One day somebody said to themselves, "Golly I sure do love Football, I think I may start an association for it!"
The English Football Association created the first widely accepted official rules of the game in 1863, dubbing the game association football. These rules were known as the "Laws of the Game."
The Erie Vets was an American Association football team that played in 1950.
Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( International Federation of Association Football)
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Football in England is run by the Football Association. Rugby is known as Rugby Football. To distinguish between the two people called football Association Football. The word 'association' was eventually shortened to 'soccer' by the general public.
British Football Association was created in 1884.
Football Association of Maldives was created in 1982.
Danish Football Association was created in 1889.
Oman Football Association was created in 1978.
London Football Association was created in 1882.
Bavarian Football Association was created in 1945.
Iraq Football Association was created in 1948.
Jersey Football Association was created in 1905.
Hessian Football Association was created in 1952.
Football Association of Greenland was created in 1971.
Fiji Football Association was created in 1961.
Austrian Football Association was created in 1904.