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1850s In Association Football
The following are events in the 1850s decade which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules. All events happened in English football unless specified otherwise. Events 1857 * 24 October – Foundation of Sheffield FC. The club is officially regarded by the FA and FIFA governing bodies as the world's oldest association football club. It is the oldest documented non-university club in any code of football. 1858 * 28 October – Final approval of the ''Laws of Sheffield Football Club'' which became known via several revisions as the Sheffield Rules. Originally created and maintained by Sheffield FC, responsibility for the rules passed to Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association upon its creation in 1867. They co-existed with the Football Association (FA) rules from 1863 until 1877 when the two codes were unified. The first version applied strict limits to handling of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacking (rugby)
Hacking is a tactic in the early forms of football that involved tripping an opposing player by kicking their shins. A dispute among clubs over whether to ban the tactic eventually led to the split between the sports of association football and rugby football. Despite this split, rugby clubs banned the tactic soon after. History The practice of hacking in English football games had been around for many years and was not exclusive to rugby. Hacking was used as a way to get the ball carrier to the ground, where it was also legal to hack the first player that entered into a ruck. Before the introduction of referees, hacking was also used as a method to punish players who were offside. Because each club and school had its own rules for football, a series of six meetings were held in 1863 at the Freemasons' Tavern to agree on a unified set of rules. A main disagreement arose when hacking was attempted to be prohibited from these unified rules following complaints about the violence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England National Football Team
The England national football team have represented England in international Association football, football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by the Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England are the joint oldest national team in football having played in the world's 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match in 1872, against Scotland men's national football team, Scotland. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and their training headquarters is at St George's Park National Football Centre, St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. Thomas Tuchel is the current Head Coach. England won the 1966 FIF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Chenery
Charles John Chenery (1 January 1850 – 17 April 1928) was a footballer who played for England in the first international match against Scotland. He also played cricket for Surrey and Northants. Football career Chenery was born in Lambourn, Berkshire, the son of George Chenery and Sophia Atkins. He was educated at the Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School, although the family also spent three or four years in Australia in the early 1860s. In October 1867, after leaving school, he became an articled clerk with Henry Rose of Great George Street in Westminster. He is first recorded in the sporting press in February 1868 when he ran in a Thames Rowing Club cross-country event with his friend Frederick Chappell. He played football for both the original Crystal Palace club and the Wanderers. His first recorded games for these clubs were in the autumn of 1870. He was selected for the "England" side that played an unofficial international match against a Scottish side in February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three Wicket#Dismissing a batsman, wickets with three consecutive delivery (cricket), deliveries. Fans held a collection for Stephenson, and presented him with a hat bought with the proceeds. The term was used in print for the first time in 1865 in the Essex Chronicle, ''Chelmsford Chronicle''. The term was eventually adopted by many other sports including hockey, association football, Formula 1 racing, rugby, and water polo. Use Bat and ball games Baseball In the past, the term was occasionally used to describe when a player strikeout, struck out three times in a baseball game, and the term ''golden sombrero'' was more commonly used when a player struck out four times in a game. In recent years, hat trick has been more often used to describe w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ker
George Ker (26 February 1860 – 26 February 1922) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park and the Scotland national team. Football career Ker played for ''Queen's Park Juniors'', ''Kerland FC'', and Alexandra Athletic before joining Queen's Park in 1877. Until 1878, Ker had played as a defender but converted to a striker in 1878. He won the Scottish Cup in 1880, 1881 and 1882, scoring in the 1882 replay win over Dumbarton. After the 1881–82 season he began struggling with injuries and retired early in summer of 1884. He was capped five times by the Scotland national team, scoring ten goals including a hat-trick against England in March 1880. His older brother William was also a Scotland international, winning two caps, including the first international against England on 30 November 1872. International goals :''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.'' Emigration and Death After emigrating to the United States in July 1884, Ker died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kay (Scottish Footballer)
John Leck Kay was a Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s who played mainly as a left winger. Kay's first senior club was Third Lanark where he won a Scottish Cup runners-up medal in 1878. He moved to Queen's Park in 1879 where he won three successive Scottish Cup winners' medals in 1880 Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." gr ..., 1881 and 1882, plus two Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups. QPFC.com He returned to Third Lanark in 1883 and later had a short spell at Pollokshields Athletic before emigrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davidson (Queen's Park Footballer)
David Davidson was a Scottish footballer, who played for Queen's Park and the Scotland national squad in the 1870s and 1880s. See also *List of Scotland national football team captains This article lists all the captain (association football), captains of the men's Scotland national football team. As of 9 June 2025, Scotland have played 842 officially recognised international matches and have had 156 different team captains. An ... References ;Sources * External links *London Hearts profile Year of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Glasgow Scotland men's international footballers Queen's Park F.C. players Place of birth missing Place of death missing Men's association football midfielders 19th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Kennedy
Alexander "Sandy" Kennedy (born in Dalquhurn) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Eastern, Third Lanark and Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac .... References ;Sources * External links *London Hearts profile Year of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Eastern F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Men's association football central defenders {{Scotland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hunter (Third Lanark Footballer)
John Hunter (1854 – 2 November 1881) was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark, Glasgow Eastern and Scotland (four caps). He played on the losing side in the Scottish Cup finals of 1876 and 1878, and made several representative appearances for Glasgow. After retiring as a player, Hunter coached Linthouse. His younger brothers Archie and Andy both played for Aston Villa, Archie being one of the club's most noted early players. Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 28 June 2019 See also *List of Scottish football families
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Scotland National Football Team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. They compete in three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League, and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a Countries of the United Kingdom, country of the United Kingdom, are not a member of the International Olympic Committee (as Scottish athletes compete for Great Britain at the Olympics, Great Britain), and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland national football team home stadium, Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England national football team, England, whom they played in the world's 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match in 1872. Scotland has a long-standing England– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gibb (footballer)
William Gibb was a Scottish footballer who played as a half-back and forward. Career Gibb played club football for Clydesdale and Queen's Park, and scored on his only appearance for Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ... in 1873. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Clydesdale F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{Scotland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
