English football lexis and its influence on Russian

Specific features of English football lexis and its influence on Russian.Specific features of football lexis and its influence on Russian.To compare Russian and English footbal lexis and to trace its connection.Loan words from English are the most characteristic way of providing football-specific lexis.To study history of football to know the background of forming of the football lexis.To examine and analize English football phraseology.Most of the football clubs in the English League have nicknames.Many English football clubs were founded in the end of the XIX century at the factories.Most of the football idioms refer to specific lexis.Subsequently, football terms were borrowed from English in those countries where it appeared.