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The first Football League

It is generally accepted that the official league competition held for the first time in the world was the (English) Football League was formed in 1888. Then consisted of 12 clubs that have hosted in the North and Midlands of England. The winners of the first football championship of the league Preston North End.

In 1992, with the influx of BSkyB Megabucks (now Sky TV), the top teams broke away to form their own league called the FA Premier League.

Today, the original Football League has named three divisions, the Championship Division 1 and Division 2.

So with that in England, now has a total of four professional football leagues and teams are moving up (promotion) or down (relegation) through the leagues, depending on the equivalence of points at the end of each season.

The first Football Association Cup (FA Cup)

The first FA Cup final was played in England in 1872 between the Royal Engineers and Wanderers in front of 2,000 spectators. Wanderers 1-0 winners failed in part because the Royal Engineers - who were the favorites - has lost a player through injury early in the match and had to play with only 10 men when substitutes are not allowed at the time. The "Challenge Cup" as it was known originally designed by Mr. CW Alcock Sunderland, who suggested last year that "a challenge should be established within the framework of the association," " Association is the Football Association and therefore the FA Cup.

The oldest football club in the world

Whenever there have been many discussions on the oldest football club in the world. Here are some factors to consider, but ...

The oldest documented continuously club football in the world is Dublin University Football Club in the Republic of Ireland, which was founded in 1854. However, the club now plays Rugby Union, not football. For this reason it is not officially recognized as the oldest football club in the world.

Sheffield Football Club - Sheffield FC - founded in England in 1857, is recognized by the English Football Association and FIFA as the oldest football club in the world continuously documented continue to play the Football Association. Play in Northern Premier League Division 1 in the south of England. As is now generally recognized as the oldest football club in the world.

But there are records of a "football club" in Edinburgh, Scotland between 1824 and 1841. Several documents still exist which refer to "Foot Ball Club" and its rules. Worked as a golf club where the team members selected for their membership to play together. The club has been restored and plays under the name of "The Foot Ball Club of Edinburgh" as an amateur.

The play first soccer international

The first international football match was played in Scotland and England in Glasgow, Scotland November 30, 1872, in front of 4,000 spectators. The result was a hard-fought 0-0. E 110 games played between 1872 and 1999, when the game has been abolished in Scotland, had won 41, England 45 and 24 games ended in a draw.

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The first used to cover the sunk fence on the side of the field (coach) was in the early 1920s was the Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, Scotland. Trainer at the time, Donald Coleman, built to protect himself when he took detailed notes of his players during games, as was his habit, and was partially sunk into the ground so as not to block view of the game the spectators. visiting teams were so impressed that the idea spread rapidly throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world.