Oldest UK Club: Which One Claims the Crown?
Oral Bergnaum
2025-05-01 15:18:54
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Crystal Palace are staking a claim to be recognised as the world's oldest league club in existence still playing professional football after new research found a direct connection to the team established in 1861, who were founder members of the Football Association. However, research by author Peter Manning has established that Crystal Palace - commonly believed even by its own supporters to have been founded in 1905 – can claim a link back to the Crystal Palace football team established in 1861, which played its first match in March 1862. The Crystal Palace Company bought 1,700 shares, giving it a controlling interest, which meant that the business owned the football club it had first established in 1861. And therein lies Crystal Palace’s claim to be the oldest professional football club in the world.
Polly Shields
2025-04-29 23:42:55
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Sheffield is the birthplace of the beautiful game. Back in 1857, pioneers Sir Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest devised 'married vs. singles' and 'professionals vs. the rest' games at their local cricket club, and founded Sheffield FC, the world's first football club. As a result, Sheffield FC are officially recognised by FIFA as the world’s oldest football club, and alongside Real Madrid they are the only club in the world to have received the FIFA Order of Merit, showing that amidst the global corporations that preside over modern football, grassroots clubs can still share the same platform.
Tevin Boyle
2025-04-21 02:19:17
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Sheffield FC are recognized by both FIFA and the FA as the oldest football club in the world, having been founded in October 1857. Of course, several of these clubs have laid claim to being the oldest football entity in the world, including Stoke City and Notts County (which is the longest-standing professional club). Many such claims are disputed, however, especially those that are unsubstantiated by official records.
Jewell Hand
2025-04-10 00:01:33
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It’s Notts County that’s considered to be the oldest professional football club in England, having been founded in Nottingham in 1862. Stoke City is the second-oldest club in the UK, having been founded as ‘The Stoke Ramblers’ in 1863. Next up is the Wales-based Wrexham AFC, which was founded in 1864 and plays its home matches at the iconic Racecourse Stadium and is the oldest professional club in Wales.
Israel Bauch
2025-04-09 22:25:49
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Sheffield Football Club, founded in 1857. Sheffield Football Club is founded on October 24th, by the pioneers, Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest. Starting with the foundation of the club in 1857, the club’s committee studies the various rules.
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