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

Bologna were the Italian champions of  1928-29. Just a fortnight after the decisive play off match both Bologna and runners up Torino we...

In the long history of the FA Cup only one tie has ever been decided in a hotel. The hotel, pictured above, was The Raven in Shrewsbury....

From 1876 to 1900 Wales played 66 internationals. They won just 12 of these matches (18%), drawing 9 and losing 45 (68 %) During this time...

British Club, 1902-03 Early football in Mexico was essentially a British affair. The teams that contested the first league competition ...

Patsy Gallacher in action. It looks like the defender is launching into the sort of challenge that would have modern referees reaching for...

Tom Smith was an inside right who joined Manchester United from Leicester City in January 1924. He played 90 first team games for Unite...

I n  December  1909 the Argentine aviator  Jorge Newbery   made an historic balloon flight (550 km in 13 hours) covering Argentina,  Brazi...

Between 1896 and 1898 Alex Raisbeck made 30 appearance for Hibernian, scoring 4 goals. In March 1898 he moved to Stoke on loan, making h...

Forest FC of Leytonstone, formed in 1859 and adherents of the Harrow Rules, relocated to London in 1864 and adopted the name Wanderers (alt...

Rolando looks on as Fried leaves the field The first time that a 'national' selection (drawn from both Rio and  São Paulo) ha...