The history of football is as interesting and exciting as the game itself. In the Macmillan Reader, Patrick Adams describes footballs beginnings in the Central and South America to its arrival on the streets of 19th-century England. The story ends with international stadiums, big business and multi-million-pound players.

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　　* Glossary of difficult vocabulary
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