Persib Bandung F.C

 
Persib, an acronym for Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung is an Indonesian football club based in Bandung, West Java. In most of the media, a tautology Persib Bandung is often used. Persib is the result of a merger of 3 football clubs in 1933, namely Bandoeng Inlandsche Voetbal Bond (BIVB), Persatuan Sepak bola Indonesia Bandung (PSIB) and National Voetball Bond (NVB).
Referring to the number of title in a long history of Indonesian football competition, Persib is considered as one of the most successful clubs in Indonesia.

Full name	Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Bandung
Nickname(s)	Maung Bandung (en: The Bandung Tigers),[1] Pangeran Biru (en: The Blue Prince)
Founded	1933
Ground	Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium (Capacity: 40,000)
Chairman	Dada Rosada
Manager	Umuh Muchtar
Coach	Drago Mamic
League	Indonesia Super League
2010-11	7th
Website	Club home page

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Persiba Bantul FC

 
Persiba Bantul (Persatuan Sepak bola Indonesia Bantul) is an Indonesian football club based in Bantul, Yogyakarta. Persiba Bantul plays its home games at the Sultan Agung Stadium, and its official colors are red and white. The team currently plays in Indonesian Premier League, the top tier of the Indonesian football league system.

Full name	Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Bantul
Nickname(s)	Laskar Sultan Agung (en: Sultan Agung Army)
Founded	1967
Ground	Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul, Indonesia (Capacity: 35,000)
Chairman	Drs. H.M. Idham Samawi
League	Indonesia Premier League
2010-11	Indonesian Premier Division 1st

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Deltras F.C.

Full name	Delta Raya Sidoarjo Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Lobster
Founded	1989 as Gelora Dewata '89
Ground	Gelora Delta Sidoarjo[1] Sidoarjo, Indonesia (Capacity: 35,000)
Owner	PT Delta Raya Sidoarjo
Chairman	Mafirion Syamsuddin
Manager	Yudha Pratama Mafirion
Coach	Jorg Peter Steinburner
League	Indonesia Super League
2010–11	Super League, 13th
Website	Club home page

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PSS Sleman

Full name	Persatuan Sepakbola Sleman
Nickname(s)	Super Elang Jawa (en: Super Java Eagle)
Founded	1976
Ground	Maguwoharjo Stadium Sleman, Indonesia (Capacity: 30,000[1])
Owner	Pemkab Sleman
Chairman	Sri Purnomo
Manager	Djoko Handoyo
Coach	Widyantoro
League	Divisi Utama IPL PT. LPIS

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F.C. Internazionale Milano

Full name	Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	I Nerazzurri (The Black and Blues) La Beneamata (The Cherished One) Il Biscione (The Big Grass Snake) Baüscia (Boasters in Lombard language)
Founded	March 9, 1908; 103 years ago
Ground	San Siro, Milan (Capacity: 80,018[1])
Owner	Massimo Moratti
President	Massimo Moratti
Manager	Claudio Ranieri
League	Serie A
2010–11	Serie A, 2nd
Website	Club home page

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FC Barcelona

Full name	Futbol Club Barcelona
Nickname(s)	Barça or Blaugrana (team) Culés or Barcelonistas (supporters) Blaugranes or Azulgranas (supporters)
Founded	November 29, 1899 (112 years ago) as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona
Ground	Camp Nou, Barcelona (Capacity: 99,354 [1])
President	Sandro Rosell
Manager	Josep Guardiola
League	La Liga
2010–11	La Liga, 1st
Website	Club home page

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A.C. Milan

Full name	Associazione Calcio Milan S.p.A.[1]
Nickname(s)	i Rossoneri (The Red and Blacks) il Diavolo (The Devil) Casciavit (Lombard for: Screwdrivers)
Founded	December 16, 1899; 112 years ago[2]
Ground	San Siro, Milan (Capacity: 80,018)
Owner	Silvio Berlusconi[3]
President	Vacant[1]
Head coach	Massimiliano Allegri[4]
League	Serie A
2010–11	Serie A, 1st

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Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, London, who currently play in the Premier League. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. Arsenal holds the record for the longest uninterrupted period in the English top flight and is the only side to have completed a Premier League season unbeaten (in the 2003-04 season). Arsenal was founded in 1886 in Woolwich and in 1893 became the first club from the south of England to join the Football League.
In 1913, it moved north across the city to Arsenal Stadium in Highbury. In the 1930s the club won five League Championship titles and two FA Cups. After a lean period in the post-war years it won the League and FA Cup Double, in the 1970–71 season, and in the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century won two more Doubles and reached the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final. Arsenal has a long-standing rivalry with neighbours Tottenham Hotspur, with whom it contests the North London derby. Arsenal is the third most valuable association football club in the world as of 2010, valued at $1.2 billion

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Manchester city

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club has played at the City of Manchester Stadium since 2003, having played at Maine Road from 1923.

The club's most successful period was in the late 1960s and early 1970s when they won the League Championship, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup under the management team of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison. After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final, the club went through a period of decline culminating in relegation to the third tier of English football in 1998 for the first time in their history. The club has since regained top flight status where they have spent the majority of their history. In 2011, Manchester City qualified for the Champions League and won the FA Cup.

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Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea began life as a Saxon village some miles from the thriving town of London. The name Chelsea is derived from Saxon words cealc hythe. The word hythe meant a landing place for boats. The word cealc meant chalk so perhaps it was a chalky landing place for boats.
In the Middle Ages Chelsea was a tiny village. However in the 16th and 17th centuries Chelsea became fashionable as a place to live for rich people. In 1520 Thomas More the persecutor of Protestants moved to Chelsea. However More's house was demolished in 1740. In 1538 More built his own private chapel, the More Chapel in the Church. Ropers Garden is named after his daughter Margaret Roper.
Furthermore in 1969 L. Cubitt Bevis made a statue of Thomas More, which now stands in Chelsea near the river.
In 1536 Henry VIII built a manor house in Chelsea but it was demolished in 1760.
The Physic Garden was founded in 1673 by the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries. Apprentices were trained in identifying plants. It opened to the public in 1983. Ranelagh Gardens opened to the public as a pleasure garden in 1742. (In the 18th century pleasure gardens were popular with the wealthy). See Life in the 18th century
By the early 18th century Chelsea had a population of about 1,500. To us it would seem tiny but by the standards of the time it was a large village. Chelsea was flourishing and by the end of the 18th century it was beginning to be engulfed by London.
Meanwhile Kings Road got its name because in the 17th and 18th centuries it was a private road running to the royal palace at Hampton Court.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and was built in 1682-89 as a retirement home for old soldiers. The Chelsea Pensioners still wear the famous uniform of scarlet coats and tricorn hats.
Sloane Square in Chelsea is named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) who was physician to Queen Anne, George I and George II. He was also a naturalist who bought the land in the area in 1712.
The Old Dairy dates from 1796 when cows still grazed nearby.
Modern Chelsea
In the 19th century Chelsea grew rapidly. Chelsea gained gas streetlight in 1824-25. Chelsea Bridge was built in 1853. Albert Bridge was built in 1873. By it is a sculpture called Boy and Dolphin created by David Wynne in 1975. Chelsea Embankment was made in 1874.
Chelsea Town Hall was built in 1860.
Chelsea is famous for the writers who lived there during the 19th century. Among them was the poet Leigh Hunt (1784-1859). Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) moved to Chelsea in 1834. He lived in Cheyne Row. The writer Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was born in Cheyne Walk. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) moved in Tite Street in Chelsea in 1884. The artist James McNeill Whistler also lived in Chelsea.
Furthermore Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912) explorer of the Antarctic once lived in Oakley Street.
Other writers who lived in Chelsea were George Eliot (1819-1880) and Henry James (1843-1916). The artist Dante Gabriel also lived in Chelsea.
Crosby Hall was originally built in Bishopgate but it was dismantled and moved to Chelsea in 1910.
The original Chelsea Old Church dated from the 12th century but it was mostly destroyed by German bombing in the Second World War and was rebuilt.
Chelsea Antiques Fair began in 1950 and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital opened in 1993.
Today Chelsea is a flourishing area of London. Chelsea is known for the National Army Museum, which opened in 1971.

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