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Showing posts with label 1860s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1860s. Show all posts
3.11.18

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Morning Advertiser 18.01.1869 T he County Ground at Islington (also known as The Cattle Market Ground) was no longer in use for cric...
24.11.17

President's XIV v Secretary's XIV

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THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. The gentlemen who have expended so much time in arranging the new code of laws for the regulation of the game of...
14.5.17

...too fierce a character to be popular

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Sporting Life 05.12.63 A letter supporting the initiative of the Football Association to unify the laws of the game goes on to make...
14.1.17

Names

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If we look at the current top 5 levels of the English Football Pyramid we find 18 different suffixes to club names: I have not included ...
1.6.16

The Oval, 1869-70 season

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Having secured the use of the Surrey County Cricket ground at Kennington Oval The Wanderers put it to good use for the 1869-70 season....
4.5.16

The Oval

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In the 1860s London's football was played in public parks such as Clapham Common and Battersea Park. There were no enclosed football ...
23.3.16

7 days hard labour

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Windsor and Eton Express  -  12.12.68
24.2.16

Corner Kicks

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A corner kick, Falkirk vs Queen's Park 1914 Most of the changes in the Laws of The Game in the 1860s and 70s concerned what happene...
7.12.15

The World...1867

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It's hard to imagine a time when football did not enjoy mass popularity, and unless you've ever tried to organise a works or pub tea...