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Welcome to The Virtual Supporters' Club! This page is a celebration of this planet's most popular sport. Which is, of course, football - or, if you're North American, soccer.It's a place for all of us here at h2g2 who, despite being sane and reasonable individuals, nevertheless enjoy some of our most truly passionate moments dressed in tribal colours, shouting at complete strangers who can't hear us, and watching football.
As you can see, the Club features lots of links to football-related resources both inside and outside h2g2 - and you can, of course, start discussions on any current football issue you like in the Forums at the bottom of the page.
That is, in fact, the whole idea of The Virtual Supporters' Club - and so far, we've all managed to keep the discussions vibrant but not vicious, despite the fact the we all support different teams. Let's keep it that way! 
I should own up to my own allegiances. When I was eight years old, I fell in love with
Bradford City. More than 30 years on, I still rarely miss a home game at Valley Parade. It's quite easy now, since I live no more than 15 minutes' walk from the stadium.
I also have a soft spot for Leyton Orient, having been a regular visitor to Brisbane Road during a 15-year exile in London. And now that I'm back up north, I like to take in the occasional Unibond League game at Guiseley.
Enough of my problems! 
I hope you enjoy this page - and please join in the discussions in the Forums.
You'll never post alone. 
The h2g2 Galaxy of Football 
Many different aspects of football have inspired h2g2 Guide entries. There are entries on every World Cup and on humbler competitions like The Football Conference. There are also entries on clubs from Arsenal to Woking, on aspects of football culture like Football Terrace Songs and Chants, and on the eternal mysteries of The Offside Rule in Football.All this and much, much more can be found at The h2g2 Galaxy of Football, your directory of links to football entries here on h2g2.
A League of our own
So you think you can forecast football results?
Well, at The h2g2 Fantasy Football League, you can get the chance to prove it! Here's how it works: Organiser GreyDesk names a few forthcoming fixtures. All you have to do is to predict the scorelines and the players who'll score - and when the results are in, you can look either very clever 
or very silly. 
Come and have a go if you think you're prescient enough!
International football authorities 
FIFA: The global rulers of .
UEFA: The European governing body.
CAF: Confédération Africaine de Football: the African football federation.
CONCACAF: In charge in North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Asian Football Confederation
Oceania Football Confederation
Football facts and statistics
Rec. Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation: Domestic and international results and statistics from all over the world.
Histora.org: Football history, results and statistics.
Planet Football: In-depth OPTA statistics from the leading European leagues.
Soccerbase: Up-to-date and archived results, team line-ups, club details and statistics from Britain and Europe.
Goalkeepers Are Different: All about the last line of defence.
Football News 
World football news
BBC Sport - Football
Sporting Life - Football
ESPN Soccernet.com
Planet Football
Women's Soccer World
Football Transfers Information
UK Football News
TEAMtalk
Guardian Football
Welsh Premier League Football
Welsh Football Magazine
Dragon Soccer: News of the Welsh national team.
Non-League Daily: English non-league news.
Scottish Non-League Online
The culture of football 
Football Culture: A great site about the culture surrounding football around the world, brought to you by the BBC and the British Council.
Football Poets: Football-flavoured verse from The Stroud Football Poets.
The National Football Museum: Preston's great treasure-house of footie history.
UK football 
The authorities
The Football Association
The Scottish Football Association
The Football Association of Wales
Irish Football Association: The Northern Ireland FA.
The Nationwide League
The Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Football League
The Referees' Association
The players
The Professional Footballers' Association: The English players' trade union.
The fans
Let's Kick Racism Out Of Football: A campaign with aims all decent footie fans will support.
Supporters Direct: The umbrella organisation for UK clubs' Supporters' Trusts.
The Famous Football Supporters' Page: A club-by-club guide to celebrity supporters.
The grounds
The Internet Football Ground Guide: Comprehensive information on every Premiership and Nationwide League ground, and what each one is like to visit.
The Scottish Football Ground Guide: Full information on grounds in the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish League.
Football around the world
ARGENTINA: ArgentineSoccer.com
AUSTRALIA: Football Federation Australia
AUSTRIA: Austrian Football Association
BELGIUM: Royal Belgian Football Association
BRAZIL: Futebol
BULGARIA: Bulgarian Professional Football League
CANADA: Canadian Soccer Association
CZECH REPUBLIC:Football Association of the Czech Republic
FRANCE: French Football News
GERMANY: Deutscher Fussball-Bund
HUNGARY: Hungarian Football Federation
ICELAND: Football Association of Iceland
ISRAEL: Israel Football Association
ITALY: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
JAMAICA: Jamaica Football Federation
JAPAN: Japan Football Association
MALTA: Malta Football Association
NETHERLANDS: DutchFootball.net
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand Football
NIGERIA: Kick Off Nigeria
NORWAY: Norwegian Football Association
PALESTINE: Palestine Football Association
POLAND: Polish Football Association
PORTUGAL: Portugoal.net
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Football Association of Ireland
RUSSIA: Football Union of Russia
SOUTH AFRICA: Premier Soccer League
SOUTH KOREA: Korea Football Association
SPAIN: Soccer-Spain
SWEDEN: Swedish Football Association
TURKEY: Turkish Soccer
UNITED STATES: US Soccer.com
Club culture
Below are links to the official sites for every club in the FA Premiership and Scottish Premier League.
The Premiership
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Chelsea
Everton
Fulham
Hull City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Middlesbrough
Newcastle United
Portsmouth
Stoke City
Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
Wigan Athletic
The Scottish Premier League
Aberdeen
Celtic
Dundee United
Falkirk
Hamilton Academical
Heart Of Midlothian
Hibernian
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
Rangers
St. Mirren
Club culture beyond the Premier Leagues
Follow the links below to go to lists of links, like the one above, covering all the teams in the Coca-Cola League and the Scottish League.
The Championship/Scottish Division One
League One/Scottish Division Two
League Two/Scottish Division Three
The Virtual Supporters' Club First Team Squad
Here are some of the h2g2 Researchers who believe, as Chelsea once sang, that 'Football is the game'. If you believe that too and you'd like to join the squad, then take a look through the drop-down list below, select a hitherto unclaimed squad number, and post at the bottom of the page to get your squad number. Don't forget to subscribe to this page too so you can join in the discussions here and really join the squad!
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