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

This is a very simple post. No story, no statistics, just a couple of old team photographs. The team is AGF Fodbold, of Aarhus in Denmark...

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

Matches such as this were the staple in the pre League football days. Even in friendly competition local and regional rivalries could...

Harry Hampton was with Aston Villa for 16 seasons,   scoring  242 goals in 376 games. He remains Aston Villa...

Cricket was being played in  Hamilton Crescent before the   West of Scotland Cricket Club was founded in 1862. Hamilton Crescent'...

22 French internationals died during  World War I : René Camard  -  Association Sportive Francais Paris  (08.02.87- 16.03.15)  The...

Steve Bloomer , the great inside right, scored 395 goals in his club career (Derby County 527 games, Middlesbrough 130 games). He was ...