What team did the oldest club play? Their reserves? It's a bit like the first telephone.
Each other. Married men v single men etc etc.
Football existed long before the FA was created 1863.
What the FA did was bring all the various (public school and upper class) versions together under one set of rules so they could play each other.
Then Blackheath and Rugby school walked out and started some stupid minority support.
But Association Football thrived as forms of football already existed in places like Sheffield and with workers in Cray. The FA tapped into a large pre-existing market for the game.
What team did the oldest club play? Their reserves? It's a bit like the first telephone.
At the time there would have been plenty of other teams to play - there was a wave of enthusiasm to play the game and clubs were being formed all around the country, but matches were very localised.
These are just the oldest clubs still existing. Most of their contempories have been long gone of course, absorbed into others or closed completely, just like local leagues today.
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First was a pen by Morgan
2nd was Sarpong
The oldest club in london and the 2nd oldest in the world! Cray Wanderers Fc was formed in 1860.
Folkstone, Bromley and either Maidstone/Gillingham in the semi.
Who needs Spurs at Wembley?
Football existed long before the FA was created 1863.
What the FA did was bring all the various (public school and upper class) versions together under one set of rules so they could play each other.
Then Blackheath and Rugby school walked out and started some stupid minority support.
But Association Football thrived as forms of football already existed in places like Sheffield and with workers in Cray. The FA tapped into a large pre-existing market for the game.
These are just the oldest clubs still existing. Most of their contempories have been long gone of course, absorbed into others or closed completely, just like local leagues today.
We'll be playing Maidstone in the Final (Should we win) who beat Bromley 4-2 last night