Top Three Football Teams in London

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By Carin Robert
Football in London is a tradition. It is the most popular sport when it comes to participants and spectators in London. London is home to several leading England football clubs and 14 professional teams and over 80 amateur leagues under the regulation of the London Football Association.
England's national football stadium, Wembley Stadium is in London. It is the home venue of the national football team and is host for the FA Cup Final since 1923.
Although there are 14 professional teams, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur are the most successful London football teams in domestic and European competitions.

Arsenal
Arsenal Football Club nicknamed 'The Gunners' is one of the leading football clubs founded in 1886. It was formed by workers at the Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory and the team was moved to the Arsenal Stadium in Highbury in 1913. The team is currently based in the Emirates Stadium and includes players from different countries including Spain, Netherlands, France and Switzerland.

In 1891, the club changed its name to Woolwich Arsenal and in 1893 joined the Football League. Thirty years after their formation, the club won major trophies including League Championship titles and FA cups for the first time. Arsenal made a record in the UEFA Champions League 2005-2006 by going ten matches without conceding a goal. Red and White are the club colors and a Canon symbolizes the club depicting a symbol of Armament factory. Arsenal has media coverage and appears in sports news, television and also millions of online viewers.

Chelsea
Chelsea Football Club nicknamed 'The Pensioners' or 'the Blues' was formed in 1905. It is based in Stamford Bridge football stadium in Fulham, West London and includes players from different countries including England, Brazil, France, Nigeria, Spain and Portugal.

Chelsea have been champions in the national games, winners of the FA Cup six times and have won League Cups for times. In 1955, the club had its major success for the first time in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup twice. After 1970 till 1997, the club faced only defeats and did have a winning record. But, the club won the Premier League titles in 2005, 2006 and 2010, the latter being the first League and FA Cup Double. Royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks have been the colors of the Chelsea since the 1960s. The crest keeps changing and the current crest features a ceremonial lion holding a staff.

Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club nicknamed 'Spurs',' Lilywhites' was founded in 1882. The team is currently based in White Hart Lane stadium in Tottenham, North London. The team includes players from different countries including Brazil, England, Spain, Nigeria, Netherlands, France and Switzerland.

In 1901, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time. It was the first team to win the League and FA Cup Double in the 20th century. Tottenham is the first British club to win the prestigious European Trophy whilst defending the FA Cup in 1962. The team won the inaugural UEFA Cup in 1972 and placed record as the first club to win two different European trophies. In the eighties, the team won the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup and won the FA Cup in the 90's. In 2008, the club won the League cup again matching the records of Manchester united. Since 1901, a cockerel and ball have been the identity of the club.

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Bored on Sundays? Become a "Fantasy Football" Team Owner

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By Patrick E. Ward
During the NFL (National Football League) season, not only do the professional athletes themselves prepare, study opponents, and do as much as they can to get ready for the games every Sunday, but so do millions of people who participate in "Fantasy Football" leagues across the nation. The NFL is already the most popular of the professional sports in this country. Taking first place in television ratings to professional baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer as well. "Fantasy Football" is a phenomenon that literally allows the average fan to become an Owner, General Manager, and a Head Coach of their very own national football teams. "Fantasy Football" leagues are held in person with friends and office co-workers across the country, as well as online with millions of leagues and thousands of websites. With most of the leagues that are held in person, as opposed to the leagues online, theses leagues usually charge a predetermined amount of money to participate. The predetermined amount of money that is charged for each of the team owners will eventually go into the pocket of the team owner who ends up winning the entire "Fantasy Football" league season. There are sixteen regular games in an NFL season, so these "Fantasy Football" leagues, like the NFL, have play-offs as well that usually start in week thirteen or fourteen of the regular season. Which means that the last two teams standing in the league by week fifteen, will have their "Fantasy Superbowl" during week sixteen of the regular season.

These "Fantasy Football" leagues start before the regular season, usually around the end of August. They start by conducting a "draft" where each of the team owners select their team that they will start the regular season with. This is the team that the owners will compete with throughout the entire season. With the exception of the occasional trade or free agent pick-up, just like the regular NFL. Now, every "Fantasy Football" League is different, and has different set-ups with the number of players each team can carry as well as different point scoring systems, for example. The average "Fantasy Football" league allows each team to have a sixteen player roster, and can only start nine players on a week to week basis. The majority of the leagues out there, regardless if it is an online league or not, will only allow an owner to start one Quarterback, two Running Backs, one "utility" player (which is usually an extra Running Back or Wide Receiver,) two Wide Receivers, one Tight End, one Defense / Special Teams, and one Kicker.

It's very important for every team owner to stay up to date with their team and league due to injuries to players that occur throughout the season, as well as "bye" weeks that every team has. A "bye" week is basically a week off, that every team gets throughout the treacherous season of sixteen regular season games. "Bye" weeks are necessary in the NFL because it is such a physically demanding sport. Being a "Fantasy Football" team owner can become very time consuming due to the fact that an owner doesn't want to make the mistake of starting a player who happens to be injured, or starting a player who happens to have a "bye" that week. If an owner happens to start an injured player who isn't playing that week, or if that player is playing, but is not expected to be as productive due to a nagging injury, it can ultimately result in a loss for that owner's team that week. Of coarse this process can be even more time consuming for those who participate in more than one "Fantasy Football" league, which most people do anyway.
"Fantasy Football" has become more and more popular to participate in because it gives the average fan the ability to become closer to "die-hard" fans because it forces the team owners to pay closer attention not only to every game, but every player as well. When people have the chance to win money by doing something that they love and keeps the games on Sunday more exciting, it makes it all the more worth while to participate in "Fantasy Football" leagues. Of coarse those who know more about the game and the players who play in them, it obviously gives them an edge on winning their league. However, even the football novice can enjoy " Team Axis Football ," and it makes Sundays more exciting for them as well.
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