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Jim Kabia
James Paul Kabia (born 11 November 1954) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Chesterfield in 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, .... He also played in the United States with the Santa Barbara Condors in the American Soccer League, before returning to England to play in the lower leagues. He is the older brother of fellow professional footballer Jason Kabia. Career statistics Club ;Notes References External links Nuneaton Borough 1979-1991 – Part 1(mentioned) Nuneaton Borough 1979-1991 – Part 2(mentioned) 1954 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Chesterfield F.C. players American Soccer League (1933–1983) players English expatriate men's footballers Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansfield
Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city of Nottingham). Henry III of England, Henry III granted Mansfield the royal charter, Royal Charter of a market town in 1227. The town lies in the River Maun, Maun Valley, north of Nottingham. The district had a population of 110,500 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Mansfield is the one local authority in Nottinghamshire with a publicly Directly elected mayors in England, elected mayor, the Mayor of Mansfield. Mansfield in ancient times became the pre-eminent in importance amongst the towns of Sherwood Forest. Etymology According to historian William Horner Dove (1894) there is dispute to the origins of the name. Three conjectures have been considered: the name may have been given to the noble family of Mansfield who came ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Soccer League (1933–83)
American Soccer League may refer to: * American Soccer League (1921–1933), from 1921 to 1933 * American Soccer League (1933–1983), from 1933 to 1983 * American Soccer League (1988–1989), from 1988 to 1989 * American Soccer League (2014–2017) The American Soccer League (ASL) was an American soccer 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 ..., from 2014 to 2017 See also * American League of Professional Football, a soccer league in 1894 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977–78 Northern Premier League
The 1977–78 Northern Premier League was the tenth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 21 August 1976 and concluded on 7 May 1978. Overview The League featured twenty-four teams. Team changes The following club left the League at the end of the previous season: * Gateshead United was Folded. A new club formed Gateshead replaced. The following club joined the League at the start of the season: *Workington relegated from Football League Fourth Division *Gateshead (new club formed) replaced to the Gateshead United (club folded). League table Results Stadia and locations Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. FA Cup Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only two teams reached the second round: Second Round Third Round FA Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976–77 Northern Premier League
The 1976–77 Northern Premier League was the ninth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 21 August 1976 and concluded on 20 May 1977. Overview The League featured twenty-three teams for the first time. The systems of goal average was replaced by goal difference. Team changes The following club left the League at the end of the previous season: *Skelmersdale United resigned, demoted to Lancashire Combination *Fleetwood folded The following club joined the League at the start of the season: *Frickley Athletic promoted from Midland League (1889) League table Results Stadia and locations Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. FA Cup Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only three teams reached the second round: Second Round Third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire Senior Cup
The Lincolnshire Senior County Cup is a football (soccer) competition for senior football clubs in Lincolnshire organised by the Lincolnshire FA. The competition can be traced back to the formation of the Lincolnshire FA at a meeting held at the Queens Hotel in Lincoln on Saturday 17 September 1881 and sixteen teams entered the inaugural Lincolnshire Cup competition with Spilsby the first winners in 1881—82. Spilsby would go on to win the first three competitions and consequently they were allowed to retain the initial trophy. When the competition first started it was treated as seriously as the FA Cup and the need for a Lincoln team to be successful in the competition following the initial victories by Spilsby, who defeated three Lincoln based teams – Lincoln Rovers, Lincoln Lindum and Lincoln Albion – in the 1883–84 competition, that led to the formation of Lincoln City on 26 June 1884. The elevation of Grimsby Town and Lincoln City to the Football League in 1892 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975–76 Northern Premier League
The 1975–76 Northern Premier League was the eighth season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 16 August 1975 and concluded on 1 May 1976. Overview The League featured twenty-four teams. Team changes No clubs were promoted, conversely, none of the clubs were relegated. League table Results Stadia and locations Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. FA Cup Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only four teams reached for the second round: Second Round Third Round FA Trophy Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, three teams reached for the fourth round: Fourth Round Semi-finals Final End of the season At the end of the eighth season of the Northern Premier League none of the teams put forward for electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Premier League
The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system#The system, English football league system. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England and the northern, central areas of the Midlands, and western parts of East Anglia. Originally a single-division competition, a second division was added in 1987–88 Northern Premier League, 1987: Northern Premier League First Division, Division One, and in 2007–08 Northern Premier League, 2007 a third was added when Division One split into two geographic sections - Division One North and Division One South. In 2018 Division One was re-aligned as East and West Divisions, then North West and South East in 2019. In 2021, the FA restructured the non-League football pyramid and created Division One East, West, and Midlands. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974–75 Northern Premier League
The 1974–75 Northern Premier League was the seventh season of the Northern Premier League, a regional football league in Northern England, the northern areas of the Midlands and North Wales. The season began on 17 August 1974 and concluded on 12 May 1975. Overview South Shields changed their name to Gateshead United and moved from Simonside Hall to Gateshead Youth Stadium. Team changes The following club left the League at the end of the previous season: * Bradford Park Avenue folded The following club joined the League at the start of the season: * Worksop Town promoted from Midland League (1889) (returning after a five year's absence) League table Results Stadia and locations Cup results Challenge Cup Northern Premier League Shield Between Champions of NPL Premier Division and Winners of the NPL Cup. FA Cup Out of the twenty-four clubs from the Northern Premier League, only four teams reached for the second round: Second Round Third Round Fourth Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–74 Football League
The 1973–74 season was the 75th completed season of The Football League. Don Revie marked his last season as Leeds United's manager by guiding them to league championship glory, before taking over from Sir Alf Ramsey as the England national football team manager, with England having failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. Revie's conquering side had a two-horse race with Liverpool all season but won in the end, taking the title for the second time in their history by five points. Newly promoted Burnley adapted well to life back in the top flight, finishing in sixth place. Manchester United were relegated from the First Division just six years after winning the European Cup at the end of a traumatic season. Their 36-year stay at the top was finally ended by a 1–0 home defeat against Manchester City. Former United striker Denis Law scored City's winning goal. But Birmingham City's win on that same afternoon would have sent United down even if they had beaten City. Despite thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972–73 Football League
The 1972–73 season was the 74th completed season of The Football League. Liverpool's championship win meant they claimed their first trophy since 1966 in Bill Shankly's penultimate season as manager despite competition from Arsenal, Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Manchester United sacked manager Frank O'Farrell after 18 months in charge. He had been unable to mount a title challenge. Tommy Docherty, the 44-year-old Scottish national coach and former Aston Villa manager, was appointed as his successor. Bobby Charlton and Denis Law both played their last games for the club while George Best's appearances were becoming increasingly rare. Burnley and Queens Park Rangers won promotion to the First Division. Huddersfield Town's decline continued as they slid into the Third Division, where they were joined by Brighton & Hove Albion. Bolton Wanderers and Notts County occupied the two promotion places in the Third Division. Rotherham United, Brentford, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 Football League, 1920–21 and again from 1958–59 Football League, 1958 until 1991–92 Football League, 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the Third Division become the fourth tier of English football. In 2004, following the formation of the Football League Championship, the division was renamed Football League Two. Founder clubs of the Third Division (1920) Most of these clubs were drawn from what was then the top division of the 1919–20 Southern Football League, in an expansion of the Football League south of Birmingham. As Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City was long considered a potential entrant for the Second Division due to their FA Cup exploits and Southern League dominance, they were sent directly into the Second Division and Grimsby Town, who finished in last place in the Second Division in 1919–20, were relegated. * Brentford F.C., Brentford * Bright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Trophy
The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League teams. The competition was introduced in 1969. Eligibility rules have changed over time, but from 2008 onwards the competition has been open to clubs playing in Steps 1–4 of the National League System, equivalent to tiers 5–8 of the overall English football league system. This covers the National League, the Southern League, Isthmian League, and Northern Premier League. The final of the competition was held at the original Wembley Stadium from the tournament's instigation until the stadium closed in 2000. The final has been played at the new Wembley Stadium since its opening in 2007. The record for the most FA Trophy wins is shared by Woking and two defunct clubs, Scarborough and Telford United, with three victories each. The Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
