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Dundee West End F.C.
West End Football Club was an association football club from Dundee, Scotland. History The club was formed in 1880, and its first reported match was against the 2nd XI of a club simply termed "Dundee" in February 1881. Once the club had acquired private grounds, it was able to enter the Scottish Cup, and did so for the first time in 1882–83 Scottish Cup, 1882–83. West End beat Strathmore F.C. (Dundee), Strathmore of Dundee 1–0 at Carolina Port, Rollo's Pier, thanks to the only goal of the game from White, converting a cross 7 minutes before half-time. In the second round, West End lost 5–1 to Vale of Teith F.C., Vale of Teith, although an "excellent tea" at the Woodside Hotel in Doune afterwards left the West End players "highly delighted". The club entered the Cup three more times, but never won another tie. It gained a walkover into the second round in 1884–85 Scottish Cup, 1884–85 when the ill-named Perseverance F.C., Perseverance did not turn up for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
