The Game Gets Larger
Boom ing Fan Numbers with Growth of Radio and Television：In Britain，the first World War changed the landscape of theworld，and footballwas not immune to its impact.What thewar did was tearing down the walls between the classes within the sport.The working-class soldiers were exposed to the game on the front lines by their upper-class comrades-in-arms，and when the war ended in 1918，football across the world became a sport across the class system.
The booming'20s saw radio broadcasts come on the scene，with top football players becoming stars，even appearing in movies.While their salarieswere still quite low，and in some places nonexistent players were asked to promote products，and big business finally made its mark on the game across the globe.The rest of the world finally caught up to British football.
Though the game itself on the pitch was relatively unchanged by TV，what the new medium accomplished was catapulting the sport to even higher levels of popularity，and helped changed the historical record.Television allowed for the visual record to exist，getting to actually see the game's greatest stars and hold on to those images for posterity.
140 Countries Belong to FIFA：From the end of World War II to Joao Havelange's ascension to the FIFA presidency in 1974，FIFA had more than doubled inmembership，from 54 countries to 140.Of those almost 90 new members，all but five came from four confederations：CONCACAF，AFC，OFC and CAF，with the bulk coming from the AFC and CAF.CONCACAF，the Confederation of North，Central American and Caribbean Association Football，added teams entirely from Central America and the Caribbean in this period.The OFC，Oceania Football Confederation，added 3 countries.AFC，the Asian Football Confederation，added 26，while CAF，the Confederation of African Football，added 37.The vastmajority of additions came from Asia and Africa because，as the European colonial powers relinquished their territories，independent new nations sprung up across those two continents.
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1 Tsu Chu
The game was called Tsu Chu（sometimes speltas cuju）and records show mention of this game in militarymanuals dating back to the Tsin Dynasty（255-206 BCE）.Tsu Chu was partof the physical education program used to train soldiers at the time.The game was played extensively during the following period of the Han Dynasty（206 BCE-220 CE）.Tsu Chu literallymeans football as tsumay be translated to“kicking the ballwith feet”and chu meaning“a ballmade of leather and stuffed”.Quite specific for a term that is over 2000 years old.
5-4 Football Association
2 Football Association（FA）
The Football Association（FA）is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey，Guernsey，and the Isle of Man.Formed in 1863，it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory.
3 International Federation of Association Football（FIFA）
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is a non-profit organization which describes itself as an international governing body of association football，fútsal，beach soccer，and e-football.It is the highest governing body of football.
4 FIFA World Cup
The FIFAWorld Cup，often simply called the World Cup，is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the FIFA，the sport's global governing body.The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930，except in 1942 and 1946 when itwas not held because of the Second World War.The current champion is France，which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.The tournamentwas expanded to 24 teams in 1982，and then to 32 in 1998，also allowingmore teams from Africa，Asia and North America to take part.On 10 January 2017，FIFA confirmed the 2026 World Cup will have 48 finalist teams.
5-5 The Union of European Football Associations
5 UEFA（the Union of European Football Associations）
The Union of European Football Associations is the administrative body for association football，futsal and beach soccer in Europe，although severalmember states are primarily or entirely located in Asia.It is one of six continental confederations of world football's governing body FIFA.UEFA consists of 55 national association members.
6 national identity
One's national identity refers to the sense of belonging one has to a state or a nation，or a sense of solidarity one feelswith a particular group without regard to one's actual citizenship status.
7 Bosman ruling
Known as Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman（1995）C-415/93，is a1995 European Courtof Justice decision concerning freedom ofmovement for workers，freedom of association，and direct effect of article 39（noWarticle 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union）of the TEC.The case was an important decision on the free movement of labor and had a profound effecton the transfers of footballerswithin the European Union（EU）.The decision banned restrictions on foreign EU players within national leagues and allowed players in the EU tomove to another club at the end of a contractwithout a transfer fee being paid.
8 EU（European Union）
A political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe.Its members have a combined area of4，233，255.3 km2 and an estimated total population of about447 million.The EU has developed an internal singlemarket through a standardized system of laws that apply in allmember states in those matters，and only those matters，where members have agreed to act as one.EU policies aim to ensure the freemovement of people，goods，services and capitalwithin the internalmarket，enact legislation in justice and home affairs and maintain common policies on trade，agriculture，fisheries and regional development.
9 Inter Milan
Football Club Internazionale Milano，commonly referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter，and known as Inter Milan outside Italy，is an Italian professional football club based in Milan，Lombardy.Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Cricket and Football Club（now A.C.Milan）.Inter is the only Italian club to have never been relegated from the top flight.
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