Soccer Fan Club

The English League was founded in 1888.

The founding clubs were:
Aston Villa : Blackburn Rovers : Stoke City : Bolton Wanderers : Burnley : DerbyCounty : Everton : Notts County : Preston North End : West Bromwich Albion : Accrington (Old Reds) : Wolverhampton Wanderers.

John Love and Fergus Suter were the first Professional Players, who played for a north of England club called Darwen in the 1879 season and got paid for their soccer talent.

On 8th. September 1888, the First League Goal scored , by Jack Gordon of “Preston North End” player.

Organised soccer was born in Britain.
England and Scotland being co-founders of the beautiful game.

Soccer - Football - It is known in Europe and other countries other than North America, is played on every continent. FIFA (The Federation of World Football) includes 204 member countries.

The World’s First Football Club - In 1857, Colonel Nathaniel Cresswick and Major William Priest, two British Army officers founded the Sheffield Football Club.

The oldest Football Association are:
England (1863)
Scotland (1873)
Wales (1875)
Ireland (1880)