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Bristol Derby
The Bristol derby is the name given to football matches played between Bristol City and Bristol Rovers (a "local derby"). The fans of each club both consider the other to be their main rivals, leading to a heated atmosphere at these matches. The majority of the meetings between the teams have been in the Football League, and they used to meet annually in the Gloucestershire Cup. The Bristol derby was deemed 8th fiercest rivalry in English football in an in-depth report by the Football Pools in 2008. History The first meeting of what would become a fierce rivalry took place on 22 September 1894, when newly formed Bristol South End (later to be renamed Bristol City) hosted a friendly match with Eastville Rovers (later Bristol Rovers) at their ground at St John's Lane in Bedminster. The ''Southerners'', perhaps surprisingly, defeated their more established opponents 2–1. After a further number of friendly matches, the teams had their first competitive meeting when they were draw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Gate Vs Gas
Ashton may refer to: Names *Ashton (given name) *Ashton (surname) Places Australia * Ashton, Elizabeth Bay, a heritage-listed house in Sydney, New South Wales *Ashton, South Australia Canada *Ashton, Ontario New Zealand *Ashton, New Zealand South Africa *Ashton, Western Cape United Kingdom England *Ashton, Cambridgeshire *Ashton, Cornwall *Ashton, Devon *Ashton, Hampshire *Ashton, Herefordshire *Ashton, North Northamptonshire, near Oundle *Ashton, West Northamptonshire, near Northampton *Ashton, Somerset, a hamlet in the parish of Chapel Allerton, Sedgemoor district *Long Ashton or Ashton, North Somerset **Ashton Court **Ashton Gate, Bristol **Ashton Vale, now in Bristol **Bower Ashton, now in Bristol *Ashton Common, Wiltshire *Ashton Green, East Sussex *Ashton Hayes, Cheshire *Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire *Ashton under Hill, Worcestershire *Ashton upon Mersey, Greater Manchester *Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan *Ashton (ward), an el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedminster, Bristol
Bedminster is a district of Bristol, England, on the south side of the city. It is also the name of a Wards of the United Kingdom, council ward which includes the central part of the district. The eastern part of Bedminster is known as Windmill Hill, Bristol, Windmill Hill. To the south is Bedminster Down. Southville, Bristol, Southville ward is also part of Bedminster. History Bedminster was once a small town in Somerset. The town's origins seem to be Roman Britain, Roman, centred on the present East Street and West Street. Finds here have been interpreted as an enclosed rural farmstead, dating between the 2nd and 4th centuries, but with possible Iron Age origins. The river Malago, which runs through Bedminster to join the River Avon (Bristol), Avon, was an early Christian place for baptisms — the old word for which, ''beydd'' may be the origin of Bedminster's name. Substantial Roman remains have also been found at Bedminster Down, including plaster, tesserae (hence mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In England
Association football is the most popular sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game. With over 40,000 association football clubs, England has more clubs involved in the code than any other country. England hosts the world's first club, Sheffield F.C.; the world's oldest professional association football club, Notts County F.C., Notts County; the oldest national governing body, the Football Association; the joint-oldest English national football team, national team; the oldest national knockout competition, the FA Cup; and the oldest national league, the English Football League. Today England's top domestic league, the Premier League, is one of the most popular and richest sports leagues in the world, with five of the ten Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs, richest football clubs in the world as of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in England from its foundation until 1992, when the top 22 clubs split from it to form the Premier League. The EFL is divided into the Championship, League One and League Two, with 24 clubs in each division, 72 in total, with promotion and relegation between them; the top Championship clubs change places with the lowest-placed clubs in the Premier League, and the bottom clubs of League Two with the top clubs of the National League. Although primarily an English competition, several clubs from Wales – currently Cardiff City, Swansea City and Newport County – also take part. The Football League had a sponsor from the 1983–84 season, and thus was known by various names. For the 2016–17 season, the league rebranded itself as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire Echo
The ''Gloucestershire Echo'' is a local weekly newspaper based in Gloucester, England. Published every Thursday, it covers the areas of Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach, Stow-on-the-Wold and Tewkesbury. The newspaper is headquartered at Gloucester Quays. History The ''Gloucestershire Echo'' was founded in 1873. In 2012, Local World acquired owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. The newspaper is now owned by Reach plc, publisher of the ''Daily Express'' and ''Daily Mirror'' national newspapers. Until it went weekly with its October 12, 2017 issue, the ''Gloucestershire Echo'' was a six-day-a-week daily newspaper produced by Gloucestershire Media, part of Reach plc. Editor Rachael Sugden was appointed in October 2017 as the paper went weekly. She supplanted Matt Holmes, who had been in position since January 2015. See also *'' The Citizen'', a sister paper for the Gloucester area. References and sources ;References ;Sources *Ian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedminster F , Dorset, England
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Bedminster may refer to: Places * Bedminster, Bristol, England ** Bedminster railway station, Bristol * Bedminster, New Jersey, United States ** Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, located in the town * Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States ** Bedminster, Pennsylvania, United States ** Bedminster Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States See also * Bedminster Down, an area in Bishopsworth, Bristol * Beaminster Beaminster ( ) is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in a bowl-shaped valley near the source of the small River Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898–99 In English Football
The 1898–99 season was the 28th season of competitive football in England. Overview Events This was the first season in which automatic promotion/relegation was introduced between the First and Second divisions. Both Divisions were expanded to 18 teams. The new teams to join the Second Division were: Barnsley, Glossop North End and New Brighton Tower. Burslem Port Vale also returned to the Football League. On 26 November 1898, the First Division match between The Wednesday and Aston Villa was abandoned after 79 minutes due to bad light. Rather than let the score stand or replay the whole match, The Football Association ordered that the remaining 11 minutes should be played at Hillsborough on 13 March 1899. The Wednesday, who were leading 3–1 when the game was abandoned, scored one more goal to win 4–1. Honours Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition League table First Division Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Midlands (Regional) League
The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has two divisions, the highest of which is Division One, a regional feeder for the National League System (NLS) at the eleventh level of the overall English football league system. The league was formed in 1889 as the Birmingham & District League to cater for teams in Birmingham and the surrounding area, but soon became established as one of the strongest leagues outside the Football League itself, with teams from as far afield as Bristol and Wales taking part. After the Second World War it absorbed the rival Birmingham Combination to become firmly established as the leading league in the area, but a gradual decline in its status began in the late 1950s and it now operates at a much lower level than in its heyday. The league acts as a feeder t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system. The structure of the Southern League has changed several times since its formation in 1894, and currently there are 84 clubs which are divided into four divisions. The Central and South Divisions are at step 3 of the National League System (NLS), and are feeder divisions, mainly to the National League South but also to the National League North. Feeding the Premier Divisions are two regional divisions, Division One Central and Division One South, which are at step 4 of the NLS. These divisions are in turn fed by various regional leagues. The league has its administrative head office at Eastgate House in the City of Gloucester. History Football in the south of England Professional football (and, indeed, profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Toolstation, so it is also known as the Toolstation League. Recent restructuring of the English football league system has placed the two divisions, known as the Premier Division and Division One (each a maximum of twenty-two clubs) at the ninth and tenth tiers overall, known as Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League System. The champion club may apply for promotion to a Step 4 league, which in practice will almost certainly be the Southern League Division One South and West. Below the Western League are four local leagues covering smaller areas, the Gloucestershire County League, the Somerset County League, the Dorset Premier League and the Wiltshire League. The South West Peninsula League Premier Divisions East and West are also feeders to the Western League but due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive web site provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers. It was launched in November 2011. History The British Library Newspapers section was based in Colindale in north London, until 2013, and is now divided between the St Pancras and Boston Spa sites. The library has an almost complete collection of British and Irish newspapers since 1840. This is partly because of the legal deposit legislation of 1869, which required newspapers to supply a copy of each edition of a newspaper to the library. London editions of national daily and Sunday newspapers are complete back to 1801. In total, the collection consists of 660,000 bound volumes and 370,000 reels of microfilm containing tens of millions of newspapers with 52,000 titles on 45 km of shelves. After the closure of Colindale in November 2013, access to the 750 million original printed pages was maintained via an automated and climate-controlled storage facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol Mercury (newspaper)
The ''Bristol Mercury'' was a newspaper published in the English city of Bristol between 1716 and 1909. The first edition in 1716 was published by Henry Greep. It was relaunched in 1747 as the ''Weekly Intelligencer'', and again in 1790 with William Bulgin and Robert Rosser as proprietors with a liberal outlook. In the first half of the 19th century, William Henry Somerton was writing for the ''Mercury'', including reporting the Bristol Riots of 1831, which took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The reporting and coverage of other issues of the day, in which the ''Mercury'' was seen as 'reformist', along with other regional papers, was influential in the reform of parliament in 1832. His sons followed him in working for the paper. In 1836, the ''Mercury'' started using a Napier printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
