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Albion F.C. (1880)
Albion Football Club was an association football club based in the town of Dumbarton, in West Dunbartonshire. History The club was founded in 1880 with its official name as simply Albion. It was sometimes referred by the media as Dumbarton Albion to avoid confusion with other Albions. As Archibald Denny agreed to patronize the club, and the Albion shipping company commissioned ships from William Denny and Brothers, Denny's company, the club may have been in origin a works side for the Albion company. Given the strength of the three main Dumbartonshire sides (Renton F.C., Renton, Vale of Leven F.C., Vale of Leven, and Dumbarton F.C., Dumbarton), as well as other well-established clubs in the area such as Jamestown F.C., Jamestown and the Vale of Leven Wanderers F.C., Vale of Leven Wanderers, it was difficult for Albion to establish itself. It spent four years playing minor football before joining the Scottish Football Association in August 1884 and entered the Scottish Cup in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
