Early Round Matches

Jun 2, 2020 ... Cup was played, and by 1888 a league was formed with 128 teams participating in some capacity. England's love for the game rubbed off on ... Jun 11, 2024 ... The total average age of all football players who will compete in EURO-2024 is 27.04. ... 9 members of the British team are over 30 years ... The most represented countries in the rankings are England and Turkey (10 clubs each), followed by Cyprus and Russia (9 teams). At the top of the table is the ... Oct 17, 2024 ... #1 Notts County: Founded in 1862#2 Stoke City: Founded in 1863#3 Wrexham AFC: Founded in 1864#4 Nottingham Forest: Founded in 1865#5 Sheffield Wednesday: ... Dec 23, 2023 ... Cray Wanderers claim to have first been formed as a football club in 1860, when railway workers would spend their leisure time kicking a ball ... Aug 27, 2023 ... Crystal Palace have laid claim to being the longest-standing team not only in the English top flight, but also domestic and world professional soccer. Oct 19, 2016 ... Though Sheffield FC (founded 1857), is recognised as the oldest club by the Football Association, CUAFC was awarded an illuminated plaque in ... Sep 27, 2023 ... London's Best Football Clubs ; 5. Fulham FC (Premier League). Notable: Oldest London team, 11th straight year in the top flight. Recent ... Prior to Notts County rejoining the League in 2023, Stoke City stated they were the oldest professional Football League Club in the world, existing since 1863. In England, the earliest reference to organised ball games comes around 1174 in William Fitzstephen's Descriptio Nobilissimi Civitatis Londoniae. Fitzstephen ...