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The clubs were founded in 1858 and 1859 respectively and currently compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), making them the world's oldest football clubs that are now professional. The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream ...
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- Hallam Football Club
- Cray Wanderers Football Club
- Ballarat Football Club
- Geelong Football Club
- Melbourne University Football Club
- Castlemaine Football Club
- Melbourne Football Club
- Cambridge University Association Football Club
- Sheffield Football Club
photo source: hallamfc.co.uk Hallam Football Clubclaims that it is the second oldest football club in the world, behind the Sheffield Football Club, but this list discredits the team’s belief. However, the club is one of the oldest association football clubs in the world and was established in late 1860. Hallam has always played its home games on t...
photo source: Wikipedia The origins of the Cray Wanderers Football Clubdates back to between 1858 to 1860 when the London, Chatham and Dover Railway line was being constructed. The workers building the railway kicked a ball around during their breaks and eventually formed a club in the St Mary Cray village. In the late 1800s, the club did well amon...
photo source: The Courier The Ballarat Football Clubis another one of Australia’s earliest football teams with a history dating back to 1860. Until the discovery of the Castlemaine Football Club’s founding, Ballarat was believed to be the third oldest non-universtiy football club in Australia — it is the fifth oldest if you count Melbourne Universi...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Geelong Football Clubwas founded during a meeting held in the Victoria Hotel on July 18, 1859. It is the second oldest club in the Australian Football League and the fourth oldest Australian club overall. The club played its first match the following year and continued to contest senior football matches over the ...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons Since there are no records of the club’s exact formation, it is disputed whether or not the Melbourne University Football Clubis the second or third oldest football club in Australia. The club’s first recorded match took place in June 1859, around the same time as the Castlmaine Football Club’s first game, but no one...
photo source: boylesfootballphotos.net.au The Castlemaine Football Clubwas the second oldest Australian football club and formed a few months after the Melbourne Football Club. The club was formed on June 15, 1859, but the team’s first game was delayed a week because the ball did not arrive on time from Melbourne — the team had its first official g...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons The Melbourne Football Clubis the oldest football club in Australia and is one of the founding clubs of the Australian Football League. The origin of the team dates back to 1858 when members of the Victoria cricket team formed a loosely organized football team. Tom Wills, the captain of the cricket team called for th...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons According to Cambridge University, its association football club is the oldest club now playing association football. However, the club’s founding is often disputed and believed to either be in 1856 or 1857. Due to the uncertainty over the date of the club’s formation, it is not widely recognized as the oldest footba...
photo source: Wikimedia Commons Sheffield Football Club is the oldest football club in the world, dating back to the fall of 1857. The club is officially recognized by FIFA and The Football Association of England (FA) as the world’s oldest english football club. Prior to the formation of the FA, early football clubs used their own rules and the She...
- Sheffield FC. Having been founded in October 1857, Sheffield FC are recognised by FIFA as the oldest football club in the world. Despite the club's name, they actually play their matches in a town called Dronfield in Derbyshire, having moved grounds multiple times throughout their history.
- Cray Wanderers. Cray Wanderers claim to have first been formed as a football club in 1860, when railway workers would spend their leisure time kicking a ball around in the village of St Mary Cray in Bromley, London.
- Hallam. Hallam were founded in 1860 and played their first-ever match that same year against local side Sheffield FC, a fixture which is regarded as the oldest fixture in world football.
- Notts County. Founded in 1862, Notts County are the oldest professional football club in the world, predating the Football Association itself. The club were one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888 and their black and white stripes were adopted by Juventus in 1903.
- Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers, Hearts, Hamilton Academical (1874) In Aston Villa's first game after being formed in 1874, they agreed to play the first half (against a rugby team) following the rules of rugby, before being able to play the second half under the rules of football.
- Rangers (1872) A club filled with history, pride and success, Rangers were formed by four founders in March 1872. But after suffering liquidation in 2012, they were forced to work their way back up to the top from the third division in Scotland.
- Reading (1871) Before Reading adopted the nickname of the Royals, they were actually referred to as the Biscuitmen - with biscuits one of the biggest trades in the area.
- Kilmarnock (1869) Kilmarnock was formed in January of 1869 after a group of cricketers were keen to take up another sport during their down time. After agreeing to set up the football club, the group also initially started out playing the game in a way with clear similarities to the sport of rugby - hence the name Rugby Park Stadium.
7 hours ago · Let's take a look at the 20 oldest clubs in world football that remain active today. 20. Halesowen Town - 1873. The history books are a little fuzzy when it comes to the world's oldest clubs, but ...
May 17, 2024 · Hallam FC was formed three years too late to be the oldest football club in the world, but its 211-year-old home, Sandygate Road, is recognized as the oldest active ground in the world.
7 hours ago · AFC Bournemouth. Arsenal FC. Aston Villa FC. Brentford FC. Brighton and Hove Albion FC. Chelsea FC. Crystal Palace FC. Everton FC. Fulham FC.
