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West Ham Garfield F.C.
West Ham Garfield Football Club was a association football, football club based in West Ham, England. History West Ham Garfield was formed in 1894. After their formation, the club joined the South Essex League. In 1897, West Ham Garfield won the West Ham Charity Cup, beating West Ham United F.C., Thames Ironworks 1–0 in the final. The following year, the club won the competition for a second time, beating Ilford F.C., Ilford 1–0. In 1900, West Ham Garfield entered the FA Cup for the first time, beating Leyton F.C., Leyton in the preliminary round after a replay. Following the 1907–08 in English football, 1907–08 season, West Ham Garfield dissolved. Ground Despite being from West Ham, on 6 October 1900, playing in the FA Cup first qualifying round against Olympic F.C. (London), Olympic, West Ham Garfield used Ilford Sports Ground as their home venue."English Cup", ''West Ham and South Essex Mail'', 13 October 1900. p. 7 Records *Best FA Cup performance: First qualifying ro ... [...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] |
