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Stonelaw F.C.
Stonelaw Football Club was a Scottish football team located in the town of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1875 and may have taken its name from Stonelaw Tower in Rutherglen, or from one of the coal mining pits of that name in the local area (one located below the tower). Stonelaw's first known matches come from the 1875–76 season and it entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1876–77. The club easily beat Shotts at home in the first round, but lost 4–0 at home to Arthurlie in the second; the club being so little-known that the Glasgow Herald referred to the team as "Stonehouse". Stonelaw's best Scottish Cup run came in 1878–79, being one of the final ten clubs left in the competition. The club beat the original East Kilbride club 4–0 at home in the first round, the Stonelaw goalkeeper not having a save to make. The club was still so low-key that the national newspapers did not refer to its second or third round wins ov ... [...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] |
