World’s Oldest Football Competition

On the day of 1872, Wanderers FC won the first FA Cup Final, the final score was 1-0, which is higher than the Royal Engineers AFC. The oldest football cup competition in the world was held by the British Football Association (Football Association) until then until a club-to-club friendly game was held.

It all began with the Sportsman newspaper in London on July 20, 1871. And football players and sports manager Charles William Alcolk suggested that each team of the association be invited to participate in the knockout cup. A few months later in November, the first FA Cup began and Clapham Rovers in South London broke Upton Park in East London with 3 - 0.

Only 15 clubs participated in the first competition, and only 12 clubs participated in a total of 13 games. At The Oval cricket, Wanderers FC defeated Royal Engineering team AFC-Morton Peto Betts by 1-0 and he played under the pseudonym AH Checker (Brazilian players perform under Robynho and other pseudonyms As well as). Ronaldo or Ronaldinho). In the second year, Rangers beat Oxford in the finals to defend their title.

There is no doubt that Victorian England football in the second half of the 19th century is quite different from today's one. These teams are amateurs composed of players who work together, such as the Royal Engineering Team, a university like Oxford University, or a graduate of Old English public school like Wanderers FC. The FA Cup is still strong today, but none of the three teams has yet been played, and the elliptical course is only used for cricket games.

The most interesting character in the early FA Cup was undoubtedly its founder Charles William Alcock. In addition to being a FA secretary from 1870 to 1895 he is also the center of the wanderers FC who is the captain and founder of the Scottish national team (off score 2-2), the first offside player It was offside. Ironically, considering the last point, Alcock continued to refer to the FA Cup Final between 1875 and 1879 and was appointed Vice President of FA in 1895. Today he is often admired as "the father of contemporary sports".

The world's oldest football game is the FA Cup founded by CW Alcock who has competed in the UK since 1872. The first official international football game between Scotland and England was held in Glasgow in 1872 and it was stimulated again. In CW Alcork England there is also the world's first football league established by William McGregor, director of Astonville in Birmingham in 1888. The original format includes 12 clubs from Midland and Northern England.

On the day of 1872, Wanderers FC won the first FA Cup Final, the final score was 1-0, which is higher than the Royal Engineers AFC. The world's oldest football cup competition was held by the UK Football Association (Football Association) until then until a club-to-club friendly game was held. It all began with the Sportsman newspaper in London on July 20, 1871. And football players and sports manager Charles William Alcolk suggested that each team of the association be invited to participate in the knockout cup. A few months later in November, the first FA Cup began and Clapham Rovers in South London broke Upton Park in East London with 3 - 0.

Football became an official tournament at the London Summer Olympics in 1908. Planned by the England Football Association (FA), this event is for amateur players only and is considered a performance, not a competition. England (represented by England national amateur football team) won the gold medal. They repeated this feat at the Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. When the Olympic Games continued to compete among amateur teams, Sir Thomas Lipton organized the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy Championship in Turin in 1909. Each of these clubs is representative of the whole country