Association football is the most popular sport, both in terms of participants and spectators, in London. London has several of England's leading men's football clubs. The city is the home of seventeen men's professional clubs, several dozen men's semi-professional clubs and several hundred men's amateur clubs regulated by the London Football Association, Middlesex County Football Association, Surrey County Football Association and the Amateur Football Alliance. Most London clubs are named after the district in which they play, and share rivalries with each other.
Just before a North London derby between the Spurs and Arsenal in 2007.
Arsenal playing Chelsea - two of London's most successful FA Cup teams.
The Wembley Stadium in London, England.
London Football Association
The London Football Association (LFA) is the regional Football Association for inner areas of London. The London FA was established in 1882 and is affiliated to The Football Association. The London FA administers all levels of men's, women's and junior football within its area, a circle 12 miles in radius with Charing Cross at the centre.
Football matches in Regent's Park
Corinthians 1896-7
A Sunday football match in progress at Brook Farm open space.
The Underhill Stadium at Barnet staged Athenian League football from 1912 to 1965