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Samoa changed from "Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation" to " Football Federation Samoa" in 2009. [132] [133] a b Dunning, Eric (1999). Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilisation. Routledge. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-415-09378-1. Football". Etymology Online. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 14 December 2015. A football", in the sense of a ball rather than a game, was first mentioned in 1486. [42] This reference is in Dame Juliana Berners' Book of St Albans. It states: "a certain rounde instrument to play with ...it is an instrument for the foote and then it is calde in Latyn 'pila pedalis', a fotebal". [38]

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A football team has some players who play offense and others who play defense. The two teams take turns playing offense and defense. a b "Camp and His Followers: American Football 1876–1889" (PDF). The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889. Professional Football Researchers Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2010 . Retrieved 26 January 2010. Rugby football split into Rugby union, Rugby league, American football, and Canadian football. Tom Wills played Rugby football in England before founding Australian rules football.Rugby league – often referred to simply as "league", and usually known simply as "football" or "footy" in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.

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NZ Football – The Local Name of the Global Game". NZFootball.co.nz. 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. The international game is called football and we're part of the international game so the game in New Zealand should be called football Australia's association football governing body changed its name in 2005 from using "soccer" to "football". [130]The governing body is the "Fédération de soccer du Québec" ". Federation-soccer.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012 . Retrieved 16 April 2012. Summers, Mark. "The Disability Football Directory". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018 . Retrieved 7 October 2019. The History of Football". The History of Sports. Saperecom. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2007 . Retrieved 15 May 2007. Major sports leagues all make a lot of money, here's how they do it:, Major sports leagues all make a lot of money, here's how they do it". 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021 . Retrieved 22 July 2020. Hibbins, Gillian; Mancini, Anne (1987). Running with the Ball: Football's Foster Father. Lynedoch Publications. pp.118–119. ISBN 978-0-7316-0481-4. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023 . Retrieved 23 July 2018.