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Padiham F.C. (1878)
Padiham Footall Club was an association football club from Padiham, Lancashire, active in the 19th century. History The club was founded in 1878. It was an entrant in the 1879–80 Lancashire Senior Cup, the first instalment of the Lancashire Senior Cup, county tournament, and indeed hosted the first game of the competition's history; a crowd of around 1,400 saw it lose to Haslingden Association F.C., Haslingden Association. As the 1880s progressed, Padiham proved to be an ambitious club. In 1883 it was one of the Lancashire clubs accused of illegally "importing" professional players, and the following year it was one of those which attended the initial meeting of the British Football Association, with a view to legalizing professionalism within competitive football. However, the rise of the league competition made such ambitions untenable, and by the 1890s the club was having to operate on a much smaller scale. Cup competitions Padiham's first FA Cup entry came in 1883� ... [...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] |
