1860s in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer) events of the decade 1860s around the world.
[edit] Events
- 1860 – Lausanne Football and Cricket Club are founded, likely to be the oldest club in continental Europe.
- 1862 – An assistant teacher of Uppingham School, John Charles Thring, created ten rules of football inspired by The Cambridge Rules - also known as "The Simplest Game".
- 1862: The formation of the oldest Football League club, Notts County.
- 1863 October 26 – The Football Association was founded at Freemason's Tavern, in Great Queen Street in London. The only school to be represented on this occasion was Charterhouse. The Freemason's Tavern was the setting for five more meetings between October and December, which eventually produced the first comprehensive set of rules. At the final meeting, the first FA treasurer, who was the representative from Blackheath, withdrew his club from the FA over the removal of two draft rules at the previous meeting, the first which allowed for the running with the ball in hand and the second, obstructing such a run by hacking (kicking an opponent in the shins), tripping and holding. Other English rugby clubs followed this lead and did not join the FA but instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football Union. The eleven remaining clubs, under the charge of Ebenezer Cobb Morley, went on to ratify the original fourteen rules of the game. Despite this, the Sheffield FA played by its own rules until the 1870s.
- 1867 February 12-March 5 – Final of Youdan Cup is played at Bramall Lane, the world's first ever organised football tournament from twelve Sheffield clubs: Broomhall, Fir Vale, Garrick, Hallam F.C. (the winners), Heeley, Mackenzie, Mechanics, Milton, Norfolk, Norton, Pitsmoor, Wellington. British railway workers play Argentina's first recorded football match.
- 1868, February – Second oldest football tournament in the world, the Cromwell Cup, played with the Sheffield Rules from four clubs: Sheffield Wednesday F.C. (the winners), Exchange, Garrick, Wellington.
[edit] Births
- 1862 January 21 – William Bromley-Davenport, English footballer
- 1862, July 31 – James Brown, English footballer
- 1862, August 30 – John Brodie, English footballer
- 1863 January 9 – David Danskin, English footballer and co-founder of Arsenal F.C.
- 1863, February 14 – William Arthur, English footballer
- 1863, August – Albert Bayliss, English footballer
- 1863, September 20 – Andrew Amos, English footballer
- 1863, date unknown – Edward Brayshaw, English footballer
- 1864 February 14 – Richard Baugh, English footballer
- 1864, April 13 – Albert Aldridge, English footballer
- 1864, date unknown – William Betts, English footballer
- 1865 March 18 – Frank Burton, English footballer
- 1865, April 23 – George Brann, English footballer
- 1866 October 5 – John Barton, English footballer
- 1867 January 19 – Henry Allen, English footballer
- 1867, April 7 – Albert Allen, English footballer
- 1869 January 27 – William Bassett, English footballer
- 1869, May 29 – Richard Barker, English footballer
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