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Ashburnham Rovers F.C.
Old Westminsters F.C. is an association football club composed of former pupils of Westminster School, London, England. They play in the Arthurian League. History Westminster has an historic joint claim to a major role in the development of Football (soccer), Association Football, which remains the school's largest sport. During the 1840s at both Westminster and Charterhouse School, Charterhouse, pupils' surroundings meant they were confined to playing their football in the cloisters, making the rough and tumble of the handling game that was developing at other schools such as Rugby School, Rugby impossible, and necessitating a new code of rules. During the formulation of the rules of association football in the 1860s representatives of Westminster School and Charterhouse also pushed for a passing game, in particular rules that allowed forward passing ("passing on"). Other schools (in particular Eton College and Harrow School, Harrow) favoured a dribbling game with a tight off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthurian League
The Arthurian League is an English association football Sports league, league for clubs comprising old boys of Public school (United Kingdom), public schools founded in 1961. It is affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance and is not part of the English football league system. It takes its name – via the Arthur Dunn Cup in which all founder members competed – from Old Etonian and England international Arthur Dunn. League competition The Premier and First Divisions are restricted to first teams, while the remaining divisions are open to all teams. Cup competitions Most first teams contest the Arthur Dunn Cup. Some enter cups run by – or affiliated to – the Amateur Football Alliance or other Greater London associations. In addition, the League runs two open aged knock-out cups and two veterans cups as follows: * The Junior League Cup (for teams in Divisions 2, 3, 4 and 5) * The David Woolcott Trophy (for teams in Divisions 4 and 5) * The Derrick Moore Veterans Cup (for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |