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Monkcastle F.C.
Monkcastle Football Club was a Association football, football club which existed from 1883 to 1900, in the town of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was formed in 1883 and was named after a district in Kilwinning which contained Monkcastle, North Ayrshire, an old abbey. It was founded by employees of Howie's Iron Foundry in Kilwinning and occasionally referred to as Kilwinning Monkcastle. The Monks joined the Ayrshire Association soon after foundation and played in the Ayrshire Cup for the first time in 1883–84, losing in the second round. National competitions In 1885, the club joined the Scottish Football Association, and entered the 1885–86 Scottish Cup. In the first round, the club lost 3–0 at Lanemark F.C., Lanemark in a match spoilt by a high wind, but Monkcastle protested on the basis that Lanemark had not registered one D. Brown in time. The Scottish FA ordered a replay at Claremont, which the Monks won 2–0, thanks to second half goals from ... [...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] |
