The title of the world's oldest football club, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several different codes of football. A football team is the collective name given to a number of players who play together in a football game, be it association football (soccer), rugby, Australian football, American football, Gaelic football, or other version of football. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

It is possible that a football-related organisation existed in London between 1421 and 1423. The records of the Brewers' Company of London, a guild, mention the hiring out of their hall "by the "ffooteballepleyers" for "20 pence", under the heading "Crafts and Fraternities".^[1] The listing of football players as a "fraternity" is the earliest allusion to what might be considered a football club.^[2] Events March 21 - Battle of Baugé. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. ... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ... A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. ...

Many early clubs did not use the word football in their name at all. Conversely, early rugby clubs sometimes referred to themselves, or continue to refer to themselves, as simply a "football club", or as a "Rugby football club". Similarly, most Australian rules football teams still refer to themselves as "_____ Football Club". A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...

It is has been claimed that the Barnes Club (later Barnes Rugby Football Club), from Barnes in London, was formed in 1839.[1] However, this has not been conclusively documented. It is also argued, and supported by the Guinness Book of Records, that Guy's Hospital Football Club, founded by staff at Guy's Hospital in London in 1843, is the oldest club. While a rugby club still exists at Guy's Hospital, the connection between the present club and the one formed in 1843 is poorly-documented.[2] Barnes Rugby Football Club, a rugby union club from Barnes, is one of the oldest in the country. ... Barnes is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Guys Hospital Football Club, founded in 1843 at Guys Hospital, in London, was the worlds first football club. ... Guys Hospital for Incurables. An illustration from John Stows Survey of London (1755). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The oldest football club with a well-documented, continuous history is the Dublin University Football Club, founded in 1854 at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The club now plays rugby union. Dublin University Football Club is Trinity College, Dublins Rugby Union club. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Trinity College, Dublin TCD,corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... A rugby union scrum. ...

Cambridge University Association Football Club has been described by both the university itself and the BBC as the oldest club now playing Association football (soccer), having been formed in 1856/57. [3] [4] However, this is a matter of controversy and some sources state that the club was not founded until 1866. Cambridge University Association Football Club is an English football club representing the University of Cambridge. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Sheffield Football Club, in Sheffield, England is the oldest documented non-university club, and was founded in 1857. It initially played a code of its own devising. The club joined the English Football Association (F.A.) in 1863 and is recognised by both the F.A. and FIFA as the world's oldest club now playing Association football. The club's rules influenced the F.A.; it did not adopt the Association's code in full until 1878. Sheffield F.C. was one of the worlds first football clubs and is the oldest still-existing club to now play football (soccer), having been founded in 1857. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the international governing body of association football. ...

Media reports in 2006 that a "John Hope Football Club" was founded in Edinburgh in 1824 appear to be erroneous; an Association football (soccer) club was founded in Edinburgh by a John Hope in 1874.[5] This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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The oldest known football clubs (excluding school teams), and the codes they initially played, are:

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The Scottish Premier League (SPL) is the top division within the current structure of football in Scotland. ...

Oldest uniform

The Guinness Book of World Records recognises the Essendon Football Club, which plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League, as having the oldest uniform of any sporting club in the world. Essendon players have worn a black guernsey with a red diagonal sash in every season since 1873.[18] The Guinness Book of Records (or in recent editions Guinness World Records, and in previous US editions Guinness Book of World Records) is a book published annually, containing an internationally recognized collection of superlatives: both in terms of human achievement and the extrema of the natural world. ... Essendon Football Club logo Essendon Football Club is an Australian Rules Football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

See also

• Sports clubs by year of establishment
• List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment

This is a chronological list of Australian rules football clubs since their formation. ...

References

External links

• University of Manchester, "Local studies in the History of Sport England" (Bibliography)
• Clifton Rugby Football Club, "Oldest Rugby Clubs"