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East Lanarkshire F.C.
East Lanarkshire F.C. was an association football club from Harthill, Scotland, active in the late 19th century. History The first East Lanarkshire F.C. was formed as a merger between the Shotts F.C., Shotts Football Club and the East Lanarkshire Cricket Club in 1876, but the merger either fell apart or was never fully "consummated" as Shotts F.C. continued to play afterwards under the Shotts name. The instant East Lanarkshire was a separate entity, formed in Harthill, Lanarkshire in April 1898, mostly with players from the recently defunct Harthill Thistle F.C., Harthill Thistle junior side, but also recruiting Dowker, Davidson, and Sommerville from Dykehead F.C., Dykehead, and Sim and John Paterson from East Stirlingshire F.C., East Stirlingshire. Before the 1898–99 season started the club also recruited Bob Reid from Benhar F.C., Benhar, joined the Lanarkshire Association, and joined the Scottish Football Association, enabling it to play competitive football in the season. ... [...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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. 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 and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
