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Amalgamation of two older clubs as Walsall Town Swifts 50 1888 [120] Leyton Orient: League Two: Founded in 1881 as the Glyn Cricket Club; the club began playing football as Orient in 1888. Club state the existing Cricket Club adopted football on 3 March 1888. [120] 51 1889 [121] Brentford: Premier League: Club states 10 October 1889. [121] 52 ...
The oldest football team called United. 1889, 12 July Adamstown Rosebud: Association football Association football Adamstown: Australia National Premier Leagues: 1889, 19 July Bath City FC: Association football Association football Bath: England National League South: Founded in 1889 as Bath AFC, and changed names to Bath City in 1905. 1889, 15 ...
Football is the most popular sport in the United Kingdom.Football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that make up the United Kingdom (UK), with each having a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective country.
The men's national football teams of the four Home Nations of the United Kingdom have played each other more times than any other footballing nations in the world. The world's first international football match was played between Scotland and England in Glasgow in 1872 (a 0–0 draw). From then on, all four teams started playing regular ...
For lists of football clubs in the United Kingdom, see: List of football clubs in England; List of football clubs in Northern Ireland; List of football clubs in Scotland; List of football clubs in Wales
The United Kingdom national football team are a football team that represents the United Kingdom.Despite football being the most popular sport in the country, the team has not played since 1965, as separate teams represent each home nation (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) in all major international football tournaments such as the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship ...
One year later, Wales played a match outside the United Kingdom for the first time when they travelled to Paris to play France national football team in a match drawn 1–1. After World War II , Wales, along with the other three home nations, rejoined FIFA in 1946 and took part in the qualifying rounds for the 1950 World Cup , the 1949–50 ...
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.