The game we love has a rich history dating back well over 150 years (Image credit: Alamy)Sheffield FC take great pride in their history (Image credit: Alamy)A plaque at the Oval commemorating the first-ever FA Cup final (Image credit: Getty Images)
A ticket for the first official international football match (Image credit: Alamy)William McGregor, Aston Villa director and founder of the Football League (Image credit: Alamy)The FIFA logo at FIFA's Zurich headquarters (Image credit: Alamy)The Copa America trophy (Image credit: Alamy)Hungarian Arpad Weisz coached Inter to the 1929/30 Scudetto (Image credit: Alamy)Uruguay players celebrate victory in the 1930 World Cup final (Image credit: Alamy)Alcides Ghiggia scores Uruguay's match-winning and World Cup-clinching goal against Brazil (Image credit: Alamy)Captains Billy Wright and Ferenc Puskas exchange pennants ahead of the 'Match of the Century' (Image credit: Alamy)England's Arthur Edward Ellis refereed the inaugural European Cup final (Image credit: Getty Images)The Ballon d'Or (Image credit: Getty Images)The current AFCON trophy is the third to be used in the tournament's history (Image credit: Alamy)Pele in action during the 1958 World Cup semi-final against France (Image credit: Getty Images)The Euro 1960 final was played at the Parc des Princes in Paris (Image credit: Alamy)Didi with the Jules Rimet Trophy (Image credit: Alamy)Bobby Moore receives the Jules Rimet trophy from Queen Elizabeth II (Image credit: Alamy)Celtic's legendary 'Lisbon Lions' (Image credit: Alamy)Johan Cruyff at the 1974 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)The concept of three points for a win was the brainchild of Jimmy Hill (Image credit: Getty Images)Maradona outjumps Peter Shilton to score with 'the Hand of God' (Image credit: Getty Images)Maradona completes his astonishing second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final at the Azteca (Image credit: Getty Images)Captain Lars Olsen lifts the trophy after Denmark's Euro 92 final victory over Germany (Image credit: Getty Images)Rick Parry, the Premier League's first chief executive (Image credit: Getty Images)1994 World Cup mascot Striker (Image credit: Alamy)The opening ceremony of the 2002 World Cup in Seoul, South Korea (Image credit: Alamy)Arsenal won their third Premier League title in 2003/04 (Image credit: Alamy)Theodoros Zagorakis lifts the trophy after captaining Greece to Euro 2004 glory (Image credit: Alamy)Zidane sends Materazzi tumbling (Image credit: Getty Images)South Africa players dance in celebration after Siphiwe Tshabalala's goal against Mexico in the opening game of the 2010 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)A pitchside VAR monitor at the 2018 World Cup (Image credit: Alamy)Neymar has generated more than £300m in transfer fees over the course of his career (Image credit: Alamy)
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