The following are events in 1870 which are relevant to the development of
association football
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. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the
Sheffield Rules
The Sheffield Rules was a code of football devised and played in the English city of Sheffield between 1858 and 1877. The rules were initially created and revised by Sheffield Football Club, with responsibility for the laws passing to the Sh ...
.
Events
* 5 March – a
representative match between teams called
England and Scotland is played at
Kennington Oval
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and results in a 1–1 draw.
* 19 November – a second representative match between the two teams results in a 2–1 victory to England.
* Various dates – match reports from London and Sheffield mention
goalkeeper
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s and, in tactical terms, the passage from a "dribbling game" to a "
passing game".
Royal Engineers are noted as early practitioners of the passing game.
Clubs founded
England
*
Abingdon Town
*
Rotherham County
Rotherham County F.C. was an English football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They spent a number of years in the English Football League before merging with rivals Rotherham Town in 1925 to form Rotherham United.
History
The club ...
Scotland
*
Stranraer – the third-oldest football club in Scotland behind
Queen's Park and
Kilmarnock and one of the 20 oldest in the world.
Births
* 25 January –
Fred Spiksley
Fred Spiksley (25 January 1870 – 28 July 1948) was an English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford. After retiri ...
(d. 1948),
England
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international forward in seven matches, scoring seven goals (1893–1898).
* 13 April –
Jock Drummond (d. 1935), Scotland international defender in 14 matches (1892–1903) and captain in four; won five
Scottish Cup
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Sportspeople
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*Jack Robinson (footballer, born 1870) (1870–1931), England, Derby County and Southampton football goalkeeper
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(d. 1931), England international goalkeeper in eleven matches (1897–1901).
* 9 September –
Tom Waddell
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Early life
Waddell was b ...
(d. unknown), Scotland international in six matches (1891–1895).
* 12 September –
Alf Milward (d. 1941), England international forward in four matches, scoring three goals (1891–1897).
* 16 October –
Sandy McMahon (d. 1916), Scotland international forward in six matches, scoring four goals (1892–1902); won four league titles with
Celtic from 1893 to 1898.
* unknown date –
James Gillespie (d. unknown), Scotland international forward in one match (1898), scoring a
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
; won the English league title with Sunderland in 1893 and 1895.
Footnotes
References
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