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Hall Road Rangers F.C.
Hall Road Rangers Football Club is a association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History The club was formed in 1959 as a Sunday league football, Sunday league team by Ted Richardson.History Hall Road Rangers They later switched to Saturday football, joining the East Riding County League, before moving up to Division Two of the Yorkshire Football League, Yorkshire League in 1968. League reorganisation saw the club demoted to the new Division Three in 1970. They went on to win the division in 1972–73, earning promotion back to Division Two; the season also saw them win the East Riding Senior Cup for the first time. They were relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1975–76 season, but won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea. It is a tightly bounded city which excludes the majority of its suburbs, with a population of (), it is the fourth-largest city in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The built-up area has a population of 436,300. Hull has more than 800 years of seafaring history and is known as Yorkshire's maritime city. The town of Wyke on Hull was founded late in the 12th century by the monks of Meaux Abbey as a port from which to export their wool. Renamed ''Kings-town upon Hull'' in 1299, Hull had been a market town, military supply port, trading centre, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis. Hull was an early theatre of battle in the First English Civil War, English Civil Wars. Its 18th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teversal F
Teversal is a village in the Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire, England. It lies north of Sutton-in-Ashfield and west of Mansfield. It is close to the boundary with Derbyshire. Former names include ''Tevershalt'', ''Teversholt'', ''Tyversholtee'', ''Teversale'', ''Tevershall'' and ''Teversall''. Teversal Manor is said to have inspired D. H. Lawrence to write his book Lady Chatterley's Lover. Etymology Different conjectures have been devised to the name of Teversal, including that there are two elements to it. The first element referring to tiefrere meaning ‘painter’ used in the sense of ‘sorcerer’. The second element refers to holt, 'wood' and (ge)heald, 'hold, shelter’. History Arthur Mee (1938) described Teversal as ‘crowning a green hilltop, looking out to Hardwick Hall in splendid trees two miles away, it is a charming oasis where we forget the collieries and find treasure wrought by men who knew not coal’. Teversal (called Tev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester City F
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, and the largest in Northern England. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The city borders the boroughs of Trafford, Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Stockport, Tameside, Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Oldham, Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Rochdale, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Bury and City of Salford, Salford. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort (''castra'') of Mamucium, ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers River Medlock, Medlock and River Irwell, Irwell. Throughout the Middle Ages, Manchester remained a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Vase
The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English National League System. Nearly 600 teams participate in this knockout competition with semi-finals played over two legs. The final is played at Wembley Stadium. The 2025 winners were Whitstable Town, who beat AFC Whyteleafe 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. History Until 1974, football players were categorised as either professionals or amateurs. Amateurs were not paid (at least not officially) by their clubs; amateur clubs had their own national cup competition, the FA Amateur Cup. Professionals were paid to play by their clubs; until the creation of the FA Trophy in 1969 there was no national knock-out competition specifically for professional clubs outside the Football League. In 1974, with many of the top amateur players receiving paym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during the 1871–72 FA Cup, 1871–72 season, it is the list of oldest football competitions, oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after the Football Association (the FA). A concurrent Women's FA Cup has been held since 1970. The competition is open to all eligible football club (association football), clubs down to level 9 of the English football league system, with level 10 clubs acting as stand-ins in the event of non-entries from above. A record 763 clubs competed in 2011–12 FA Cup, 2011–12. The tournament consists of 12 randomly drawn rounds followed by FA Cup semi-finals, the semi-finals and the FA Cup Final, final. Entrants are not seed (sports), seeded, although a system of Bye (sports), by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groundtastic
''Groundtastic'' is a quarterly magazine published in the United Kingdom about football grounds. History The magazine was first published in March 1995 by Paul Claydon, Vince Taylor and Jon Weaver. Although largely focussed on football grounds in the United Kingdom, it also features stadiums from around the world. Its articles cover the construction and renovation of grounds, as well as detailing football ground histories. The magazine has an annual award for best new non-League ground of the year.New grounds for joy ''Manchester Evening News'', 7 December 2005 The magazine was featured as a guest publication on '' Have I Got News for You
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When Saturday Comes
''When Saturday Comes'' (''WSC'') is a monthly magazine about football, first published in London, England in 1986. "It aims to provide a voice for intelligent football supporters, offering both a serious and humorous view of the sport, covering all the topics that fans are likely to talk about, whether serious or trivial."About WSC ''When Saturday Comes'' website. ''WSC'' is edited by Andy Lyons, who co-founded the magazine with Mike Ticher. History ''When Saturday Comes'' began in 1986 as a bi-monthly, independently published ; however, by 1988 it had developed and come to prominence, being available in newsagents nationwide. The following year, its profile was raised again by its coverage of the |
Hull RUFC
Hull Rugby Union Football Club is one of two rugby union clubs based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They currently play in National League 2 North. History The club was formed in 1992 as a result of two clubs – Old Hymerians RUFC and Hull & East Riding RUFC (1989). The club initially played at the Old Hymerians ground at Haworth Park (capacity 1,200) until the 2008–09 season when they moved to their current home; the Ferens Ground located at Chanterlands Avenue. The club has progressed up the rugby union pyramid, beginning life in the old North East 2, and won promotion to National League 2 North in 2009. In 2009 a women's team was founded and the women and girls section is continuously growing. In 2015, after six seasons in National League 2 North, Hull were relegated to the northern regional leagues. In 2019 the club won the North Premier (tier 5) league title for the first time, making a return to National League 2 North and in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bransholme
Bransholme is an area and a housing estate on the north side of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The name Bransholme comes from an old Scandinavian word meaning Brand's water meadow (''brand'' or ''brandt'' meant 'wild boar'). The largely council owned estate is located in between Sutton-on-Hull to the east, Sutton Park to the south, and Kingswood to the west. It is surrounded by fields and 'A' Roads which largely isolate it from the rest of East Hull. There are two high, or secondary schools, Winifred Holtby Academy and Kingswood Academy, within the environs of Bransholme, these are fed by a number of primary schools. There are two major retail centres available within the area. These are North Point Shopping Centre, formerly and still locally known as Bransholme Centre, a location where a number of smaller shops can be found as well as a covered market, and Kingswood Retail Park, which is the site of a number of large major stores as well as an enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunswell
Dunswell is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and in the civil parish of Woodmansey. Historically also known as Beer-Houses due to the presence of two Inns in close proximity, the village is located on the main Kingston upon Hull to Beverley road. A significant drinking water extraction works was opened in 1931 west of the village, helping to supplying Hull and the surrounding area. Geography Dunswell is situated at the junction of Dunswell Lane and A1174 road Hull to Beverley road approximately from the centres of Kingston upon Hull and Beverley respectively. It is approximately west of the River Hull; the Beverley and Barmston Drain also runs north–south, adjacent to the west of the village. The village has a hall, ''Dunswell Village Institute''; and a primary school ''Dunswell Primary'', since 2014 ''Dunswell Academy''. The Ship Inn is located at the junction of the main road and Ings Lane leading to Skidby Landing on the River Hull. Hull Livestock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humber Premier League
The Humber Premier League is a football competition for clubs in the East Riding of Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire areas of England. History The league was formed in 2000. Reckitts won the league five times in the first six seasons of its existence. The league started with one division in 2000 but has since grown and now has two divisions, the Premier Division and Division One--the latter inaugurated for the 2005-06 season. The Premier Division sits at the 11th tier of the English football league system, and feeds the Northern Counties East League. Since its formation in 2000, three teams from the Humber Premier League have achieved promotion – Hull United in 2015 (their stay in the NCEFL was just a single season), East Yorkshire Carnegie two years later and Beverley Town in 2022. Barton Town joined the league when it was formed in 2000 but only stayed for one season before they joined the Central Midlands Football League the following season. Barton's Reserves team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021–22 Northern Counties East Football League
The 2021–22 Northern Counties East Football League season was the 40th in the history of Northern Counties East Football League, a football competition in England. The allocations for the league this season were announced by The Football Association (The FA) on 18 May 2021. After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons. Premier Division The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs: * Emley, promoted from Division One * Sherwood Colliery, promoted from the East Midlands Counties League * Winterton Rangers, promoted from Division One League table Inter-step play-off Stadia and locations Division One Division One featured 16 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs, transferred from the East Midlands Counties League The East Midlands Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
