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Juventus becomes the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major confederation competitions after defeating Liverpool 1–0 in that match, as well as the first in association football history to have won all possible international competitions [8] [9] [10] after defeating Argentinos Juniors 6–4 (2–2 a.e.t.) in ...
Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association football . It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as "football". For more information on the sport, see association football.
The history of Liverpool Football Club is divided into three periods: History of Liverpool F.C. (1892–1959) – The club was founded in 1892 following a split from Everton F.C. and joined the Football League in 1893. The appointment of Tom Watson as manager resulted in the club's first successful period, in which they won two League ...
On 15 August 1908, Huddersfield Town Association Football Club was registered as a limited company. Fred Walker was appointed as the club's first manager. The stadium was opened on 2 September with a game against Bradford Park Avenue , which was also the club's first game, Huddersfield beat Bradford, 2–1 in front of a crowd of 1000.
The club was known as Wednesday Football Club until 1929 when they added Sheffield to their name. [28] 19 October – Chesterfield F.C. was formed as an offshoot of Chesterfield Cricket Club in October 1867. [29] West Kent Football Club were founded in 1867 [30] by a core of Old Rugbeians including Arthur Guillemard.
Leeds City F.C. admitted to the English Football League. On February 19, Alf Common becomes the first player to be transferred for a fee of £1,000 (a 2011 equivalent of roughly £95,000), in a transfer from Sunderland A.F.C. to Middlesbrough F.C.
The club was founded in 1886 as Argyle Football Club. At this time, there was no League football, [ 1 ] so matches were arranged on an ad hoc basis, supplemented by cup competitions . In January 1903, the club became a limited company and changed their name to Plymouth Argyle F.C. [ 2 ] Election to the Southern League followed in March, as the ...
On 16 October 1880 the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette announced that the club's name had been changed to Sunderland Association Football Club; and non-teachers were allowed to join. [7] They turned professional in 1885, the same year that the club recruited a number of Scotsmen, their first internationally capped players. [8]