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Stonelaw F.C.
Stonelaw Football Club was a Scottish association football, football team located in the town of Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. History The club was founded in 1875 and may have taken its name from Stonelaw Tower in Rutherglen, or from one of the coal mining pits of that name in the local area (one located below the tower). Stonelaw's first known matches come from the 1875–76 season and it entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1876–77 Scottish Cup, 1876–77. The club easily beat Shotts F.C., Shotts at home in the first round, but lost 4–0 at home to Arthurlie F.C., Arthurlie in the second; the club being so little-known that the Glasgow Herald referred to the team as "Stonehouse". Stonelaw's best Scottish Cup run came in 1878–79 Scottish Cup, 1878–79, being one of the final ten clubs left in the competition. The club beat East Kilbride F.C. (1877), the original East Kilbride club 4–0 at home in the first round, the Stonelaw goalkeeper not having a sa ... [...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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. 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 and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
