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The following are events in 1870 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.
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The following are events in 1870 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.
Arthur Joseph "Monkey" Gould was a Welsh international rugby union centre and fullback who was most associated as a club player with Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 27 caps for Wales, 18 as captain, and critics consider him the first superstar of Welsh rugby. A talented all-round player and champion sprinter, Gould could side-step and kick expertly with either foot. He never ceased practising to develop his fitness and skills, and on his death was described as "the most accomplished player of his generation".
StephenBloomer was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough. The anthem "Steve Bloomer's Watchin'" is played at every Derby home game and there is a bust of him at the Pride Park Stadium. He is also listed in the Football League 100 Legends and English Football Hall of Fame.
Ernest Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played in sixteen international football matches for England and captained the side in 1901.
The following are events in the 1850s decade which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules. All events happened in English football unless specified otherwise.
The following are events in the 1860s decade which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules. All events happened in English football unless specified otherwise.
The following are events in 1871 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.
The following are events in 1872 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.
The following are events in 1873 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.
The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer stretches back to, at least the medieval ball games sometimes known as "folk football." Some predecessors of football date back to ancient greece, ect. The modern football was formed when the Laws of the Game was issued in England, 1863. However, the history of football in Britain including England even dates back to at least the eighth century CE; later, the development of present-day association football has its origins in medieval ball games and English public school games, the modern game of association football originated with mid-nineteenth century efforts between local football clubs to standardize the varying sets of rules, culminating in formation of The Football Association in London, England in 1863, the FA issued Laws of the Game in the same year, Laws of the Game later was recognized by both the most powerful organizations in football in their stub period as the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and International Association Football Federation (FIFA), especially FIFA. The rules of football drafted by The FA allowed clubs to play each other without dispute, and specifically banned both handling of the ball and hacking during open field play. After the fifth meeting of the association a schism emerged between association football and the rules played by the Rugby school, later to be called rugby football. Besides the tournaments for only football; football has been also an Olympic sport ever by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since the second modern Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, 1900.
John Reynolds was a footballer who played for, among others, West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa and Celtic. He was the first player to represent both Ireland and England internationally.
William Edwin Beats was an England international footballer. A centre-forward, he scored 150 goals in 403 league games in 16 years from 1891 to 1907.
Allan Martin was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Leith Athletic, Celtic and Hibernian. He finished as the top scorer in the Scottish Football League Division One in the 1895–96 season.
Joseph Alfred Schofield was an English footballer and football manager.
Thomas Clare was an English international footballer, who played at right-back, and football manager.
Abraham Hartley was a Scottish footballer.
Thomas Nicol was a Scottish footballer who played for Burnley first as a centre forward and then as a full back in the 1890s, before later becoming a bowls champion in Southampton.
Thomas William Egan (1872–1946) was a Welsh professional association footballer who played as an inside forward. Egan played in the Football League for Ardwick, Burnley, Sheffield United and Lincoln City. He was awarded one cap for the Wales national football team for the match against Scotland on 26 March 1892.
John "Jack" Thomas Toothill was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford FC, as a forward, e.g. front row, lock, or back row, and club level rugby league (RL) for Bradford FC, as a forward, during the era of contested scrums. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895, Bradford FC was a rugby union club, it then became a rugby league club, and since 1907 it has been the association football (soccer) club Bradford Park Avenue.
The 1892–93 season was the 12th season of competitive association football played by Small Heath F.C., an English football club based in Birmingham. After finishing in third position in the Football Alliance in 1891–92, Small Heath was one of 12 clubs elected to the newly formed Second Division for the 1892–93 Football League season.
Charles Frederick Parry was a Welsh footballer who played as a defender for Everton in the 1890s, helping them to win the Football League championship in 1891. He also made thirteen appearances for the Wales national football team including four as captain. Later in his career, he returned to Wales where he won the Welsh Cup with Aberystwyth Town in 1900. He subsequently fell on hard times and was the beneficiary of three testimonial matches.