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

This has got nothing to do with Swansea Town (or City)... David Jack took a look at the masses of people covering the Wembley pitch on ...

Reading 1913-14 without doubt, Reading FC are the finest foreign team seen in Italy.   Corriere della Sera In the summer of 1...

In the above cartoon Alf Common, wearing his £1000 transfer tag, protects Middlesbrough from the spectre of the Second Division. Traditi...

 In 1925 Arsenal wanted to sign the veteran Charlie Buchan from Sunderland in 1925. Based on the belief that Buchan was good for 20 goal...

After the legalization of professionalism in 1885, the players were theoretically   in a position to sell their labour    to whoever they wi...