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Workington F.C. (1883)
Workington Association Football Club was an association football club from Workington, Cumbria, which played in the FA Cup a number of times before the First World War. History The club was founded in 1883, due to the arrival of steelworkers from Dronfield in Derbyshire in 1882; the club was even known as Workington (Dronfield) for a time. It entered the FA Cup for the first time in the 1887–88 FA Cup, 1887–88 season. Its first round tie at Bootle F.C., Bootle ended in a 6–0 defeat, although it took 35 minutes before Bootle scored its first goal. Workington was dominant in local football, reaching the final of the first Cumberland Senior Cup in 1885–86, and winning the competition for the first time by beating Carlisle A.F.C. 8–0 the following season; the club won the competition nine times before the end of the century, and 12 times overall. On a national scale, the club struggled in the qualifying rounds of the FA Cup, but in 1901–02 it joined the Lancashir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the world, and was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League. The Football League was rebranded as the "English Football League" (EFL) starting with the 2016–17 season. The EFL is divided into the EFL Championship, Championship, EFL League One, League One and EFL League Two, League Two, with 24 clubs in each division, 72 in total, with promotion and relegation between them; the top Championship division clubs change places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two with the top clubs of the National League (division), National League. Currently four of the EFL clubs are from Wales – Cardiff City F.C., Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
