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Erith F.C.
Erith Football Club was an association football club based in Erith, Kent, active in the 19th century. History The first records for the club are from the 1886–87 season; indeed the club was the first opponent for Arsenal F.C., the Royal Arsenal club (after its renaming from Dial Square), at Plumstead Common in January 1887, which the home side won 6–1. In early 1892, a number of clubs in the south of England discussed the formation of a new league competition. Erith was one of the unsuccessful applicants, but one of the proposals was that the clubs with the fewest votes would take part in a subordinate competition. The main competition did not in fact take place, but seven of the "subordinate" clubs, including Erith, set up the Southern Alliance. Erith had a significant boost before the 1892–93 season started, by taking over the Maxim-Nordenfelt club, and it joined the Football Association. Its league season was promising; although not every club played all 12 fixt ... [...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] |
