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The Football Association, English football’s governing body, was formed in 1863. ‘Organised football’ or ‘football as we know it’ dates from that time. Ebenezer Morley, a London solicitor who formed Barnes FC in 1862, could be called the ‘father’ of The Association.
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The FA celebrated its landmark 150th anniversary year across...
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The Football Association or the FA is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory.
- Before The FA
- The Beginnings of The FA
- Who Was There in 1863?
- Putting Theory Into Practice
- Alternative Football Associations
The Football Association might have been formed in 1863, but football had been played for years before that. And when we say years we’re not joking. Even FIFA have acknowledged that Tsu’ Chu, Cuju or Zuqiu was an early version of the game played during the Han Dynasty in China in the second and third centuries BC. The English might like to claim th...
On a Monday evening on the 26th of October 1863, representatives of eleven different London clubs gathered together in The Freemason’s Tavern on Great Queen Street in order to agree on common rules that would be accepted across the country. No more Cambridge Rules or Sheffield Rules or rules from anywhere else, just ‘The Rules Of Football’. The mee...
As well as Ebenezer Cobb Morley representing Barnes there were another ten clubs represented at the initial meetings of the FA when the rules of the game were outlined. Civil Service, the Crusaders, Forest of Leytonstone, No Names Club of Kilburn, Crystal Palace, Blackheath, Kensington School, Perceval House of Blackheath, Surbiton and Blackheath P...
Having finally decided on the first draught of the rules that would be played in the game moving forward, the newly formed Football Association was scheduled to take place on the 2nd of January 1864. Like a child who finds his presents on Christmas Eve and can’t want to play with them, however, the enthusiastic members of the new FA played an exper...
It wasn’t all plain sailing, however, with the FA we’ve been talking about known as the London Football Association. There was also The Sheffield Football Association that continued to play the Sheffield Rules we mentioned earlier after the formation of the London FA. It was actually the formation of the Football Association Cup in 1871 that led to...
Sep 10, 2024 · Football Association (FA), ruling body for English football (soccer), founded in 1863. The FA controls every aspect of the organized game, both amateur and professional, and is responsible for national competitions, including the Challenge Cup series that culminates in the traditional Cup Final at.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 26, 2015 · On this day in 1863, 12 London football clubs got together at the Freemasons’ Tavern in London to form the Football Association to govern the increasingly popular sport.
- Ben Judge
That’s when the story of the Football Association of England (or the FA) began, on 26 October 1863. BBC Bitesize has asked the National Football Museum in Manchester to tell us a little...
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The FA celebrated its landmark 150th anniversary year across 2013. The main event of a packed calendar was a Gala Dinner hosted by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, The FA President, in central London on Saturday 26 October 2013.
