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Southport F.C. (1881)
Southport Football Club was an association football club from Southport, Lancashire, active in the 1880s. History The Southport Football Club (the third club of that name) was founded in 1881, as a rugby union club. After three games, on the instigation of former Wales national football team, Welsh international (and full-back for the rugby side) Thomas Burnett (footballer), Thomas Blundell Burnett, the club switched codes to association football. Burnett became secretary and captain of the new club and he and rugby players such as W. Platt and Hatch, became stalwarts of the association side. In 1882–83, the club entered the FA Cup, Lancashire Senior Cup, and Liverpool Senior Cup, Liverpool and District Challenge Cup, for the first time. The club only ever won one tie in the national competition, in 1884–85 FA Cup, 1884–85; Southport had lost at an under-strength Accrington F.C., Accrington in the first round, the home side taking matters so easy that goalkeeper Horne ... [...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] |
