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Kilbirnie F.C.
Kilbirnie Football Club was a football club from the village of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1874, although it claimed a foundation date of 1865, probably referring to the foundation date a cricket club which may have been the genesis of the football club. The earliest reported match for the club is from March 1875. The club entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1875–76, withdrawing rather than playing a second round replay at Mauchline. The club's best run came in its first incarnation came in 1879–80, reaching the fifth round (last 13), having twice taken advantage of the rule permitting both teams to proceed if the original tie and replay both ended in draws; at the fifth round stage, the club lost to the quasi-professional Dumbarton F.C. side. The same season, the club reached the final of the Ayrshire Cup, but lost 1–0 to Beith after the "roughest game ever played". Kilbirnie seems to have gone into abeyance after the ... [...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] |
