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Haslingden F.C. (1891)
Haslingden Football Club was an association football club from Haslingden, Lancashire, active at the turn of the 20th century. History The club was formed as Haslingden Red Star in around 1891. The club changed its name to Haslingden at the start of the 1897–98 season Under its new name it won its first success, winning the Rossendale Charity Cup for 1897–98, with a side made up purely of Haslingden players. After finishing second in the Central Lancashire League in 1904–05, the club applied to join the Lancashire Combination second division for 1905–06, originally unsuccessfully, but it was admitted after threats from clubs in the north-east of the county to set up an alternative competition. After two seasons of struggling, the club moved towards the top of the division, finally winning it in 1910–11. Its top flight tenure lasted just three seasons, the club finishing 16th out of 18 in 1913–14, having sold centre-forward Day, who had scored 27 goals in 13 matc ... [...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] |
