Chronography of Football
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27 August 2019, Bury
Football Club, facing severe financial difficulties, was ejected from the
English football league. Its problems, akin to those of nearby Bolton Wanderers
(which was rescued at the last minute) were typical of smaller lower league
clubs, in a sport where the vast majority of TV broadcasting, sponsorship and
advertising revenues were hoovered up by the top league clubs.
2 July 2003. Russian oil
tycoon Roman Abramovitch bought Chelsea Football Club.
2002,
Airdrie
United football club was formed, after Airdrieonians FC went
bankrupt and Clydebank FC relocated to Airdrie.
2001,
Southampton football club moved to their new St
Marys Stadium.
22 August 1998, Madjeski Stadium, home of Reading Football Club, opened. It was
named after the Club�s Chairman, John Madjeski.
6 June 1996, British Premier League Clubs and BskyB and the BBC signed a �743
million deal for four years� coverage of League matches.
1995,
Middlesborough FC moved to a new ground on the edge of town. Many football
clubs were doing the same, capitalising on the sale of former inner city
grounds as the UK property market boomed, and getting new state of the art
racilities at the same time. Sometimes the club could obtain a sponsorship deal
at the same time.
1994,
Inverness
Caldeonian Thistle football club was formed, from a merger of
Caledonian FC and Inverness Thistle FC.
1992,
Chester City FC moved to a new ground,
known as the Deva Stadium until 2004 when it was renamed the Saunders Honda
Stadium.
1998,
Havant and
Waterlooville football team (Hampshire) was formed.
1995,
Livingston
football club was formed when Meadowbank Thistle FC moved from Edinburgh to
Livingston.
2 July 1994, Andres
Escobar, Colombian footballer, whose own-goal in the USA eliminated
his country form the World Cup, was shot on his return to Medellin.
13 February 1994. Liverpool FC signed a record �4m shirt
sponsorship deal with Danish brewers Carlsberg.
1992, The League of Wales
was formed.
1992, Rushden and Diamonds football club was formed,
from the merger of Rushden FC (formed 1889) and Irtthlingborough Diamonds FC
(formed 1946).
1992, New Cefn Druids football club was formed, from
a merger of Celtic Albion FC and Druids United FC.
15 August 1992, The new Premier League, of elite English
football clubs, was launched.
8 July 1990, One billion people watched Germany defeat Argentina
to win the World Cup.
1988, Scunthorpe United moved from the Old Show ground to a new premises
at Glanford Park.
15 February 1981, British
Football league matches were played on a Sunday for the first time.
1980, Eastliegh football team (Hampshire) was
formed.
1976, Stevenage Borough football club was formed.
14 January 1969, Matt Busby
resigned as head of the very successful football club Manchester United.
30 July 1966. England beat West
Germany 4 � 2 in extra time (towards the end of normal time England were 2-1
ahead, but Germany secured a last-minute equaliser) to win the World Cup at
Wembley Stadium, London.
27 March 1966, The football World Cup, which had been stolen a few days
earlier, was discovered in a south London garden by a sniffer dog.
22 August 1964, BBC2 first broadcast Match of the Day, presented by Kenneth Wolstenholme; Arsenal played
Liverpool at their Anfield ground, watched by a TV audience of 20,000 in black
and white. Football clubs initially worried that the TV show would discourage
fans from actually attending games, Over 40,000 actually attended the ground.
TV audience numbers rose sharply after England won the 1966 World Cup and the
show moved to BBC1. In 2014 BBC1�s Match of the Day has a TV audience of 3.6
million. In 1964 each of the Football League Clubs made �136 from the TV
programme; in 2014 each Club made �3 million from the show. The famous theme
tune, by Barry Stoller, was first
broadcast in 1970.
1963, Welling United football club, Kent, was formed.
1960, The FA now recognised Sunday football.
1959, New Saints football club was founded, as
Llantsaintffraid FC. In 1996 they change dtheir name tomTotal Network Solutions
FC, under a sponsorship agreement. Under this name, they merged with Oswestry Town FC (formed 1860). In 2006
Total Network Solutions was taken over by BT and the club took its present
name.
1958, Everton used electric
under-pitch heating for the first time, to combat frost.
30 November 1955, Floodlights were used for the first time at
Wembley Stadium, London, towards the end of an
international match against Spain.
1955, The European Cup began.
4 August 1955, The 1955
Mitropa Cup football competition was won by V�r�s Lobogo.
1954, Finn Harps football club, Ireland, was formed.
1951, Cwmbran Town football club was formed.
30 June 1951, England beat
Australia 17 � 0 at Sydney, attaining the highest
score ever in a football international.
16 July 1950, 199,850 people watched the Brazil vs.
Uruguay World Cup Final in Rio; a world record for a football match.
1948, Carmarthen Town football club was formed.
1947, Connahs Quay Nomads football club was formed;
originally known as Connahs Quay Juniors until 1951.
1946, Gretna football club was formed.
1946, Airbus Vickers football club was formed. They
were promoted to the League of Wales in 2004.
1946, Ebbsfleet football club was formed; known as
Gravesend and Northfleet FC until 2007.
1945, Stirling Albion football club was formed,
replacing the earlier team Kings Park FC.
1945, Merthyr Tydfil football club was formed.
1942, Bray Wanderers football club, Ireland, was
formed.
1937, Galway United football club, Ireland, was
formed; known as Galway Rovers FC until 1981.
1937, Colchester United football club was formed.
16 September 1937, The first TV broadcast in the world of a
football match. The match itself was minor; Arsenal first team were playing
Arsenal reserves � but it was a harbinger of things to come.
17 April 1937, A record attendance at a UK football match
was set when England played Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow; 149,547 were
present.
1934,
Peterborough
United football club was founded after a predecessor club,
Peterborough and Fletton, was disbanded.
1933,
Boston
United football club was formed.
1932,
Wigan
Athletic football club was formed.
1930,
Waterford
United football club, Ireland, was formed; known as Waterford FC
until 1982.
13 July 1930. The first World Cup football tournament
kicked off in Uruguay.
1929, Balkans Cup began.
1929, St Patricks Athletic football club, Ireland,
was formed.
1928, Sligo Rovers football club, Ireland, was
formed.
1928, Ballymena United football club was formed.
1928, Derry City football club, Northern Ireland,
was formed.
25 August 1928, Anfield�s famous Kop terrace at Liverpool
football ground opened.� Originally
standing on a mound of ash and cinders, it was probably named after the Battle
of Spion Kop in the Boer War (1899-1902); �kopje� means
�small hill�.
1924, Hereford United football club was formed.
1923, Newry City football club, Northern Ireland,
was formed, as Newry Town. They changed their name in 2002 when Newry gained
city status.
28 April 1923. The first major sporting event was held at Wembley Stadium; the FA Cup Final. Bolton defeated West Ham 2-0. The first Wembley
International match was played at Wembley in 1924, when England and Scotland
drew 1-1.
1922, York City football club was formed.
1920, Morecambe football club was formed.
1919, As English football resumed after World War One, the
Football League was increased to 44 clubs.
1919, Queen of the South football club, Dumfries,
Scotland, were formed.
1919, Leeds United football club was formed, from
the former Leeds City FC.
1913, Arsenal football club moved from Woolwich to Highbury,
north London.
1912, Newport County football cliub, Wales, was
formed.
1912,
Swansea City football club was
formed. Originally Swansea Town FC, they changed their name in 1971 when
Swansea gained city status.
1912, Cambridge United football club was founded, as
Abbey United; changed name in 1951.
1912, Barry Town football club was formed as Barry
AFC. It took its current name in 1923.
1910, Ayr United football club was formed.
19 February 1910. Manchester United played their first
Football League match at their new stadium, Old Trafford.
11/1909, Football players became legally entitled to compensation
for injuries.
1909, Dundee United football club was formed,as Dundee Hibernian; name changed in 1923.
1908, St Albans City football club was formed.
1908, Hudddersfield Town football club was formed.
1908, Britain beat Denmark at Shepherd�s Bush, London, in the
first Olympic football match.
1907, Rochdale football club was formed.
1906, Brechin City football club was formed.
1906, Southend United football club was formed.
1905, Charlton Athletic football club, London, was
founded.
1905, Crystal Palace football club, London, was
founded.
1905, East Fife football club was formed.
14 March 1905, Chelsea
football club, London, was founded.
1904, Exeter football club was formed from the
merger of two local clubs, Exeter United FC and St Sidwells FC.
1904, Hull football club was formed.
1903, Bradford City football club was formed.
1903, Aberdeen football club was formed.
1903, Dundalk football club, Ireland, was formed.
1903, Carlisle football club was formed by the
merger of two local teams.
31 October 1903, Hampden Park, home
of Glasgow�s Queen�s Park football ground, was opened.
1902, Norwich City football club was formed.
1901, Barrow football club, Cumbria, was founded.
1901, Brighton and Hove Albion football club was founded.
1901, Port Talbot Town football club was formed as Port Talbot Athletic FC, changing their
name in 2001 to mark the club;s centenary.
1901, The first 100,000+ match attendance was achieved, when 110,802 watched
the FA Cup Final at Crstal palace, London.
1899, Torquay United football club was formed from a� merger of two clubs, Torquay and Babbacombe.
1899, Bournemouth football club was formed.
1899, Cardiff City football club was formed as
Riverside FC, taking its present name in 1908.
1899, Haverdfordwest County football cliub was
formed, originally known as Haverfordwest FC
1899, Scunthorpe United football club was formed.
16 October 1899, Milwall
beat Tottenham 2 to 1 at the Tottenham ground.
1898, Promotion and relegation were introduced.
1898, Portsmouth football club was founded.
1897, Northampton Town football club was formed.
1897, Mansfield Town football club was formed.
1896, Crawley Town football club was formed.
1896, Llanelli football club was formed.
1895, Shelbourne football club, Ireland, was formed.
1895, Oldham Athletic football club was formed.
1895, West Ham United football club, London, was
founded.
1894, Bristol City football club was formed.
1893, Dundee football club was formed.
1893, Oxford United football club was formed, then
known as Headington FC.
5/1893, Gillingham football club, Kent, was formed.
They were known as New Brompton FC until 1913.
1892, Liverpool football club was founded.
1892, The Football League second division was formed,
24 August 1892, Goodison Park, the home of Everton Football Club, Liverpool, opened.
1891, Goal nets were
first used. Linesmen (now �assistant
referees�) replaced umpires. The FA adopted the �penalty kick�.
26 August 1890, Weymouth
football club, Dorset, was founded.
1889, Woking football club was formed.
1889, Sheffield United football club was formed.
1889, Brentford football club, London, was formed.
1888, Barnet football club was formed..
1888, Walsall football club was formed.
1888, Celtic football club was formed by the Irish
community in Glasgow.
1888, Arsenal football club was founded, by workers
at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich.
17 April 1888, The first formal meeting of the UK Football
league took place in the Royal Hotel, Manchester.
22 March 1888. The English Football League was founded by
12 clubs meeting in Anderton�s Hotel, Fleet Street, London.
The football industry was greatly helped by the spread of the railways as this
enabled many more fands to access the ground.
1887, Wycombe Wanderers football team was founded,
in High Wycombe.
1887, Athlone Town football club, Ireland, was
formed.
1887, Caersws football club was founded, as Caersws
Amateurs.
1887, Cheltenham Town football club was formed.
6 November 1887, Celtic Football
Club, Glasgow, was founded by Catholic Irish immigrants, to help the poor of
Glasgow�s East End.
1886, Shrewsbury Town football club was formed.
1886, Motherwell football club was formed.
1886, Linfield football club, Northern Ireland, was
formed.
1886, Kidderminster Harriers football club was
formed.
1886, Plymouth Argyle football club was founded.
1885, Luton Town Football Club was formed.
1885, Southampton football club was formed.
1885, St Johnstone football club, Perth, Scotland,
was formed.
1885, Millwall football cliub, London, was founded.
1885, Forfar Athletic football club was formed.
1885, Dumfermline Athletic football club was formed.
1885, Tranmere Rovers football club was founded as
Belmont FC
1885, Bury football club was formed.
20 July 1885, Professional football was legalised in England.
1884, Derby County football club was formed by
members of the Derbyshore County Cricket Club, partly to raise funds to keep
the cricket club going over the winter.
1884, Leicester City football club was founded,as
Leicester Fosse FC.
1884, Stenhousemuir football club was formed.
1884, Limavady football club, Northern Ireland, was
formed.
1884, Porthmadog football club was formed.
1884, Lincoln City football club was formed.
1884, Aberystwyth Town football club was formed.
1884, Chester City football club was founded
(formerly Kings School Old Boys). See 1992.
28 January 1884, The first Ireland
versus Scotland football international took place at Belfast; Scotland won
5 � 0.
1883, Darlington football club was founded.
1883, Bristol Rovers football club was formed.
1883, Stockport County football club was formed.
1883, Rhyl football club was formed.
1883, Raith Rovers football club was formed.
1882, Cowdenbeath football clib, Scotland, was
formed from the merger of Cowdenbeath Rangers FC and Cowdenbeath Thistke FC.
1882, Queens Park Rangers football club, London, was
founded; initially known as St Judes.
1882, Albion Rovers football club, Scotland, was
formed.
1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was founded.
1882, Burnley football club was formed.
1882, Tottenham Hotspur football club, London, was
founded.
25 February 1882, The first Wales-Ireland international
football match took place at Wrexham. Wales won 7 to 1.
1881, Hartlepool football club was founded.
1881, Swindon Town football club was formed.
1881, East Stirlingshire football club was formed,
as Bainsford Britannia.
1881, Berwick Rangers football club, Northumberland,
was formed.
1881, Newcastle United football club was formed.
1881, Leyton Orient football club, London, was
founded.
1881, Watford football club was founded, as West
Hertfordshire FC.
1880, Manchester City football club was formed, as
Gorton St Marks FC. They became Manchester City in 1894.
1880, Lisburn Distillery football club was formed.
1880, The
regional balance of British football was changing. Before this year the
Southern teams were strongest, but from 1880 on the Northern clubs, financed by gate money from a growing industrial
working class, became pre-eminent
1879, Fulham football club, London, was formed.
1879, Montrose football club was formed.
1879, Doncaster Rovers football club was formed.
1879, Sunderland football club was formed.
1879, The sports club KB Copenhagen (Kobenhavn
Boldclub or Copenhagen Ball Club) adopted football.
18 January 1879. The first England v Wales football international was played
at The Oval, Kennington, London.� England
won 2 � 1.
1878, Welshpool Town football club, Powys, Wales,
was formed.
1878, Alloa Athletic football club was formed, then
known as Clackmannan County FC.
1878, Ipswich Town football club was formed.
1878, West Bromwich Albion football club was formed.
1878, Everton football club, Liverpool, was founded
as St Domingo FC.
1878, Arbroath football club was formed.
1878, Manchester United football club was formed, as
Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorhire Railway FC. In 1890 they became Newton
Heath FC, distancing themselves from the railway company. Newton Heath went bankrupt
in 1902 and Manchester United was founded from this former enterprise.
1878, Grimsby Town football club was formed.
14 October 1878, The
first football match played under
floodlights took place at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
1877,
Blackpool
football club was founded. They were known as Blackpool St Johns FC until 1887.
1877,
Wolverhampton
Wanderers football club was formed; originally known as St Lukes; it
merged with another Club to form Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1879.
1877,
Crewe
Alexandra football club was founded.
1877,
St Mirren
football club, Scotland, weas formed.
1877,
Clyde
football club, Glasgow, were formed.
1876,
Accrington
football club was formed.
1876,
Middlesbrough
United football club was formed.
1876,
Falkirk
football club was formed.
1876,
Caernarfon
Town football club wasd formed. Originally known as Caernarvon
Athletic, then Caernarvon ironopolis and Caernarvon United, they acquired the
current name in 1937.
1876,
Bangor City
football club was formed.
1876,
Partick
Thistle football club was formed.
1876,
Port Vale
football club, Burslem, was formed.
25 March 1876, The first international football match between
Scotland and Wales at Glasgow, was won by Scotland, four-nil.
1875, Birmingham City football club was formed (originally Small Heath).
1875, Newtown football club, Powys, Wales, was formed as Newtown White Stars.
1875, Hibernian football club was formed.
5 November 1875, Blackburn Rovers football club was formed.
11 September 1875, Bournemouth Rovers football club was formed.
1874, Macclesfield Town football club was formed.
1874, Hamilton Academical football club was formed.
1874, Greenock Morton football club were formed.
1874, Hearts of Midlothian football club was formed.
1874, Bishops Stortford football club was formed.
7/1874, Bolton Wanderers
football club was formed. They were originally called Christ Church FC.
3/1874, Aston Villa
football club was formed.
1873, the Scottish
Football Association, and the Scottish
FA Cup, were launched at a meeting in Glasgow
1873, Rangers football club, Scotland, was formed.
1873, Wrexham football club was formed.
1872, Dumbarton football club were formed.
1872, Wrexham football club was formed.
1872, Kettering Town football club was formed.
30 November 1872, The first football international took place
at Partick, Glasgow; Scotland and England drew 0 � 0.
16 March 1872, The first English FA Cup Final took place
at the Oval. 15 teams competed in all. Wanderers, made up of ex public school
and university men, beat the Royal Engineers 1-0. The audience numbered just
2,000. Since 1923 the FA Cup Final has been held at Wembley.
1871, Reading football club was formed.
1870, Stranraer football club, Dumfries, Scotland,
were formed.
1870, Rotherham United football club was formed.
1869, Kilmarnock football club was formed.
1868, Preston North End football club was formed,
originally as a criket club, switching to football in 1878.
1867, Sheffield Wednesday football club was formed.
It was an offshoot of a cricket club whose memers took Wednesday off to play
football.
1867, Queens Park football club, Scotland, was
formed.
1867, Barnsley football club was formed.
19 October 1866, Chesterfield
football club was formed.
22 March 1866, First
official match played by Nottingham Forest football club; the match was
against Nottingham
County FC.
1865, Nottingham Forest football club was formed.
1863,
Stoke City
football club was formed.
8 December 1863, The
newly-formed Football Association
issued an agreed code of 14 game rules. These included banning tripping,
shin-kicking and ball-hamdling.
1862, Notts County football club was formed,
originally known as Nottingham.
1860, Oswestry Town football club was formed. In
2003 they merged with Total Network Solutions football club (see New Saints football club, 1959).
24 October 1857, A group of Cambridge University Old Boys
formed the first Football Club, in Sheffield. This is the date its first
rulebook was published, although the Club probably existed as early as 1854.
Early anarchic football
1810, Each public school in Britain was developing a
different version of football, which made inter-school competitions impossible.
1800, In Britain,
football was in decline as the Industrial Revolution progressed. Formerly,
rural farm labourers had played the game during their leisure time; now,
urbanised industrial workers laboured for longer hours and were more tired
after work. They lacked the energy to play football. However the game was
revived by the upper educated classes.
1530, 26-a-side football was being played in Florence,
Italy. The rules for this game were codified in the Discorsa Calcio (calcio
was an early name for football) in 1580.
1526, King Henry VIII ordered the first known pair
of football boots.
1497, A football was boiught for King James IV of Scotland. It
cost 2 shillings (10p), or about �70 in 2020 prices.
Football as an illegal game
1457, The Parliament of Scotland banned football, and golf, because
they interfered with the sport of archery, which was important for national
defence. The ban was lifted in 1491.
1349, In England, King Edward III banned
�mob football� (the earliest mention of the word �football�) because it
was too rowdy and encouraged brawling. Not only did football take up time
that could have been spent practising militarily valuable skills such as
archery, but the unruly nature of football could cause injuries rendering the
player unfit for military service. Early �football� sides were unlimited in
number, and the distance between the goals could be from a few hundred yatrds
to a mile or more.
13 April 1314, The Lord Mayor of London
banned �hustling over large balls� within the
city because of the noise and riots it caused.
Original forms of football
1175, London schoolboys recorded as playing football.
100AD, Roman soldiers in London played a game called Harpastrum, where two teams tried to
force an inflated animal bladder over their opponent�s line.
200 BCE, A Chinese military manual described the game of Tsu Chu,
in which a leather ball filled with feathers had to be kicked into a net fixed
on bamboo canes. This sport may have been played in China as early as 500 BCE.
Rule changes
1951, The white ball came into use.
1932, FIFA
formally agreed the principle of substitutes.
1928, Player�s
numbers were introduced.
1921, Goalkeepers were ordered to wear yellow jerseys at
future Olympic football matches to distinguish them form the other players.
1912, Goalkeepers were now only allowed to handle the ball
in in the penalty area, rather then in theoir own half of the fiueld
1906, Major reform of football rules.
1905, Goal keepers to stay on the goal line at penalty
kicks.
1891, Goal nets and penalties introduced.
1878, The referee�s whistle was first used.
1875, The crossbar replaced a tape or string across the top of the goal.
1874, Umpires
were introduced.
1872, The corner
kick was introduced to football. The ball size was fixed.
1870, 11-a-side became the standard in football. Goal
keepers were introduced, playing under a different set of rules from the other
players. Only the goalkeeper could handle the ball.
1869, Goal kicks
were introduced.
1848, 14 Cambridge
University students began to draw up the first unified rules of football.
The goal was defined as two posts woith a string above joining them. Kicking or
grabbing an opponent was illegal. The ball coulkd be passed so long as the
recipient has 3 opponents between him and the goal.
Transfer fees and wages
8/2017, Brazilian footballer Neymar was transferred from
Barcelona to Paris St Germain for a record 222 million Euro (ca, �200
million) transfer fee.
The 222 million euro
transfer of Brazilian player Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain
(PSG) in August 2017 is the all-time highest fee for a soccer transfer.
2006, Chelsea paid a record British transfer fee of �31 million for Andriy Shevchenko from Milan.
29 July 1996, England
striker Alan
Shearer was transferred from Blackburn to Newcastle United for a
record �15 million transfer fee.
7/1992, AC Milan acquired Gianluigi
Lentini from Torini for a record �13 million transfer
fee.
1992, A record �3.6 million transfer fee
was paid to Southampton when Alan Shearer (born 1970) was transferered to
Blackburn Rovers.
7 July 1988, Tottenham
Hotspur Football Club paid a record �2 million transfer fee
to Newcastle United for Paul Gascoigne.
1 July 1984. Argentina�s football star, Diego Maradonna,
was signed by Naples for �1million.
14 February 1979, The first �1 million transfer deal in British football. Trevor Francis
moved from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. Later in 1979 this record was
broken when Steve
Dudley moved from Wolverhampton Wanderers to Manchester United for �1.45 million, and then Andy Gray moved from Aston Villa to
Wolverhampton for �1.47 million.
14 March 1974, Bobby Moore,
former England Football Captain, was transferred from West Ham United to Fulham
for �25,000.
1973, Barcelona paid a world record �922,000 transfer fee
for Johan
Cruyff from Ajax.
1971, A record British transfer fee was set when Arsenal
paid �220,000 for Alan Ball from Everton
1961, The first �100,000 transfer fee in English football. Denis Law moved from
Manchester City to Torino.
1961, The maximum �20 wage for
footballers in England was abolished. Johnny Haynes of Fulham became the first
player to earn �100 a week (approximately �4,400 a week in 2016 salaries).
1957, A record �70,000 transfer fee was
paid by Juventus of Italy for the transfer of John Charles of Leeds United.
1947, The first �20,000 transfer fee in
English football, Tommy Lawton moved from Chelsea to Notts
County.
4 August 1938, Arsenal paid
a record �14,000 transfer fee� for Wolverhampton�s Bryn Jones.
1928, The first �10,000 transfer fee in
English football. David Jack moved from Bolton Wanderers to
Arsenal.
1922, The first �5,000 transfer fee in
English football. Syd Puddefoot moved from West Ham United to
Falkirk.
1/1908, A transfer fee limit of �350 was
introduced; this limit was rescinded in 4/1908.
1905, The first �1,000 transfer fee in
English football. Alf Common moved from Sunderland to
Middlesborough.
1902, The first �500 transfer fee in UK
football. Alf Common moved from
Sheffield United to Sunderland.
7/1885, In the face of growing payments to players,
James Alcock, a progressive member of the FA, proposed that player salaries
were legalised. This was seconded by Dr Morley. There was considerable
resoistance to this move but in this month the
professional footballer wage was finally legalised.
1884, Upton Park Club complained that Preston North
End were paying their players. Preston�s manager admitted this but replied that
nearly every Club in the North and Miudlands did likewise. Preston were
disqualified from that season;s FA Cup, but see 7/1885.
1882, Amidst concern that many northern English
clubs were paying men to play for them, destroying the amateur nature of the
game in unsportsmanlike fashion, a rule was introduced debarring any
remuneration �apart from expenses and lost wages�. Some such compensation was essential, when a Lancashiure craftsman
earned just �2 for a full 6-day week, and a labourer was paid just 15 shillings
(75p), to enable working men to practise football and build their fitrness and
skills. However the �lost wages� provision was abused.
Non-GB-general (individual non GB nations listed alphabetically below)
13 July 2014, Germany
beat Argentina to win the World Cup
in Brazil. There had been unrest amongst
Brazil�s poor over the money spent on the Games.
1969, The Football War between El Salvador and Honduras.
1964, The first African Champions Club Cup. Oryx Doula of
Cameroon defeated Stade Malien of Mali 2-1.
1961, The European Cup Winner�s Cup
began.
1957, The first African Nations Cup Final. Egypt beat Ethiopia 4-1.
1956, The Asian Cup began.
1956, The European Cup began.
1953, The Mediterranean Cup began.
18 November 1927. The head of the International Football Association
announced the creation of a World Cup.
Non-GB-Albania
22 September 1993. The Albanian national football team were
banned from swapping shirts with their opponents, because the authorities
couldn�t afford replacements.
Non-GB-Argentina,
25 June 1978, Argentina
won the World Cup.
1914, First international match between Argentina and Brazil.
1910, Argentina won the first (unofficial) South American
Championship.
1905, Boca Juniors football club was founded in Buenos Aires, by
an Irishman, Patrick
MacCarthy.
1905, The first South American official international football
match, Argentina vs Uruguay, in Buenos Aires.
1901, First international match between South American nations.
Argentina beat Uruguay 3-2..
1901, River Plate football club, Buenos Aires, was founded.
Non-GB-Austria,
1911, FK Austria football club, Vienna, was founded.
1908, First Austria-Hungary international match.
1908, England defeated Austria 6-1 in England�s first international
match played outside the UK.
1899, Rapid football club, Vienna, was founded.
Non-GB-Belgium, Netherlands,
1913, PSV Eindhovem
football club, Netherlands, was founded.
1908, Anderlecht
football club, Belgium., was founded.
1908, Feyenoord
football club, Rotterdam, Netherlands, was founded.
1905, The first Belgian-Holland international match.
1 May 1904, France
and Belgium played their first international football match.
1900, Ajax football club,
Rotterdam, Netherlands, was founded.
1880, Antwerp football club was founded, with British backing.
Non-GB-Brazil,
1950, Maracana Stadium,
Rio de Janeiro, was opened for the World Cup. Its official capacity is 175,000
but when Brazil played Uruguay, 1950, it held 199,584.
1935, Sao Paulo football club was founded.
1914, First international match between Argentina and Brazil.
1912, Santos football club, Sao Paulo, was founded.
1902, Fluminense football cliub was founded, by Englishman Arthur
Cox.
1895, Flamengo football club, Rio de Janeiro, was founded as a
sailing club; became a football club in 1911.
Non-GB � Canada,
1886, The first international football match between Canada and
the USA was played, in New York.
Non GB-Bulgaria
17 March 1915, Yambol
association football club was formed in Yambol, Bulgaria.
Non-GB-Chile,
1925, Colo Colo football cliub, Santiago, was founded.
Non-GB-China
1913, China played The Philippines in the first international
match in Asia.
Non-GB-Colombia,
1938, Atletico nacional football club, Medellin, was founded.
1938, Millenarios football club, Bogota, was founded.
Non-GB-Egypt,
1925, Zamalek football club, Cairo, was founded.
1907, Al Ahly football cliub, Cairo, was founded.
Non-GB-France, Monaco
5/1993, Marseille became the first French
club to win the European Cup, beating Milan 1-0. However it emerged soon after
that bribes had been paid to three players from Valenciennes club to hold back
against Marseilles in a league fixtiure a week earlier. Marseills had their
championship revoked and they were further penailsed with enforced relegation.
They went bankrupt soon afterwards.
1970, Paris St Germain football club was founded.
1950, Lyon Olympique
football club, France, was founded.
1919, Monaco football club was founded.
1 May 1904, France
and Belgium played their first international football match.
1898, Marseille football
club, France, was founded. See 1993.
1872, The first football club outside the UK was formed; le
Havre, France.
Non-GB-Germany,
1907, Borussia Dortmund
football club was founded.
1900, Bayern Munich
football club was founded.
1899, Werder Bremen
football club was founded.
1887, SV Hamburg
football club was founded.
Non-GB-Ghana,
1935, Asante Kotoko football club, Kumasi, was founded.
1911, Hearts of Oak football club, Accra, was founded.
Non-GB-Hungary,
1908, First Austria-Hungary international match.
Non-GB-Ireland
2007,
Limerick 37
football club, Ireland, was formed, after Limerick FC were refused admission to
the reconstituted League of Ireland. Their name commemorates Limerick FC�s
first League participation in 1937.
2007,
Wexford
Youths football club, Ireland, was formed.
2002,
Kildare
County football club, Ireland, was formed.
1984,
Cork City
football club, Ireland, was formed (there was an earlier Cork City FC in the
1930s).
1979, Monaghan United football club, Ireland, was
formed.
1966,
Kilkenny
City football club, Ireland, was formed.
1949, Dungannon Swifts football club, Northern
Ireland, was formed.
1927, Coleraine football club, Northern Ireland, was
formed.
1924, Longford Town football club, Ireland, was
formed.
1922, Cobh Ramblers football club, Ireland, was
formed.
1919, Drogheda United football club, Ireland, was
formed. In 1975 they merged with Drogheda FC (formed 1962).
1905, Institute football club, Northern Ireland, was
formed.
1901, Shamrock Rovers football club, Ireland, was formed.
1902, Ards football club, Northern Ireland, was formed.
1895, University College Dublin football club,
Ireland, was formed.
1890, Larne football club, Northern Ireand, was
formed.
1890, Bohemian football club, Ireland, was formed.
1882, Glentoran football club, Northern Ireland, was
formed.
1879, Cliftonville football cliub, Northern Ireland,
was formed.
Non-GB-Italy,
1946, Sampdoria
football club, Genoa, was founded.
1927, Roma football
club was founded.
1926, Florentina
football club., Florence, Italy, was founded.
1913, Parma football
club was founded.
1909, Bologna football
club was founded.
1908, Internazionale
football cliub, Milan, Italy, was founded.
3 December 1906, AC Torino football club was founded.
1904, Napoli football
club, Naples, was fpunded.
9 January 1900, Italian football club Lazio was founded
in Rome.
1899, Milan football
club was founded.
1897, Juventus
football club, Turin, was funded.
1893, Genoa, the
oldest Italian League club, was formed.
Non GB-Japan,
1991, Verdy footnall club, Tokyo, was founded.
1991, Kashima Antlers football club, Kashiuma, was founded.
Non GB-Kenya,
1968, Gor Mahia football club, Nairobi, was founded.
Non GB-Mexico,
1902, The Mexican Leauge Championship was formed.
Monaco � see France
Netherlands � see Belgium
Non-GB-Norway,
1908, First Scandinavian international match, Sweden vs. Norway.
Non-GB-Philippines
1913, China played the Philippines in the first international
match in Asia.
1910, The first Asian national championship was launched, in The
Philippines.
Non-GB-Portugal,
1906, Sporting Clube football club, Lisbon, was founded.
1904, Benfica football club, Lisbon, was founded.
1903, Boavista football club, Oporto, was founded.
1893, FC Porto football club, Oporto, was founded.
Non-GB-Romania,
1947, Steaua (Star) Bucharest football cliub was founded;
originally known as CCA Bucharest.
Non-GB-Russia,
1923, Moscow Dynamo football club was founded.
1922, Moscow Spartak football club was founded.
Non-GB-South Africa,
1970, Kaizer Chefs football club, Naturena, was founded.
Non-GB-Spain,
1932, Zaragoza football club was founded.
18 March 1919,
Association football club Valencia was established in Spain.
1906, Deportivo la Coruna football club was founded.
1903, Atletico Madrid football club was founded.
1902, Real Madrid Football Club was
formed.
1899, Barcelona football club was founded, by a Swiss man, Hans Gamper.
1898, Athletic Bilbao football club was founded. In the years before the
Spanish Civil war the club would only employ Britrish coaches, emphasising the
longstanding industrial and maritime links between the Basque province of
Vizcaya and Britain; hence the English name form.
Sweden,
1904, IFK Gothenburg football club was founded.
1908, First Scandinavian international match, Sweden vs. Norway.
Tunisia,
1918, Esperance football club, Tunis, was founded.
Ukraine,
1927, Kiev Dynamo football club was founded.
Uruguay,
1905, The first South American official international football
match, Argentina vs Uruguay, in Buenos Aires.
1901, First international match between South American nations.
Argentina beat Uruguay 3-2..
1899, Nacional football club, Montevideo, was founded.
1891, Penarol football club, Montevfideo, was founded.
USA,
1996, DC United football club, Washington, was founded.
1995, Galaxy football club, Los Angeles, was founded.
3 September 1895, The first
American professional football game was played, at laitrobe., Pennsylvania.
John Brallier, the first player to turn pro, accepted 10$ and expenses to play
for the Latrobe YMCA, who won 12-0.
1886, The first international football match between Canada and
the USA was played, in New York.
Former Yugoslavia,
1945, Red Star Belgrade football club was founded.
Disasters
15 April 1989. Football fans were crushed at Hillsborough stadium, Sheffield.
95 Liverpool fans were crushed against steel fences designed to prevent a pitch
invasion after police opened gates to let more fans in, to see the semi final
of the FA cup. 200 were injured.
29 May 1985. Europe�s worst football riot saw 41 Italian and Belgian
football fans dead at the Liverpool versus Juventas match at the Heysel stadium,
Belgium. Spectators were crushed when a wall collapsed under the weight of fans
trying to escape rampaging British supporters. On 2 June 1985 FIFA imposed a
worldwide ban on British football fans.
11 May 1985. Fire
broke out in the main stand of Bradford
City football ground, killing 56 spectators and injuring over 170.� A cigarette or match ignited accumulated
rubbish under the stands.
1982, 340 fans crushed to death at the
Lenin Stadium, USSR, during the Spartak Moscow vs. Haarlem match.
2 January 1971. 66
people were crushed to death and 100 injured
when a barrier collapsed at Glasgow
Ranger�s Ibrox Park ground.
1968, 74 died at Nunez Stadium, Buenos
Aires, when the crowd panicked.
24 May 1964, Football
stadium riot in Lima, Peru, as Peru played Argentina; 300 died.
6 February 1958, 7 Manchester
United players died when the plane bringing the team home from Belgrade crashed
on take-off at Munich Airport. Three club officials and 8 sports
journalists were also killed.� An eighth team member died of his injuries
two weeks later.
9 March 1946, 33 football fans were crushed to death at
Bolton Wanderer�s Football Ground when a barrier collapsed.
5 April 1902, 25 died
when a stand collapsed at the Scotland vs England match, Ibrox Park.
FIFA
2007, Montenegro joined FIFA.
1999, The Turks and Caicos joined FIFA.
1998, The United States Virgin Islands joined FIFA.
1998, Eritrea joined FIFA.
1998, Palestine joined FIFA.
1996, Andorra joined FIFA
1996, Montserrat joined FIFA.
1996, Anguilla joined FIFA.
1996, The British Virgin Islands joined FIFA.
1994, Azerbaijan joined FIFA.
1994, Tajikistan joined FIFA.
1994, Turkmenistan joined FIFA.
1994, Uzbekistan joined FIFA.
1994, The Cook Islands joined FIFA.
1994, Tonga joined FIFA.
1994, The Czech Rupblic joined FIFA.
1994, Slovakia joined FIFA.
1994, Djibouti joined FIFA.
1994, Dominica joined FIFA.
1994, Kyrgyzstan joined FIFA.
1994, Kazakhstan joined FIFA.
1994, Moldova joined FIFA.
1994, Macedonia (FYROM) joined FIFA
1992, Namibia joined FIFA.
1992, The Cayman Islands joined FIFA.
1992, St Kitts and Nevis joined FIFA.
1992, Ukraine joined FIFA.
1992, Bosnia Hercegovina joined FIFA.
1992, Slovenia joined FIFA.
1992, Belarus joined FIFA.
1992, Georgia joined FIFA.
1992, Armenia joined FIFA
1992, Croatia joined FIFA.
1990, Tahiti joined FIFA.
1989, Angola joined FIFA.
1988, Chad joined FIFA
1988, The Solomon Islands joined FIFA.
1988, Aruba joined FIFA.
1988, Vanuatu joined FIFA.
1988, St Lucia joined FIFA.
1988, St Vincent and the Grenadines joined FIFA.
1988, The Faroe Islands joined FIFA.
1988, San Marino joined FIFA.
1986, Cape Verde Islands joined FIFA.
1986, The Maldives joined FIFA.
1986, Belize joined FIFA.
1986, Samoa joined FIFA.
1986, Sao Tome and Principe joined FIFA.
1986, Guinea-Bissau joined FIFA.
1986, Seychelles joined FIFA.
1986, Equatorial Guinea joined FIFA.
1980, Oman joined FIFA.
1980, Yemen joined FIFA.
1978, Mozambique joined FIFA.
1976, Grenada joined FIFA.
1976, Botswana joined FIFA.
1976, Macao joined FIFA.
1976, Swaziland joined FIFA.
1976, Rwanda joined FIFA.
1974, Bangladesh joined FIFA.
1974, Liechtenstein joined FIFA.
1972, The United Arab Emirates joined FIFA
1972, Burundi joined FIFA.
1970, Nepal joined FIFA.
1970, Qatar joined FIFA.
1970, Antigua amd Barbuda joined FIFA.
1969, Benin joined FIFA.
1969, Brunei joined FIFA.
1968, The Bahamas joined FIFA.
1968, Guatemala joined FIFA
1968, Barbados joined FIFA
1967, Niger joined FIFA.
1967, Sierra Leone joined FIFA.
1967, Malawi joined FIFA.
1966, Gambia joined FIFA.
1966, Bahrain joined FIFA.
1965, Zimbabwe joined FIFA.
1964, Burkina Faso joined FIFA.
1964, Vietnam joined FIFA
1964, Tanzania joined FIFA.
1964, Zambia joined FIFA.
1964, Mauritania joined FIFA.
1964, Lesotho joined FIFA.
1964, Liberia joined FIFA.
1963, Trinidad and Tobago joined FIFA.
1963, Gabon joined FIFA.
1963, Libya joined FIFA.
1963, Australia joined FIFA.
1963, New Zealand joined FIFA.
1963, Fiji joined FIFA.
1963, Papua New Guinea joined FIFA
1963, Algeria joined FIFA
1963, The Central African Republic joined FIFA
1962, Senegal joined FIFA.
1962, Togo joined FIFA,
1962, Congo (Republic) joined FIFA.
1962, Congo (Democratic Republic) joined FIFA.
1962, Mauritius joined FIFA.
1962, Cameroon joined FIFA.
1962, Mali joined FIFA.
1962, Jamaica joined FIFA
1962, Bermuda joined FIFA.
1962, Kuwait joined FIFA
1961, Madagascar joined FIFA.
1961, Somalia joined FIFA.
1961 Guinea joined FIFA.
1960, Kenya joined FIFA.
1960, Tunisia joined FIFA.
1960, Cote d�Ivoire joined FIFA.
1960, Puerto Rico joined FIFA.
1959, Malta joined FIFA.
1959, Uganda joined FIFA.
1959, Nigeria joined FIFA.
1959, Saudi Arabia joined FIFA.
1958, North Korea joined FIFA.
1958, Jordan joined FIFA.
1958, Ghana joined FIFA.
1958, The Dominican Republic joined FIFA.
1956, Malaysia joined FIFA.
1956, Morocco joined FIFA.
1954, Albania joined FIFA
1954, Hong Kong joined FIFA.
1954, Taiwan joined FIFA.
1953, Ethiopia joined FIFA.
1953, Cambodia joined FIFA.
1952, Venezuela joined FIFA.
1952, Laos joined FIFA.
1952, Singapore joined FIFA.
1952, Indonesia joined FIFA.
1952, South Africa first joined FIFA; suspended from
1964. Rejoined 1992.
1951, Iraq joined FIFA.
1950, West Germany was re-admitted this year;
Germany had been excluded in 1946.
1950, Sri Lanka joined FIFA.
1950, Nicaragua joined FIFA.
1948, Cyprus joined FIFA.
1948, India joined FIFA.
1948, Pakistan joined FIFA.
1948, Afghanistan joined FIFA.
1948, Iran joined FIFA.
1948, Sudan joined FIFA.
1948, South Korea joined FIFA.
1947, Myanmar joined FIFA.
1946, Honduras joined FIFA.
1946, FIFA reconvened after World War Two, now with 57 members; Britain rejoined in 1946 (see 1905). It also had no
money.
1938, El Salvador joined FIFA.
1938, Panama joined FIFA.
1937, Syria joined FIFA.
1936, Colombia joined FIFA
1935, Lebanon joined FIFA
1933, Haiti joined FIFA
1933, Turkey joined FIFA
1933, Guatemala joined FIFA.
1932, The Netherlands Antilles joined FIFA.
1932, Cuba joined FIFA.
1931, China first joined FiFA; left 1958, rejoined
1979
1930, Romania joined FIFA
1929, Iceland joined FIFA.
1929, Mexico joined FIFA.
1929, Surinam joined FIFA.
1929, Israel (then British Mandated Palestine) joined FIFA
1928, The Philippines joined FIFA.
1927, Greece joined FIFA.
1926, Portugal joined FIFA.
1926, Bolivia joined FIFA
1926, Ecuador joined FIFA
1925, Thailand joined FIFA.
1924, Bulgaria joined FIFA.
1924, Peru joined FIFA
1923, Estonia joined FIFA.
1923, Lithuania joined FIFA.
1923, Poland joined FIFA.
1923, Egypt joined FIFA.
1923, Brazil joined FIFA.
1923, Uruguay joined FIFA,
1923, Latvia joined FIFA.
1922, Russia (USSR) joined FIFA.
1921, Costa Rica joined FIFA.
1912, Argentina joined FIFA.
1921, Ireland joined FIFA.
1921, Paraguay joined FIFA
1919, Serbia (Yugoslavia) joined FIFA.
1912, Chile joined FIFA.
1912, Canada joined FIFA.
1910, Luxembourg joined FIFA.
1908, Norway joined FIFA.
1908, Finland joined FIFA.
1907, FIFA initially admitted Bohemia � then excluded it as it
was only a region within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1906, Hungary joined FIFA
1905, Austria joined FIFA.
1905, England joined FIFA. However
on 23 April 1920 England withdtrew from FIFA as an international football
dispute intensified over whether the First World War aggressors Germany,
Hungary and Austria should be expelled, as demanded by the Allied nations,
whilst the Scandinavian teams, also the Italians, demanded to be allowed to
play whom they chose. England rejoined FIFA in 1924, but left again in 1928 due
to a row over �broken-time� payments to amateurs. These were payments to
compensate for lost earnings at work, but the concept could be abused in order
to �pay� amateurs. In 1938 England had the opportunity to rejoin FIFA when it
lost Austria, because Germany had invaded that country. FIFA fell from 16 to 15
members, and England was offered the spare place, but turned it down. See 1946.
21 May 1904, The Football Federation (FIFA, F�d�ration
Internationale de Football Association) was founded in Paris, to obtain greater
control of the game at international level. It initially had 7 members; Belgium, Denmark,
France,
Holland,
Spain,
Sweden
and Switzerland.
National Football Associations
2006, The Football Association of Montenegro
was formed.
1996, The Andorran Football Association
(Federacio Andorrana de Futbol) was
formed.
1996, The Anguilla Football Association
was formed
1996, The Eritrean National Football
Association was formed.
1995, The Montserrat Football Association
was formed.
1993, The Moldovian Football Federation
was formed.
1993, The Azerbaijan Football Association
(Azarbaycan Futbol Federasiyalari
Assosiasiyasi) was formed.
1993, The Czech Football Association
(Cesko Moravsky Fotbalovy Svaz) was
formed.
1993, The Slovak Football Association
was formed.
1992, The Namibia Football Federation
was formed.
1992, The Cayman Islands Football Association
was formed.
1992, The St Kitts and Nevis Football
Association was formed.
1992, The United States Virgin Islands Soccer Federation
was formed.
1992, The Football Federation of Turkmenistan
was formed.
1992, The Football Association of Kyrgyzstan
was formed.
1992, The Football Federation of Ukraine
was formed
1992, The Belarus Football Association
was formed.
1992, The Georgian Football Association
was formed.
1991, The Slovenian Football Association
was formed.
1991, The Football Federation of Tajikistan
was formed.
1991, The Bosnia-Hercegovina Football
Association (Nogometni Savez
Bosne I Hercegovine) was formed.
1991, The Croatian Football Association
was formed.
1988, The St Lucia Football Association
was formed.
1988, The St Vincent and the Grenadines
Football Federation was formed.
1985, The Reunion Football Association
(Ligue de Reunion) was formed.
1983, The Football Association of Maldives
was formed
1988, The Solomon Islands Football Federation
was formed.
1982, The Cape Verde Islands Football
Association (Federacao Cabo
Verdiana de Futebol) was formed.
1980, The Belize National Football Association
was formed.
1979, The Faroe Islands Football Association
(Fotboltssamband Foroya) was formed.
1978, The Oman Football Asosciation
was formed.
1977, The Djibouti Football Association
(Federation Djiboutienne de Football)
was formed.
1977, The Angolan Football Association
(Federacao Angolana de Futebol) was
formed.
1976, The Equatorial Guinea Football
Association (Federacion
Equatoguineana de Futbol) was formed.
1976, The Seychelles Football Federation
was founded.
1975, The Comoros Islands Football Association
(Federation Comorienne de Football)
was formed.
1975, The American Samoa Football Association
was formed.
1975, The Guam Soccer Association
was formed.
1975, The Sao Tome and Principe Football
Association (Federacion
Santomense de Futebol) was formed.
1975, The Mozambique Football Association
(Federacao Mocambicana de Futebol)
was formed.
1974, The Guinea-Bissau Football Association
(Federacao de Football de Guinea-Bissau)
was formed.
1974, The British Virgin Islands Football
Association was formed.
1972, The Rwanda Football Association
(Federation Rwandaise de Football
Amateur) was formed.
1972, The Bangladesh Football Federation
was formed.
1971, The United Arab Emirates Football
Association was formed.
1970, The Botswana Football Association
was formed.
1971, The Cook Islands Football Federation
was formed.
1970, The Dominica Football Association
was formed.
1970, The Tonga Football Association
was formed.
1968, The Benin Football Association
(Federation Beninoise de Football)
was formed.
1968, The Samoa Football (Soccer) Federation
was formed.
1967, The Niger Football Association
(Federation Nigerienne de Football)
was formed.
1967, The Bahamas Football Association
was formed.
1966, The Football Association of Malawi
was formed.
1964, The National Football Association of
Swaziland was formed.
1962, The Algerian Football Association
(Federation Algerienne de Football)
was formed.
1962, The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Football
Federation was formed.
1962, The Republic of Yemen Football
Association was formed.
1962, The Palestine Football Federation
was formed (see 1928).
1962, The Vietnam Football Association
(Association de Football de la
Republique du Vietnam) was formed
1962, The Gabon Football Association
(Federation Gaboniase de Football)
was formed.
1962, The Congo (Republic) Foootball
Association (Federation
Congolaise de Football) was formed.
1962, The Chad Football Association
(Federation Tchadienne de Football)
was formed.
1962, The Papua New Gunea Football Association
was formed.
1961, The Madagascar Football Association
(Federation Malagasy de Football)
was formed.
1961, The Australia Soccer Federation
was founded.
1961, The Mauritania Football Association
(Federation de Football de la Republique
de Mauritanie) was formed.
1961, The Turks and Caicos Football
Association was formed.
1960, The Togo Football Association
(Federation Togolaise de Football)
was formed.
1960, The Bhutan Football Federation
was formed.
1960, The Qatar Football Federation
was formed.
1960, The Mali Football Association
(Federation Malienne de Football)
was formed.
1960, The Cote d�Ivoire Football Association
(Federation Ivorienne de Football)
was formed.
1960, The Burkina Faso Football Association
(Federation Burkinabe de Football)
was formed.
1960, The Cameroon Football Association
(Federation Camerounaise de Football)
was formed.
1960, The Senegal Football Association
(Federation Senegalaise de Footballs)
was formed.
1960, The New Caledonia Football Association
(Federation Neo-Caledonienne de
Football) was formed.
1959, The Guinea Football Association
(Federation Guineenne de Football)
was formed.
1959, The Saudi Arabian Football Federation
was formed.
1959, The Brunei Amateur Football Association
was formed.
1957, The Ghana Football Association
was formed.
1956, The Tunisia Football Association
(Federation Tunisienne de Football)
was formed.
1955, The Morocco Football Association
(Federation Royale Marocaine de Football)
was formed.
1953, The Dominican Republic Football
Association (Federacion
Dominicana de Futbol) was formed.
1952, The Gambia Football Association
was formed.
1952, The Kuwait Football Association
was formed.
1952, The Mauritius Football Association
was formed.
1951, The Laos Football Association (Federacion de FootBall Lao) was formed.
1951, The Bahrain Football Association
was formed.
1951, The All Nepal Football Federation
was formed.
1951, The Somalia Football Federation
was formed.
1950, The Zimbabwe Football Association
was formed.
1949, The Jordan Football Association
was formed.
1948, The Pakistan Football Federation
was formed.
1948, The Iraqi Football Federation
was formed.
1948, The Burundi Football Association
(Federation de Football du Burundi)
was formed.
1947, The Myanmar Football Association
was formed.
1947, The Icelandic Football Association
(Knattspyrnusamband Island) was
formed.
1946, The Football Federation of Uzbekistan
was formed.
1945, The Nigeria Football Association
was formed.
1945, The Football Association of the
Democratic People�s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was formed.
1943, The Ethiopian Football Association
(Yeithiopia Football Federechin) was
formed.
1940, The Puerto Rico Football Association� (Federacion
Puertorriquena de Futbol) was formed.
1939, The Football Federation of Sri Lanka
was formed.
1939, The Macao Football Association
(Associaciao de Futebol de Macau)
was formed.
1938, The New Zealand Football Association
was formed.
1938, The Fiji Football Association
was formed.
1938, The Tahiti Football Assoication
(Federation Tahitienne de Football)
was formed
1937, The All India Football Federation
was formed.
1937, The Central African Republic Football
Association (Federation
Centrafricaine de Football) was formed.
1937, The Panama Football Association
(Federacion Nacional de Futbol de Panama)
was formed.
1936, The Liberia Football Association
was formed.
1936, The Taiwan Football Association
(Chinese Taipei Football Association)
was formed.
1936, The Syrian Football Association
(Association Arabe Syrienne de Football)
was formed.
1936, The Sudan Football Federation
was formed.
1935, The Honduras Football Association
(Federacion Nacional Automana de Futbol)
was formed.
1935, The El Salvador Football Association
(Federacion Salvadorena de Futbol)
was formed.
1934, The Vanuatu Football Federation
was formed.
1934, The Cyprus Football Association
was formed.
1933, The Football Association of Liechtenstein
(Liechetnsteiner Fussball Verband) was
formed.
1933, The Lebanese Football Association
(Federation Libanaise de Football)
was formed.
1933, The Malaysian Football Association
(Persuatuan Bolasepak Malaysia) was
formed.
1933, The Cambodian Football Association
(Federation Khmere De Football
Association) was formed.
1932, The Aruba Football Association
(Arubaanse Voetbal Bond) was formed.
1932, The Lesotho Sports Council (Football)
was formed.
1932, The Kenya Football Association
was formed.
1931, The Nicaragua Football Association
(Federacion Nicaraguense de Futbol)
was formed.
1931, The San Marino Football Association
(Federazione Sammarinese Giuoco Calcio)
was formed.
1930, The All Indonesia Football Federation
was formed.
1930, The Football Association of Tanzania
was founded.
1930, The Albanian Football Association
(Federata Shqiptare Futbolit) was
formed.
1928, The Antigua Football Association
was formed.
1928, The Bermuda Football Association
was formed.
1929, The Football Association of Zambia
was formed.
1928, The Korea Football Association
(South Korea) was formed.
1928, The Israel (Palestine) Football
Association was formed, in what was then British Mandated Palestine.
See 1962.
1927, The Mexico Football Association
(Federacion Mexicana de Futbol
Asociacion) was formed.
1926, The Venezuelan Football Association
(Federacion Venezolana de Futbol)
was formed.
1926, The Guatemalan Football Association
(Federacion Nacional de Futbol de
Gutemala) was formed.
1926, The Austrian Football Association was founded.
1926, The Greek Football Association
(Federation Hellenique de Football)
was formed.
1925, The Ecuadorian Football Association
(Associacion Ecuatoriana de Futbol)
was formed
1925, The Bolivian Football Association
(Federacion Boliviana de Futbol) was
formed.
1924, The Grenada Football Association
was formed.
1924, The Colombian Football Association
(Federacion Colombiana de Futbol)
was formed.
1921, The Cuban Football Association
(Associacion de Futbol de Cuba) was
formed.
1924, The Football Association of the People�s
Republic of China was formed.
1924, The Federation of Uganda Football
Associations was founded.
1923, The Turkish Football Association
(Turkiye Futbol Federasyono) was
formed
1923, The Bulgarian Football Association
(Bulgarski Futbolen Solus) was
formed.
1923, The Sierra Leone Amateur Football
Association was formed.
1922, The Peruvian Football Association
(Federacion Peruana de Futbol) was
formed.
1922, The Czechoslovak Football Federation
was founded.
1922, The Armenian Football Association
was formed.
1922, The Football Federation of the National
Olympic Committee, Afghanistan, was formed.
1922, The Russian Football Federation
was formed (USSR)
1921, The Football Association of Ireland
was formed.
1921, The Estonian Football Association
was formed.
1921, The Lithuanian Football Association
was formed.
1921, The Football Association of Latvia
was formed.
1921, The Egypt Football Association
was formed.
1921. The Netherlands Antilles Football
Association (Nederlands
Antiliaanse Voetbal Unie) was formed.
1921, The Costa Rica Football Association
(Federacion Costarricense de Futbol)
was formed.
1920, The Australian Football Association
was formed.
1920, The Surinam Football Association
(Surinaamse Voetbal Bond) was
formed.
1920, The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic
of Iran was formed.
1919, The Congo (Democratic Republic)
Football Association (Federation
Congolaise de Football-Association, FECOFA) was founded.
1919, The Polish Football Association
(Polski Zwiazek Pilki Noznej) was
formed.
1919, The Yugoslav (Serbian) Football Federation was
formed.
1918, French Football
Association (Federation Francaise de
Football) was formed.
1916, The Football Association of Thailand
was formed.
1914, The Portuguese Football Association
(Federacao Portuguesa de Futebol)
was formed.
1914, The Hong Kong Football Association
was formed.
1914, Brazilian Football
Association (Confederacao Brasiliera de Futebol) was formed.
1914, The Football Association of the Republic
of Kazakhstan was formed.
1913, The Spanish Football Association
(Real Federacione Espanola de Futbol)
was formed.
1912, The Russian Football
Association was formed.
1912, The Canadian Soccer Association
was formed.
1910, The Jamaica Football Federation
was formed.
1910, The Barbados Football Association
was formed
1908, The Luxembourg Football Association
(Federation Luxembourgeoise de Football)
was formed.
1908, The Macedonian Football Association
was formed.
1908, The Romanian Football Association
(Federatia Romana de Fotbal) was
formed.
1907, The Finnish Football Association
(Suomen Palloliito Finlands Bollofoerbund) was formed.
1907, The Philippine Football Federation
was formed.
1906, The Swedish Football
Association was formed.
1906, The Paraguayan Football Association
(Liga Paraguaya de Futbol) was
formed.
1906, The Trinidad and Tobago Football
Association was formed.
1905, The Spanish Football
Association was formed.
1904, The Haiti Football Association
(Federation Haitienne de Football)
was formed.
1904, The Guyama Football Assciation
was formed.
1904, The Austrian Football Association
(Osterreicher Fussball Bund) was
formed.
1904, The Swiss Football Association
(Schweizerischer Fussballverband)
was formed.
1904, The Swedish Football Association
(Svensk Fotbollforblundet) was
formed.
1902, The Norwegian Football Association
(Norges Fotballiforbun) was formed;
1901, The Hungarian Football
Association (Magyar Labdarugo Svotetsveg) was formed
1900, The German
Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund) was formed.
1900, The Malta Football Association was formed.
1900, The Uruguayan
Football Association (Association Uruguaya de Futbol) was formed.
1898, The Italian Football
Association (Federazione Italiana Guuoco
Calcio) was formed.
1895, The Belgian Football
Federation (Union Royale Belge des
Societes de Football) was founded.
1895, The Swiss Football federation
was formed.
1895, The Chilean Football Association
(Federacion de Futbol de Chile) was
formed.
1893, The Argentine Football Association
(Associacion del Futbol Argentino) was
formed.
1892, The South African Football Association
was formed.
1892, The Football Association of Singapore
was formed.
1891, The New Zealand Football Association
was formed.
1889, The Danish Football Association
(Dansk Boldspil Union) was formed.
1889, The Dutch Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederland Voetbalbond)
was formed.
1882, The Natal (South Africa) Football
Association was formed.
1882, The New South Wales Football
Association, Australia, was formed.
1878, The Irish (now Northern Irish) Football
Association was formed.
2 February 1876, The Welsh Football Association
was formed.
13 March 1873, The Scottish Football Association was formed at a
meeting attended by representatives from eight clubs.
26 October 1863. The English Football Association formed at a meeting
at Freeman�s Tavern in Great Queen Street, London.
Famous footballers
18 July 2006, Jimmy
Leadbetter, footballer, died (born 15 July 1928)
21 April 2006, Tele
Santana, Brazilian football coach, died (born 26 July 1931)
19 April 2006, John
Lyall, football manager, died (born 24 February 1940)
1 March 2006, Peter
Osgood, footballer, died.
26 December 2005, Ted
Ditchburn, goalkeeper, died (born 24 October 1921)
29 November 2005, David
di Tommaso, French footballer died (born 1979)
25 November 2005, George
Best, British footballer, died aged 59
3 March 2005, Rinus
Mochels, football manager, died (born 9 February 1928)
23 October 2004, Bill
Nicholson, footballer, died (born 26 January 1919).
20 September 2004, Brian
Clough, footballer, died (born 21 March 1935)
21 February 2004, John
Charles, footballer, died.
3 July 2001, Billy
Liddell, footballer, died (born 10 January 1921).
28 November 2000, Len
Shackleton, footballer, died (born 3 May 1922).
7 August 2000, Lauren
Hemp, footballer, was born.
14 April 2000, Wilf
Maunion, footballer, died (born 16 May 1918).
23 February 2000, Stanley
Matthews, footballer, died (born 1 February 1915)
1 November 1999, Walter
Peyton, US footballer, died.
28 April 1999, Alf
Ramsey, footballer, died (born 22 January 1920).
3 March 1998, Panggih Prio
Sembodho, Indonesian footballer, was born.
7 December 1997, Billy
Bremner, footballer, died (born 9 December 1942).
23 April 1996, Filippo
Florio, Italian footballer, was born.
12 February 1996, Klein Stanley
Eden Cristobal, Trinidadian footballer, was born.
2 February 1996, Harry
Billy Winks, English footballer, was born.
26 July 1995, Keanu
Neal, US football linebacker, was born.
30 May 1995, Edward Drake,
footballer, died (born 16 August 1912).
20 January 1994, Sir Matthew
Busby, footballer, died (born 26 May 1909).
21 August 1993, Millie
Bright, footballer, was born.
23 May 1993, Eseosa Mandy
Aigbogun, Swiss footballer, was born.
7 March 1993, Vin�cius
de Freitas Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer, was born.
27 February 1993, Alphonse Areola,
footballer, was born.
1 November 1992, Reece Brown,
English footballer, was born.
3 July 1992, Crystal Dunn,
US soccer player, was born.
26 June 1992, Joel Campbell,
footballer, was born.
17 June 1992, Ryan Allsop,
English footballer, was born.
18 March 1992, Anthony Barr,
footballer, was born.
3 December 1991, Clifford Bastin,
footballer, died (born 14 March 1912)
27 September 1991, Joseph Hulme,
footballer, died (born 26 August 1904).
7 May 1991, Stanley
Mortensen, footballer, died (born 26 May 1921).
7 March 1991, Michele Rigione,
Italian
footballer, was born.
5 December 1990, Montee Ball,
footballer, was born.
6 April 1990, Peter Doherty,
footballer, died (born 5 June 1913).
8 October 1989, Armand Traore,
French
footballer, was born,
4 July 1989, Rodgers Kola,
Zambian
footballer, was born.
28 May 1989, Don Revie,
footballer, died (born 10 July 1927).
8 October 1988, John Milburn,
footballer, died.
13 August 1988, Servando
Carrasco, US soccer player, was born.
21 May 1988, Jonathan Howson,
English footballer, was born in Morley, England.
21 March 1988, Lee Cattermole,
English
footballer, was born.
10 January 1988, Marvin Martin,
French footballer, was born
23 December 1987, Tommaso
Bellazzini, Italian footballer, was born.
19 December 1987, Karim Benzema,
French football player, was born in Lyon, France.
31 August 1987, Petros
Kravaritis, Greek footballer, was born.
18 February 1987, Vicente Guaita,
Spanish footballer, was born
18 July 1986, Stanley Rous,
footballer, died (born 25 April 1895).
3 March 1986, Jed Collins,
US football
player, was born.
24 October 1985, Wayne Rooney,
English footballer, was born.
11 September 1985, Jock Stein,
footballer, died (born 5 October 1923).
7 September 1985, Marcio Rafael
Ferreira de Souza, Brazilian footballer, was born in Londrina,
Parana
10 September 1985, John Stein,
footballer, died.
28 June 1983, Alexander
Borromeo, Filipino footballer, was born.
2 April 1983, Felix Borja,
Ecuadorian footballer, was born.
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8 November 1982, James Dickinson,
footballer, died (born 24 April 1925).
17 October 1982, Nick Riewoldt,
Australian footballer, was born.
16 June 1982, Chris Wingert,
US soccer player, born in Babylon, New York
22 April 1982, Ricardo Ezecson
dos Santos Leite, Brazilian footballer, was born.
20 March 1982, Jose Moreira,
Portuguese footballer, was born.
4 March 1982, Landon Donovan,
US footballer, was born.
9 November 1981, Jobi McAnuff,
Jamaican footballer, was born.
28 September 1981, William Shankly,
footballer, died (born 2 September 1913).
26 September 1981, Graham
Christopher Stack, footballer, was born.
2 July 1981, William
Gillespie, footballer, died (born 6 August 1892).
20 May 1981, Iker Casillas Fernandez,
Spanish footballer, was born
1 April 1981, Clarence Hearn,
Australian footballer, died� (born 13
November 1905).
15 January 1981, El Hadji
Ousseynou Diouf, Senegalese footballer, was born.
20 December 1980, Ashley Cole,
English footballer, was born.
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9 December 1980, Jos� Roberto de
Oliveira, Brazilian footballer, was born.
28 October 1980, Alan Smith,
English footballer, was born.
1 March 1980, William Dean,
footballer, died.
14 December 1979, Michael Owen,
English footballer, was born.
13 July 1979, Craig Bellamy,
footballer, was born.
10 July 1979, Mvondo Atangana,
Cameroon footballer, was born.
12 May 1979, Steve Smith,
US footballer, was born in Los Angeles, California
2 March 1979, Damien Duff,
footballer, was born.
29 January 1979, William
McCracken, footballer, died.
28 January 1979, Edwin Mbaso,
Zambian footballer, died aged 24 from injuries in a motor vehicle accident.
12 January 1979, Grzegorz Rasiak,
footballer, was born in Szczecin, Poland.
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29 November 1978, Viv Anderson,
of Nottingham Forest, became the first Black footballer to play for England.
22 September 1978, Harry Kewell,
Australian footballer, was born.
22 May 1978, Yoshifumi Ono,
Japanese footballer, was born.
19 May 1978, Marcus Bent,
English footballer, was born.
13 May 1978, Steve
Mildenhall, English football player, was born.
14 February 1978, Paul Governali,
US football player, died (born 1921).
2 February 1978, Darrick Leonard
Vaughn, US footballer, was born.
28 January 1978, Gianluigi
Buffon, Italian footballer, was born.
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15 October 1977, David Trezeguet,
French footballer, was born.
2 September 1977, Frederic
Kanoute, Malian footballer, was born.
17 August 1977, Thierry Henry,
French footballer, was born in Essonne, Paris.
27 July 1977, Anderson de
Souza, Portuguese footballer, was born.
27 June 1977, Raul Gonzalez
Bianco, Spanish footballer, was born in Madrid.
19 May 1977, Manuel Almuni,
Spanish footballer, was born.
22 January 1977, Hidetoshi
Nakaya, Japanese footballer, was born.
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25 November 1976, Donovan McNabb,
US football player, was born.
27 September 1976, Francesco Totti,
Italian footballer, was born.
22 September 1976, Ronaldo,
footballer, was born.
23 June 1976, Patrick Viera,
French footballer, was born.
19 March 1976, Alessandro
Nesta, Italian footballer, was born.
22 February 1976, Ronaldo Luiz
Nazario de Lima, Brazilian footballer, was born.
23 November 1975, Arno Schreuders,
Dutch footballer, was born.
10 June 1975, Henrik Pedersen,
Danish football player, was born.
2 May 1975, David Beckham,
footballer, was born in Leytonstone, London.
18 February 1975, Gary Neville,
English footballer, was born.
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9 November 1974, Alessandro del
Piero, Italian footballer, was born.
18 September 1974, Sulzeer
Campbell, English footballer, was born.
11 September 1974, Lucian Sahetapy,
footballer, was born in Groningen, Netherlands.
7 September 1974, Mario Frick,
footballer, was born in Chur, Switzerland.
31 August 1974, Luis Marcelo
Duran, footballer, was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.
16 August 1974, Ivan Hurtado,
Ecuadorian footballer, was born.
16 February 1974, Fanis
Katergiannakis, Greek footballer, was born.
6 February 1974, Olaf
Lindenbergh, Dutch footballer, was born in Purmerend, Netherlands.
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29 November 1973, Ryan Giggs,
footballer, was born in C\ardiff.
25 October 1973, Steve White,
US footballer, was born.
7 October 1973, Dida,
Brazilian footballer, was born in Bahia.
14 August 1973, Augustin Okocha,
footballer, was born.
19 August 1973, Marco Materazzi,
Italian footballer, was born.
9 August 1973, Filippo Inzaghi,
Italian footballer, was born.
12 July 1973, Christian Vieri,
Italian footballer, was born.
29 May 1973, Alpay Ozalan
Fehmi, Turkish footballer, was born.
20 April 1973, Edris Hapgood,
footballer, died.
13 March 1973, Edgar Steven
Davids, Dutch footballer, was born.
26 February 1973, Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer, Norwegian footballer, was born.
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23 November 1972, Alf-Inge Haland,
Norwegian footballer, was born in Stavanger.
30 August 1972, Pavel Nedved,
Czech footballer, was born.
16 September 1972, Ramon van
Haaren, Dutch footballer, was born in Waalwijk, Netherlands
14 April 1972, Paul Devlin,
English-Scottish footballer and manager, was born.
2 March 1972, Mauricio
Pochettino, Argentinian footballer and manager, was born.
1 January 1972, Lilian Thuram,
French footballer, was born.
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6 October 1971, Takis Gonias,
Greek footballer and manager, was born.
20 September 1971, |Henrik Larsson,
Swedish footballer, was born.
10 August 1971, Roy Keane,
footballer, was born in Cork, Ireland.
28 June 1971, Lorenzo Amoruso,
Italian footballer, was born.
20 February 1971, Jari Litmanen,
Finnish footballer, was born.
5 September 1970, Jesse
Pennington, footballer, died (born 23 August 1883).
3 September 1970, Gareth
Southgate, footballer, was born
28 April 1970, Diego Pablo
Simeone, Argentinean footballer, was born.
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9 December 1969, Bixente
Lizarazu, French footballer, was born
22 September 1969, Robert Kelly,
footballer, died (born 16 November 1893).
24 April 1969, Ernest
Blenkinsop, footballer, died (born 20 April 1902).
1 February 1969, Gabriel
Batistuta, Argentinean footballer, was born.
17 January 1969, Samuel Irving,
footballer, died (born 28 August 1893).
25 January 1967, David Ginola,
footballer, was born
9 January 1967, Claudio
Cabiggia, Argentinean footballer, was born.
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24 October 1966, Sam Hardy,
footballer, died (born 26 August 1883).
12 August 1966, Les Ferdinand,
footballer, was born
2 August 1966, Hristo
Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer, was born.
24 July 1966, Martin Keown,
footballer, was born.
10 June 1966, David Platt,
footballer, was born.
24 May 1966, Eric Cantona,
French footballer, was born,
24 April 1966, Alessandro Costacurta,
Italian footballer, was born.
8 April 1966, Mazinho,
Brazilian footballer, was born.
9 March 1966, Tony Lockett,
Australian footballer, was born.
29 January 1966, Romario da Souza Paria, Brazilian footballer, was born.
19 November 1965, Laurent Blanc, French footballer, was born.
6 October 1965, Jurgen Kohler, West German footballer, was born.
31 October 1965, Denis Irwin, Irish footballer, was born.
29 March 1965, Eric Brook, footballer, died
(born 27 November 1907).
1 January 1965,� Vinnie Jones, footballer, was born.
1 December 1964, Salvatore Schilllaci, Italian footballer, was born.
31 October 1964, Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer, was born.
21 June 1964, Dean Saunders,
footballer, was born.
15 June 1964, Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer, was born.
17 March 1964, Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer, was born.
16 February 1964, Jose Roberto Gama de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer, was born.
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7 November 1963, John Barnes,
footballer, was born.
3 November 1963, Ian Wright,
footballer, was born.
17 October 1963, Sergio Javier Goycochea, Argentinean footballer, was born.
9 September 1963, Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer, was born
13 June 1963, Edward Sturing, Dutch footballer,
was born in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
28 May 1963, Chris Camden, English footballer, was born.
7 April 1963, Bernard Lama, French
Guianese footballer, was born.
23 March 1963, Jose Miguel Gonzalez Maria del Campo, Spanish footballer, was born.
12 March 1963, Arthur Grimsdell, footballer, died (born 23 March 1894).
26 January 1963, Jose Mourinho, footballer, was born.
24 April 1962, Stuart Pearce,
footballer, was born.
24 September 1962, Alistair McCoist, footballer, was born.
5 April 1962, Richard Gough,
footballer, was born.
8 January 1962, Edward Rodgerson , English footballer, died (born 3 April 1891).
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12 November 1961, Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer, was born.
23 October 1961, Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer, was born.
20 October 1961, Ian Rush, footballer, was
born.
15 September 1961, Dan Marino, US footballer, was born in Pittsburgh
1 August 1961, Dirk Franciscus Blind, Dutch footballer, was born.
10 June 1961, David Platt, footballer, was born.
19 March 1961, Rune Bratseth, Norwegian footballer, was born.
1 February 1961, Manuel Amoros, French footballer, was born.
14 December 1960, Christopher Waddle, footballer, was born.
30 November 1960, Gary Lineker,
footballer, was born.
30 October 1960, Diego Maradona, Argentinean footballer, was born.
25 September 1960, Igor Belanov, Russian footballer, was born.
10 July 1960, Roger Craig, US footballer, was born in Davenport, Iowa
25 May 1960, Patrick Bonner,
footballer, was born.
16 April 1960, Pierre Littbarski, German footballer, was born.
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22 December 1959, Bernd Schuster, West German footballer, was born.
4 December 1959, Paul McGrath,
footballer, was born.
16 May 1959, Elisha Scott,
footballer, died (born 24 August 1894).
28 December 1958, Terry Butcher,
footballer, was born.
26 September 1958, Kenneth Sansom,
footballer, was born.
18 September 1958, John Aldridge,
footballer, was born.
22 June 1958, Rodion Catamaru, Romanian footballer, was born.
11 June 1958, Hugo Sanchez, Mexican footballer, was born.
19 April 1958, William Meredith, footballer, died (born 30 July 1874).
21 February 1958, Duncan Edwards,
footballer, died (born 1 October 1936).
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8 October 1957, Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer, was born.
11 September 1957, Preben Elkjaer Larsen, Danish footballer, was born.
27 July 1957, Hans Peter Muller, West German footballer, was born.
11 June 1957, Hugh Gallagher,
footballer, was born (died 11 June 1957).
18 March 1957, Wolfgang Schilling, German
footballer, was born.
28 February 1957, Jan Ceulemans, Belgian footballer, was born.
11 January 1957, Bryan Robson, English
footballer, was born.
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14 September 1956, Raymond Wilkins,
footballer, was born.
28 February 1956, James Nicholl,
footballer, was born.
13 February 1956, Liam Brady, footballer, was
born in Dublin, Ireland.
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6 December 1955, Anthony Woodcock, footballer, was born.
26 November 1955, Philip Thompson,
footballer, was born.
25 September 1955, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, West German footballer, was born
9 July 1955, Steve Coppell, footballer,
was born in Liverpool.
23 June 1955, Jean Amadou Tigana, French footballer, was born.
21 June 1955, Michel Platini, French footballer, was born.
13 June 1955, Alan Hansen,
footballer, was born.
8 June 1955, Jose Antonio Camacho, Spanish footballer, was born.
13 April 1955, Safet Susic, Yugoslav footballer, was born
13 March 1955, Bruno Conti, Italian footballer, was born.
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15 November 1954, Uli Steilke, West German footballer, was born.
10 November 1954, Juan Gomez Gonzalez, Spanish footballer was born.
23 May 1954, Gerry Armstrong, British
footballer, was born.
19 April 1954, Trevor Francis,
footballer, was born in Plymouth.
31 January 1954, Vivian Woodward,
footballer, died.
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4 December 1953, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Belgian footballer, was born.
27 May 1953, Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer, was born.
25 May 1953, Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer, was born.
21 May 1953, Bum Kun Cha, Korean footballer, was born.
3 March 1953, Artur Antunes Coimbra, Brazilian footballer, was born.
14 February 1953, Johannes Kranki, Austrian footballer, was born.
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15 December 1952, Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer, was born.
5 November 1952, Oleg Blokhin, Russian footballer, was born.
2 September 1952, Alain Girese, French footballer, was born.
23 August 1952, Carlos Alonso Gonzalez, Spanish footballer, was born.
3 August 1952, Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentinean footballer, was born.
15 July 1952, Mario Alberto Kempes, Argentinean footballer, was born.
20 May 1952, Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer, was born.
9 May 1952, Zdenek Nehoda, Czech footballer, was born.
7 March 1952, Lynn Swann, Footballer, was
born.
1 March 1952, Martin O�Neill,
footballer, was born.
5 January 1952, Uli Hoeness, West German footballer, was born.
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21 December 1951, Stephen Perryman, footballer, was born.
6 December 1951, Gerald Francis,
footballer, was born in Hammersmith, London.
1 October 1951, Peter McWilliam,
footballer, died.
5 September 1951, Paul Breitner, West German footballer, was born.
15 May 1951, Johan Neesken, Dutch footballer, was born.
4 March 1951, Kenny Dalglish,
footballer, was born in Glasgow.
4 February 1951, Footballer Kevin Keegan was born.
20 February 1951, Philip Neal,
footballer, was born.
1 May 1950, Daniel McGrain,
footballer, was born.
27 March 1950, Anton Ondrus, Czech footballer, was born.
15 January 1950, Marius Tresor, French footballer, was born.
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18 December 1949, Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer, was born.
14 August 1949, Morten Olsen, Danish footballer, was born.
24 March 1949, Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer, was born.
4 January 1949, Michael Mills,
footballer, was born.
2 December 1948, Antonin Panenka, Czech footballer, was born.
2 October 1948, Trevor Brooking,
footballer, was born.
5 August 1948, Ray Clemence,
footballer, was born.
5 February 1948, Sven Goran Eriksson, footballer, was born.
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23 October 1947, Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer, was born.
27 July 1947, Bob Klein, US footballer, was born
21 July 1947, Co Adriaanse, footballer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
9 July 1947, OJ Simpson, footballer, was born.
25 April 1947, Johann Cruyff, Dutch footballer, was born.
3 February 1947, Hristo Bonev, Bulgarian footballer, was born.
30 December 1946, Hans Hubert Vogts, West German footballer, was born.
18 September 1946, Otis Sistrunk, US
footballer, was born in Columbus, Georgia.
3 April 1946, Alf Common, footballer, died
(born 25 May 1880).
3 November 1945. Gerd Muller, German footballer, was born in Nordlingen.
17 October 1945, Dave Cutler, Canadian footballer, was born.
12 June 1945, Patrick Jennings, footballer, was born.
28 February 1944, Josef Maier, West German footballer, was born.
9 December 1942, Billy Bremner,
footballer, was born.
11 September 1942, John Grieg,
footballer, was born in Edinburgh.
26 February 1942, Jozef Adamec,
Slovak footballer, was born
24 February 1940, Denis Law,
footballer, was born.
23 January 1940, Brian Labone,
footballer, was born (died 24 April 2006)
6 January 1940, John Giles,
footballer, was born in Dublin.
28 December 1939, Frank McLintock,
footballer, was born.
23 October 1939, George Cohen,
footballer, was born
21 July 1939, Helmut Haller,
West German footballer, was born.
17 July 1939, Valery Voronin,
Russian footballer, was born.
29 June 1939, Amarildo
Tavares Silveira, Italian footballer, was born.
27 August 1938, Jose Altafini,
Italian footballer, was born.
8 August 1938, Otto Rehhagel,
footballer, was born in Essen, Germany
20 July 1938, Roger Hunt,
footballer, was born.
7 June 1938, Ian StJohn,
footballer, was born.
30 December 1937, Gordon Banks,
footballer, was born.
6 December 1937, Pedro Alberto
Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer, was born.
11 October 1937, Bobby Charlton,
English footballer, was born in Ashington, County Durham.
16 May 1937, Antonio Ubaldo
Rattin, Argentinean footballer, was born.
13 April 1937, Augusto Jose
Pinto de Almeida, Portuguese footballer, was born.
8 April 1937, William Bassett,
English footballer, died (born 27 January 1869).
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21 October 1936, Khennane Mahi,
French-Algerian footballer, was born.
3 October 1936, John Heisman,
American football player, died aged 66.
1 October 1936, Duncan Edwards,
footballer, was born (died 21 February 1958).
23 September 1936, George Eastham,
footballer, was born.
30 May 1936, Slava Metreveli,
Russian footballer, was born.
21 September 1935, Jimmy Armfield,
English footballer, was born.
12 September 1935, Jan Popluhar,
Czech footballer, was born.
6 August 1935, Mario Esteves
Coluna, Portuguese footballer, was born.
7 May 1935, Jack Charlton,
footballer, was born.
6 April 1935, Luis del Sol
Cascajares, Spanish footballer, was born.
7 February 1935, Clifford Jones,
footballer, was born.
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17 December 1934, Ramon Wilson,
footballer, was born.
27 November 1934, Ammo Baba,
Iraqi footballer and coach, was born in Baghdad (died 2009).
19 November 1934, Kurt Hamrin,
Swedish footballer, was born.
14 November 1934, Dave Mackay,
footballer, was born.
12 November 1934, Edvaldo Izidio
Neto, Brazilian footballer, was born.
17 October 1934, John Haynes,
footballer, was born in Kentish Town, London.
27 May 1934, Bryan Douglas,
footballer, was born.
6 January 1934, Herbert Chapman,
footballer, died (born 19 January 1878).
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28 October 1933, Manoel
Francisco dos Santos, Brazilian footballer, was born.
22 October 1933, Francisco Gento,
Spanish footballer, was born.
18 August 1933, Just Fontaine,
French footballer, was born in Marrakech, Morocco.
18 February 1933, Robert Robson,
footballer, was born.
5 February 1933, Milos
Milutinovic, Yugoslavian footballer, was born.
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21 November 1932, Ron Saunders,
footballer, was born.
3 November 1932, Ernst Pol,
Polish footballer, was born.
31 December 1931, Ray Graves,
US football player, was born.
27 December 1931, John Charles,
footballer, was born near Swansea, Wales.
26 November 1931, Roger Piantoni,
French footballer, was born.
13 October 1931, Raymond Kopa,
French footballer, was born.
2 August 1931, Villam Schroiff,
Czech footballer, was born.
26 July 1931, Tele Santana,
Brazilian football coach, was born (died 21 April 2006)
19 February 1931, Bobby Collins,
footballer, died.
9 February 1931, Josef Masopust,
Czech footballer, was born.
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28 October 1930, Svatopluk
Pluskai, Czech footballer, was born.
4 September 1930, Igor Netto,
Russian footballer, was born.
29 April 1930, Henri Coppens,
Belgian footballer, was born.
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16 December 1929, Ivor Allchurch,
footballer, was born.
12 December 1929, Alberto da
Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer, was born.
23 August 1929, Zoltan Czibor,
Hungarian footballer, was born.
16 August 1929, Helmut Rahn,
West German footballer, was born.
9 July 1929, Gerhard Hanappi,
Austrian footballer, was born.
17 May 1929, Branislav Zebec,
Yugoslav footballer, was born.
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28 October 1928, Lawrence Reilly,
footballer, was born.
14 October 1928, Jose hector Rial,
Argentinean footballer, was born.
24 August 1928, Tommy Docherty,
football manager, was born.
15 July 1928, Jimmy
Leadbetter, footballer, was born (died 18 July 2006)
4 July 1928, Giampiero
Boniperti, Italian footballer, was born.
24 April 1928, Thomas Docherty,
footballer, was born.
9 February 1928, Rinus Michels,
football manager, was born (died 3 March 2005)
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5 September 1927, Malcolm Allison,
footballer, was born in Dartford, England.
16 July 1927, Robert Evans,
footballer, was born in Glasgow.
10 June 1927, Ladislav Kubala,
footballer, was born in Hungary.
16 May 1927, Nilton Santos,
Brazilian footballer, was born.
29 April 1927, William Slater,
footballer, was born.
12 October 1926, Nikita Simonian,
Russian footballer, was born.
4 July 1926, Alfredo di
Stefano, Spanish footballer, was born in a� poor suburb of Buenos Aires.
7 March 1926, Ernst Ocwirk,
Austrian footballer, was born.
27 August 1925, Nathaniel
Lofthouse, footballer, was born.
28 July 1925, Juan Alberto
Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer, was born.
3 May 1925, Robert Jonquet,
French footballer, was born.
24 April 1925, James Dickinson,
footballer, was born (died 8 November 1982).
5 October 1923, Jock Stein,
footballer, was born (died 11 September 1985).
1 May 1923, William Steel,
footballer, was born (died 13 May 1982).
30 January 1923, Arthur Kinnaird,
footballer, died (born 16 February 1847).
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8 October 1922, Nils Liedholm,
Swedish footballer, was born.
3 May 1922, Len Shackleton,
footballer, was born.
5 April 1922, Thomas Finney,
footballer, was born.
24 January 1922, Cornelius
Franklin, footballer, was born in Stoke on Trent.
24 October 1921, Ted Ditchburn,
goalkeeper, was born (died 26 December 2005)
22 April 1921, Vinko Golob,
Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer, was born (died 5 September 1995)..
22 January 1920, Sir Alf Ramsey,
England international footballer and manager, was born.
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16 October 1919, Ivor Allchurch,
Welsh footballer, was born.
26 September 1919, Henry Johnstone,
footballer, was born (died 12 October 1973)
23 February 1919, John Carey,
footballer, was born in Dublin.
26 January 1919, Valentino
Mazzola, Italian footballer, was born in Milan.
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15 November 1918, Adolfo
Pedernera, Argentinean footballer, was born.
16 May 1918, Wilfred Mannion,
footballer, was born.
25 October 1916, Stanley Cullis,
footballer, was born.
4 December 1914, George Swindin,
footballer, was born (died 27 October 2005).
1 February 1914, Stanley Matthews,
professional footballer, was born.
2 September 1913, William Shankly,
footballer, was born (died 28 September 1981).
5 June 1913, Peter Doherty,
footballer, was born (died 6 April 1990).
26 December 1913, Frank Swift,
English footballer, was born.
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16 August 1912, Edward Drake,
footballer, was born (died 30 May 1995).
14 March 1912, Clifford Bastin,
footballer, was born (died 3 December 1991)
1 December 1911, Franz Binder,
Austrian footballer, was born.
11 November 1910, Leonidas da Silva,
Brazilian footballer, was born.
23 August 1910, Guiseppe Meazza,
Italian footballer, was born.
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6 September 1909, Severino
Minelli, Swiss footballer, was born.
26 May 1909, Sir Matthew
Busby, footballer, was born (died 20 January 1994).
7 March 1909, Andre Abegglen,
Swiss footballer, was born.
12 February 1909, Bernabe
Ferreyra, Argentinean footballer, was born.
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27 September 1908, Eddie Hapgood,
English footballer, was born.
27 November 1907, Eric Brook,
footballer, was born (died 29 March 1965).
28 April 1907, Raymond Braine,
Belgian footballer, was born.
27 January 1907, Albert Arthur
Roberts, English footballer for Southampton, was born..
27 May 1906, Henry Hibbs,
footballer, was born (died 23 April 1984).
13 November 1905, Clarence Hearn,
Australian footballer, was born (died 1 April 1981).
17 January 1905, Guillermo
St�bile, Argentine footballer, was born (died 1966)
26 August 1904, Joseph Hulme,
footballer, was born (died 27 September 1991).
2 June 1904, Frantrisek
Planicka. Czech footballer, was born.
26 April 1904, Jimmy McGrory,
footballer, was born (died 20 October 1982).
18 February 1903, Matthias
Sindelar, Austrian footballer, was born.
27 November 1902, George Camsell,
footballer, was born (died 7 March 1966).
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5 December 1900, James Dimmock,
footballer, was born (died 23 December 1972).
3 April 1899, David Jack,
footballer, was born (died 10 September 1858)
3 February 1899, Robert John,
footballer, was born (died 17 July 1982).
21 June 1898, Hector Scarone,
Uruguayan footballer, was born.
5 November 1897, Warneford
Cresswell, footballer, was born (died 20 October 1973).
25 April 1895, Stanley Rous,
footballer, was born (died 18 July 1986).
26 March 1895, Jimmy McMullan,
footballer, was born (died 28 November 1964).
25 March 1895, James Seed,
footballer, was born (died 16 July 1966).
24 August 1894, Elisha Scott,
footballer, was born (died 16 May 1959).
23 March 1894, Arthur
Grimsdell, footballer, was born (died 12 March 1963).
16 November 1893, Robert Kelly,
footballer, was born (died 22 September 1969).
28 August 1893, Samuel Irving,
footballer, was born (died 17 January 1969).
24 April 1893, Alan Morton,
footballer, was born (died 15 December 1971).
6 August 1892, William
Gillespie, footballer, was born (died 2 July 1981).
29 May 1892, Jamie Thompson,
Australian footballer, was born (died 12 July 1975).
22 September 1891, Charles Buchan,
footballer, was born (died 25 June 1960).
3 April 1891, Edward
Rodgerson , English footballer, was born (died 8 January 1962).
26 August 1883, Sam Hardy,
footballer, was born (died 24 October 1966).
23 August 1883, Jesse Pennington,
footballer, was born (died 5 September 1970).
25 May 1880, Alf Common,
footballer, was born (died 3 April 1946).
26 September 1879, Robert Crompton,
footballer, was born (died 15 March 1941).
30 July 1875, Billy Meredith,
footballer, was born (died 19 April 1958).
30 July 1874, William
Meredith, footballer, was born (died 19 April 1958).
12 April 1874, Bill Foulke,
footballer, was born.
20 January 1874, Stephen Bloomer,
footballer, was born (died 16 April 1938).
25 November 1872, Gilbert Smith,
footballer, was born (died 6 December 1943).
27 January 1869, William Bassett,
English footballer, was born (died 8 April 1937).
18 January 1861, Peter Beardsley, English
footballer, was born.
30 July 1858, Charles
Bambridge, English footballer, was born (died 8 November 1935).
16 February 1847, Arthur Kinnaird,
footballer, was born (died 30 January 1923).
2 December 1842, Charles Alcock,
footballer, was born (died 26 February 1907)
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