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足球是一个团队运动的大种类，并在在不同程度上用脚踢 球进入球门以达到目的。广义的足球一字被理解为指出该词出现在区域语境中最流行的足球形式。在某些地方，俗称“足球”的运动包括：英式足球(在一些国家用soccer)；烤盘足球 (特别是美式足球或加拿大式足球)；澳式足球；橄榄球 (或联盟式橄榄球或橄榄球)；和盖尔式足球。[1][2] These different variations of football are known as football codes.
Various forms of football can be identified in history, often as popular peasant games. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the nineteenth century.[3][4] The expanse of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British influence outside of the directly controlled Empire.[5] By the end of the nineteenth century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic football, for example, deliberately incorporated the rules of local traditional football games in order to maintain their heritage.[6] In 1888, The Football League was founded in England, becoming the first of many professional football competitions. During the twentieth century, several of the various kinds of football grew to become some of the most popular team sports in the world.[7]
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New Zealanders on the way to their local rugby grounds should still be talking of "going to the football"
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