London’s most popular sport is football or soccer. It is played by two teams with eleven players. It is played on a rectangular grass field with a goal made of steel at each short ends. The goal of the game is to get a score by manipulating the ball into the opposite goal without the use of the players’ arms and hands. The only player who could use his hands or arms is the “goalkeepers”. That is the goalkeepers keep the ball away from goal.

The players used a ball called “football”. The Federation Internationale de Football association (FIFA) governed the game. The players of the football games has only one dream and that is to be able to play at the FIFA World Cup- the most prestigious international football competition.

Most Londoners and spectators around the globe really take the game seriously.
The game could get really heated and end up in a brawl or an unending lawsuit. Even racial issues are taken up inside the football arena. Like for example the latest melee that involves Patrice Evra being called “an immigrant”.

Football really influenced Londoners in so many ways. Business establishments like shops, hotels and restaurants are being put up as a result of football passion. People around the continent visits London to watch its ever controversial football game.
Be one of us. Be one of the London’s football enthusiasts. Get carried away by football drama. Kick your way to London’s hottest and hippest tourist hang-out.

Let us stadium hop as we visit London. Try to visit London’s stadium with a seat capacity of 10,000 to 30,000 like- The Valley,Craven Cottage, The Den, Loftus Road, Matchroom Stadium, Griffin Park, Selhurst Park. The bigger stadium that accommodates more than 30,000 people is Boleyn Ground, White Hart Lane, Stamford Bridge and Highbury. This is one lifetime dream for a football enthusiast like me.

To be able to touch the very grounds the heroes of football game have stepped. To be able to experience the perspective of the players, while they are on the middle of the football arena. And to imagine that one day I will be there standing too; defending my goal; of being able to run after the ball with passion- if this will only be a dream then so be it. But… the fact remains I step on London’s entire stadium once in my life. And I would grow old to tell this feat to my grandchildren- a would be football enthusiast!