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Definition of Association football
1. Noun. A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal.
Examples of category: Header, Goal-kick, Place Kick, Place-kicking, Free Kick, Own Goal, Dribble, Dribbling, Goalmouth, Net, Cup Final, Winger
Generic synonyms: Football, Football Game
Terms within: Headshot
Definition of Association football
1. Noun. A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent; soccer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Association football
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sport: Attempt at a Bibliography of Books and Periodicals Published During ...by C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1911)
"association football, ed. by S.Archibald de Bear. 1-2°. 108 p. 1898. ... How to
play association-football. Short practical treatise on laws, principles and ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"association football has become one of the most popular of all national sports
in the United Kingdom. It is slowly but surely taking a similar position on ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1891)
"The success of the Wanderers is so closely identified with the success of
association football in its earlier days that it is impossible to dissever the ..."
4. "The Shop": The Story of the Royal Military Academy by Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg (1902)
"RMC RUGBY FOOTBALL. Woolwich won 5, Sandhurst won 15, drawn l^imes 5. ASSOCIATION
FOOTBALL. The history of " soccer " as played at the ..."
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