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The club was founded in 1859 as a footballing club restricted to old boys from Westminster School and Eton College. [1] The club duly played matches before the foundation of Association rules; the earliest recorded match against an external side being against Charterhouse School in January 1863, on the Under Green at Charterhouse, which the Crusaders won 1–0.
Some clubs' membership was intermittent between their first and last seasons. Clubs shown in bold were among the founder members of the League. As of 2023, the founder member clubs playing in the League are Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Notts County, Preston North End, Stoke City, and West Bromwich Albion.
The club restricted playing membership to 60 players. [3] The club's first match was a 0–0 draw with Leyton on Hackney Downs. [4] The club is known to have played five matches in its first season (against Forest F.C., Trojans, the return against Leyton, and Herts Rangers), and every one ended in a draw. After the Forest match, the Pilgrims ...
The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is the trade union for professional footballers in England and Wales.. Founded in 1907, it is the world's oldest professional sports trade union, [2] with approximately 5,000 current members each season, including players from the Premier League, EFL and Women's Super League. [3]
This page lists the sports clubs with the largest number of members in the world. In many European countries, professional football teams are not organized as clubs, but as corporations . This includes all teams in the English Premier League and most teams in the Spanish Primera División and the Italian Serie A .
Redevelopment work under way at The Dripping Pan. Lewes Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Lewes, East Sussex, England.Established in 1885, they were founder members of the East Sussex League in 1896 and the Sussex County League in 1920, before moving up to the Athenian League in 1965 and then the Isthmian League in the 1977.
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in 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 lion passant guardant used in the logo of the England national football team. The motif of the England national football team has three lions passant guardant, the emblem of King Richard I, who reigned from 1189 to 1199. [105] In 1872, English players wore white jerseys emblazoned with the three lions crest of the Football Association. [106]