wear a kit that paid homage to the country’s colours and was at the same time distinguished and recognisable. England played their first international football match way back in 1872. The team started with a white shirt, and consistently continued to play in white for over fifty years. There was no reason to change the formula, at first, but when England eventually expanded their base of opponents in international football and began to play teams like Germany and Austria, also wearing white, the need for colour distinction became apparent.

The overall uniform in that first match of 1872 saw the English players turned out in white shirts, white knickerbockers and blue caps. The cap may seem like a very odd piece of football kit in the modern world, and the truth is that it did so very quickly after it was introduced as well. It wasn’t long before they gave up on the cap itself and began to wear shorts instead of the knickerbockers, coloured navy instead of white to provide some contrast with the white shirts. Initially, the change shirts of the England team were also blue. It wasn’t until the 1950s that red shirts were used instead.

Old fashioned styles of shirt were worn in the first few instances of England’s international football, made of wool and often with heavy collars and buttons up the front. The shorts were long by today’s standards. Like the transition from blue to red, many big changes were introduced to the England kit during the 1950s. Overall much of the material used for the uniforms was lighter. Shirts became short sleeved rather than long, and instead of a collar they utilised a V or round neck. The length of the shorts lessened and the colour of the players’ socks, which had initially been primarily navy blue, was changed to red in order to avoid clashing with international teams.

It has been suggested that the most successful uniform design of the England squad arose in the 1960s, with the simple combination of plain white and navy as the red socks of the 50s were simplified to white. Over the next few decades, the increase in commercialism and sponsorship in football saw flamboyant and extravagant designs come and go in favour of the traditional design. However, the integral combination of red, white and blue remains the basis for the England kit today.