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Bell's Temperance F.C.
Bell's Temperance F.C. was an association football club from Accrington, Lancashire, active in the 1880s and 1890s. History The club was founded in 1884, from a working men's club in Nuttall Street named in honour of William Bell, a promoter of the Temperance Movement, and which did not serve alcohol. Its earliest recorded match was a 4–3 win over West End of Burnley in September. Bell's entered the Lancashire Senior Cup in 1884–85, losing 4–3 at Darcy Lever. The club was ambitious enough to attend the early meetings of the proposed British Football Association. Bell's the first Lancashire Junior Cup in 1885–86, beating Darwen Rovers 6–2 in front of 4,000 spectators at the Fleetwood Rangers F.C., Fleetwood Rangers ground, with goals from Holgate (2), Henry Parkinson (footballer, born 1864), Parkinson, Heaton, Sprone, and Entwistle - the score was 1–1 at half-time but Bell's had played into the wind in the first half. It retained the trophy in 1886–87, having or ... [...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] |
