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Temperance Athletic F.C.
Temperance Athletic Football Club was a association football, football club from north-west Glasgow. History Temperance Athletic, also known as Glasgow Temperance Athletic, was one of several clubs formed in the 1880s by those who adhered to the Temperance movement. The club's existence overlapped with that of United Abstainers F.C., United Abstainers of Crosshill, Glasgow, Crosshill, which diluted the potential membership pool. The club was formed in June 1887 for total abstainers, as a general athletic club, aimed also at playing rounders and cricket; indeed the club's first fixture was a rounders match against Citizen at Ruchill Park. Its first recorded football match was a 6–0 defeat at Southern Athletic F.C., Southern Athletic in autumn 1887. Despite a run of unimpressive results in 1887–88 (its only win of any note being 2–1 at Carlton F.C. (Greenock), Carlton in February), the club turned senior in August, and entered the 1888–89 Scottish Cup and Glasgow Cup. Th ... [...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] |
