Home country or city groups teams and clubs by the place they actually represent. Wikipedia describes Real Madrid as "a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid," a home city it has represented since its founding. This dimension lets a visitor see every club based in one particular place.
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Era of Origin Defining CharacteristicFootball is a family of team sports in which the object is to get the ball over a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts using merely the body. 2 New Zealand
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Which clubs belong under this Football Codes category?
Any club that advances a ball toward an opposing goal or end zone in the football lineage.
This subcategory groups clubs and teams in the family of sports descended from historical football codes, covering American football, association football, rugby league and rugby union clubs, meaning any club that advances a ball toward an opposing goal or end zone in this lineage. Clubs scored through a hoop, net or wicket are grouped instead under Court and Net Team Sports or Bat-and-Ball Sports.
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1. Wikipedia: History of association football
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culminating in the formation of The Football Association (The FA) in London, England, in 1863, and their issuing of the Laws of the Game in the same year.
2. Wikipedia: Football
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Football is a family of team sports in which the object is to get the ball over a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts using merely the body.
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