Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.

Here is a programme for the 1889 FA Cup Final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Preston North End's Invincibles (the Cup version, w...

The first time that League football was played on Xmas Day was in 1889, the second season of League football. In heavy conditions before a...

Sandy Tait began his football career in his home village, with Glenbuck Athletic. Having played in the Scottish League for Glasgow Ranger...

Here are some successful managers pictured during their careers as players. The player in the centre of the back row of this photograph ...

In the first ever season of the Football League John Goodall was the leading scorer, with 20 goals in 21 games for Preston North End. He...

I have seen all the best sides in Football but I have never seen a side that compared to Preston North End at their best. We beat them bu...

The Rev. Frank Marshall was a clergyman and the headmaster of Almondbury Grammar School, Huddersfield. He was the co-author of   Football; t...

Birmingham Daily Post

In 1887 there was no Football League and there was no Lancashire League.  There was The  Lancashire County Football Association Cup and the...

Hibernians  (pre 1892 there was a pluralizing s at the end)   were victims of their own success.  Formed  in 1875  as a club for  Edinburgh...

Just a bit of fun to stimulate some debate. I'm going to select a team for every decade from the 1880s to the 1930s. The inspi...