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

Maybe you will recognize this. I know that I do. You get a team together, inspired by a love of the game that far outstrips your abilities...

Before 1908 football at the Olympic Games was merely an exhibition, played, if at all, between club sides. The decision of the IOC to ...

William Garbutt In Italian football parlance the manager is il mister - The Mister- even today the men in charge are referred to as i...

Were the Scottish FA conservative? There's a strong case for Scotland having been the strongest team in World football for much of the ...

In the early years of its existence the FA tended to use The Empire Stadium Wembley only for the FA Cup Final, which was played ther...

As local rivalries go the  Buenos Aires Superclásico is possibly the most notoriously intense in World football. 02.08....