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Supplementary Football Leagues
A supplementary football league is an association football competition set up by clubs which are already members of more senior leagues to give the clubs a larger fixture list and fill in "spare" Saturdays which were not being used for cup-ties or league games. In England The United League existed as a supplementary league in London and the south-east of England between 1896 and 1902 and again from 1905 until 1909. In Scotland A number of supplementary leagues were created in the early days of organised football in Scotland by Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ... clubs as, with only 10 member clubs each playing just 18 games per season, there were plenty of spare Saturdays to fill. The gradual expansion of the Scottish League after 1900 event ... [...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] |
United League (football)
The United League was an 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 f ... league that existed in England from 1896 to 1902 and again from 1905 to 1909. The league was created in 1896 to provide clubs which played in other leagues in southern or central England with an additional midweek game. Over several years, various clubs joined or left the league but by 1899, departures left the league struggling, culminating in the cessation of the league in 1902. Champions Source: *1896–97 - Millwall Athletic *1897–98 - Luton Town *1898–99 - Millwall Athletic *1899–1900 - Wellingborough *1900–01 - Rothwell Town Swifts *1901–02 - Irthlingborough Town *Not contested between 1902 and 1905 *1905–06 - Watford *1906– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south of the Anglo-Scottish border. From its foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League (SPL) was formed in 1998, the SFL was the top level of football in Scotland. After 1998, the SFL represented levels 2 to 4 of the Scottish football league system. In June 2013, the SFL merged with the SPL to form the Scottish Professional Football League. The SFL was associated with a title sponsor from the 1985–86 season. As this sponsor changed over the years the league was known in turn as the Fine Fare League, B&Q League, Bell's Scottish Football League and finally as the Irn-Bru Scottish Football League. The SFL also organised two knock-out cup competitions, the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Challenge Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh / East Of Scotland Football League
The Edinburgh Football League was formed in 1894 in Scotland as one of several supplementary football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs. It changed its name to the East of Scotland Football League in 1896 when Dundee joined.East of Scotland League Scottish Football Historical Archive, 5 August 2020 In 1899, some of its clubs also entered the Inter City League along with former Glasgow League clubs. The East of Scotland League eventually disbanded in 1908 and has no connection to the present day |
Glasgow Football League
The Glasgow Football League was formed in in Scotland as one of several supplementary football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs.Inter-City League including the Glasgow League Scottish Football Historical Archive, 5 August 2020 In 1899 a number of clubs who played in the Edinburgh / East of Scotland Football League joined and the league was renamed the Inter City Football League. The Glasgow Football League was briefly reformed in its own right in . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow And West Of Scotland Football League
The Glasgow and West of Scotland Football League was formed in 1898 as one of several supplementary football leagues that operated at the time to give extra fixtures to the various Scottish Football League sides.Glasgow & West of Scotland League Scottish Football Historical Archive, 19 August 2020 The league folded in 1906 when the Scottish League's First Division expanded to 18 clubs. Original members The eight original members were Abercorn, Ayr Parkhouse (not a Scottish League side), Kilmarnock, Linthouse, Morton, Partick Thistle, Port Glasgow Athletic and St Mirren.Membership * 1898–1899 *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter City Football League
The Inter City Football League was formed in 1899 in Scotland as one of several supplementary football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs.Inter-City League including the Glasgow League Scottish Football Historical Archive The founder members of the league were , Queen's Park, and Third Lanark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter City Midweek Football League
The Inter City Midweek Football League was one of several Scottish supplementary football leagues run in the 1912–13 season.Inter-City Midweek League (including the Glasgow & District Midweek League) Scottish Football Historical Archive. Because Wednesday was the only day that shopworkers in Scotland had off, it was decided to form a Midweek League for their benefit. Six top Scottish Football League
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Inter County Football League
The Inter County Football League was formed in 1905 in Scotland as one of several supplementary football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs. Scottish Football Historical Archive. Member clubs of the original competition included (1904–1906), Albion Rovers (1904–1906), (1904–1905), |
Lanarkshire Football League
The Lanarkshire Football League was a short-lived local football league in Scotland. History The League was formed in 1898 in Scotland as one of several supplementary football leagues that were created in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs. The new league required home sides to pay a £10 guarantee for visiting clubs, which ensured that only the larger clubs could be members, as crowds of at least 400 were required just to cover the guarantee. The league existed for only three seasons. Motherwell won the 1898–99 competition by defeating Airdrieonians in a very belated play-off in May 1900 and Albion Rovers the 1900–01 edition; the 1899–1900 edition was unfinished. A Second League for smaller clubs was held in the second half of the 1898–99 season, but it seems to have fizzled out without completing - fixtures took second place to other competitions such as the Coatbridge Express Cup, and Glengowan was said to be "in a sorry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renfrewshire Football League
The Renfrewshire Football League was a one-off Scottish Football competition played between March and September 1895. The intention was to have all the major Renfrewshire clubs competing. Arthurlie and Abercorn were invited but in the event only three clubs, all from the Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) is a defunct league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4&nbs ..., agreed to take part, meaning that only six matches took place. Scottish Football Historical Archive. League table See also *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish County Football League
The Scottish County Football League was one of several supplementary football leagues that were created in the early days of competitive football in Scotland in order to increase the number of fixtures for Scottish Football League clubs. Scottish Football Historical Archive. The only season in which the competition took place is in 1899–1900, and the member clubs included , the Champions, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
