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Newtown White Star F.C.
White Stars F.C., also known as White Star or Newtown White Stars, was an association football club from Newtown, Powys, active in the 1870s, and (indirectly) a progenitor club of Newtown A.F.C., the current Newtown club. History Foundation The club was formed at a meeting at the Greyhound Inn at a date variously given as 1873 1874, or 1875; the club was certainly playing by 1876 as there was confusion between the White Stars and the Newtown F.C. (1875–79), Newtown club. 1877–78 season The White Stars entered the first Welsh Cup in 1877–78 Welsh Cup, 1877–78. The club won 1–0 at Ruabon F.C., Ruabon in the first round and drew at Aberystwyth F.C., Aberystwyth in the second, but Aberystwyth scratched from the replay and the Stars were drawn to play Druids F.C., Druids at Plasmadoc in the "final five" stage. The White Stars played a defensive game in the tie to earn a home replay, which the White Stars won thanks to scrimmaging the only goal in the first half, but t ... [...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] |
