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  2.  ”Playing the game” is an expression used in Brita   

in which means to be able to win at any cost.

  3.  The football season in Britain is from the end of     

August until the end of May.

  4.  There are two professional football leagues in      

Britain, one for England and Wales, and the 
other for Scotland.

  5.  In the Football League, the team with the most      

points at the end of the football season becomes 
the League Champion.

  6.  “The Cup” is a major rugby event that takes place    

at the end of May at Wembley Stadium in London.

  7.  Most leading football teams in England get their    

names from the cities where they are based.

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cheating 

 behaving in a dishonest way to 

win advantage

professional 

 doing as an employment and to 

earn money

league 

a group of sports clubs that play 

matches among themselves

division 

group

premier 

the leading, top (division)

amateur 

taking part in an activity for 

enjoyment, without being paid

knockout 

a competition from which

competition 

 the team that loses a match is 

dismissed from further play

draw support 

get supporters or fans

community 

a group of people living in the 

same area  and sharing the same 

interests, such as religion

oval 

egg-shaped

fee-paying 

that charges a sum of money for 

professional services

Gaelic 

belonging to Ireland or Scotland

free-for-all  

a noisy fight in which many 

people join in

gradually 

slowly

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  8.  There are two well-known football teams based      

in Glasgow. One is supported mainly by Prote-
stants living there and the other supported by 
Catholics.

  9.  Soccer  is only used in the US when referring to      

football so as not to confuse it with American 
football.

 10.  Rugby is a sport that was first played at a public    

school in England.

 11.  There are two types of rugby: Rugby League    

played by professionals, and Rugby Union played 
by amateurs. 

 12.  Rugby Union is played in Wales but Football    

League is far more popular. 

 13.  Rugger is another name for Rugby Union which     

is commonly used for the game that is played a lot 
at public schools such as Eton, Harrow and 
Winchester.

 14.  Gaelic football originally stated as a village free-