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Charles W. Alcock
Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of the FA Cup. Early life and career Alcock was born in Sunderland on 2 December 1842, the second son of the elder Charles Alcock, a ship builder and owner, and his wife Elizabeth. From 1853 to 1859, Alcock attended Harrow School. By the time young Charles left Harrow, his family had moved from Sunderland to Chingford, Essex. Charles senior subsequently established a marine insurance business in the City of London. Footballer Forest/Wanderers In 1859, Charles, along with his elder brother John Forster Alcock, was a founder of Forest Football Club, based in Leytonstone, Essex. As Charles Alcock would later write: In March 1862, both brothers played for Forest in a home 1–0 victory over Crystal Palace FC. Charles was a prime mover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland, Tyne And Wear
Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most populous settlement in the Wearside conurbation and the second most populous settlement in North East England after Newcastle. Sunderland was once known as 'the largest shipbuilding town in the world' and once made a quarter of all of the world's ships from its famous yards, which date back to 1346 on the River Wear. The centre of the modern city is an amalgamation of three settlements founded in the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon era: Monkwearmouth, on the north bank of the Wear, and Sunderland and Bishopwearmouth on the south bank. Monkwearmouth contains St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, St Peter's Church, which was founded in 674 and formed part of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey, a significant centre of learning in the seventh and eighth cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
West Of Scotland Cricket Ground
Hamilton Crescent is a cricket ground in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the home of the West of Scotland Cricket Club. It was previously also used for association football and hosted the first international football match in 1872, between Scotland and England. Cricket Cricket has been played at Hamilton Crescent since at least 1862, when it hosted a Gentlemen v Players fixture. Beginning in the 1870s it regularly hosted touring Marylebone Cricket Club teams as well as tour matches against visiting international sides such as Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. The inaugural first-class cricket match at the ground was a Scotland versus Ireland fixture in 1911. In total Hamilton Crescent hosted 20 first-class matches between 1911 and 1994. International tournaments played at the ground include the 1994 Triple Crown Tournament and the 2000 and 2006 European Cricket Championships. Rugby union Hamilton Crescent hosted a rugby union international when Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scotsman
''The Scotsman'' is a Scottish compact (newspaper), compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh. First established as a radical political paper in 1817, it began daily publication in 1855 and remained a broadsheet until August 2004. Its parent company, National World, also publishes the ''Edinburgh Evening News''. It had an audited print circulation of 8,762 for July to December 2022. Its website, Scotsman.com, had an average of 138,000 unique visitors a day as of 2017. The title celebrated its bicentenary on 25 January 2017. History ''The Scotsman'' was conceived in 1816 and first launched on 25 January 1817 as a liberal weekly newspaper by lawyer William Ritchie (Newspaper Editor), William Ritchie and customs official Charles Maclaren in response to the "unblushing subservience" of competing newspapers to the Edinburgh establishment. These two plus John Ramsay McCulloch were co-founders of the venture. The paper was pledged to "impartiality, firm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Graham
Robert George Graham (born Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, 1 January 1845, died Hampton, Middlesex, 6 April 1922) was a British sportsman and businessman. Early life Graham was born on New Year's Day 1845, the son of the Rev. John Graham of Hinxton Vicarage, Cambridgeshire. He attended Cheltenham College between January 1861 and June 1862. Sportsman Footballer Graham played for Barnes Football Club between 1865 and 1869 as a forward, captaining the club in a match against Crystal Palace in January of that year. He also played for the "Surrey and Kent" team in the first inter-county football match under association rules, in November 1867. Graham captained the Surrey team in separate matches against Kent and Middlesex in 1868. In 1869, he also played for Crusaders FC. Football administrator Through Barnes FC and the London Rowing Club, Graham came into contact with Robert Willis, who would serve as second secretary of the Football Association from 1866 to 1867. From 1867 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Rules
The Sheffield Rules was a code of football devised and played in the English city of Sheffield between 1858 and 1877. The rules were initially created and revised by Sheffield F.C., Sheffield Football Club, with responsibility for the laws passing to the Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association, Sheffield Football Association upon that body's creation in 1867. The rules spread beyond the city boundaries to other clubs and associations in the Northern England, north and English Midlands, midlands of England, making them one of the most popular forms of football during the 1860s and 1870s. In 1863, the newly formed London-based Football Association (FA) published its Laws of the Game (association football), own laws of football. Between 1863 and 1877, the FA and Sheffield laws co-existed, with each code at times influencing the other. Several games were played between Sheffield and London teams, using both sets of rules. After several disputes, the two codes were unified i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association
A football association, also known as a football federation, soccer federation, or soccer association, is a governing body for association football. Many of them are members of the sport's regional bodies such as UEFA and CONMEBOL and the world governing body, FIFA. A small number have not yet applied for or been granted entry to these higher bodies. Below is a list of football associations for which there are articles. Asia Asian Football Confederation affiliated * Afghanistan Football Federation * Football Australia * Bahrain Football Association * Bangladesh Football Federation * Bhutan Football Federation * Football Association of Brunei Darussalam * Myanmar Football Federation * Football Federation of Cambodia * Chinese Football Association * Chinese Taipei Football Association * East Timor Football Federation * Guam Football Association * Hong Kong Football Association * All India Football Federation * Football Association of Indonesia * Football Federation Islami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University AFC
Cambridge University Association Football Club is an English association football, football club representing the University of Cambridge. It is affiliated to the Football Association as the Cambridge University FA, and has representation on the FA Council equivalent to a County Football Association. Official university publications have claimed that the club was formed in 1856,BBC Cambridge... the birthplace of football?! on BBC, 13 June 2006 being also recognised as such by The Football Association. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield FC
Sheffield Football Club is an English association football, football club, currently based in Dronfield, Derbyshire. They compete in the , on the eighth level of the English football league system, English football pyramid. Founded in October 1850s in association football, 1857,7 OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUBS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? by Alfie Potts Harmer on HITC website, 2019 the club is considered by FIFA as the oldest football clubs, oldest existing independent club still playing football in the world. Sheffield F.C. initially played games amongst each other under the Sheffield Rules and did not officially adopt the new The Football Association, FA laws of the Game (association football), rules until 1878. The club competes in the Rules derby with near neighbours Hallam F.C., H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
