- Football in Yorkshire
Football in Yorkshire refers to the sport of
association football in relation to its participation and history withinYorkshire ,England . The county was the largest in theUnited Kingdom and as thus has many football clubs professional and amateur.Sheffield in
South Yorkshire is recognised byFIFA andUEFA as the birth place of club football, due to the fact that Sheffield FC are the oldest association football club in the world.cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/NewsFromTheFA/Postings/2006/12/OldestClub.htm|author=TheFA.com|title=World's Oldest Football Club|accessdate=2007-06-27] With its origins in the "Sheffield Rules " code, the game eventually spread to other parts of the county after Hull localEbenezer Cobb Morley wroteThe Football Association 's "Laws of the Game ", which are still used worldwide today.History as footballing innovators
The county has a very long tradition in the sport; it is officially recognized by
FIFA as being the birthplace of club football as the world's oldest club Sheffield FC was formed in Yorkshire during 1857.cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/NewsFromTheFA/Postings/2006/12/OldestClub.htm|author=TheFA.com|title=World's Oldest Football Club|accessdate=2007-06-27] Two men from Sheffield, South Yorkshire codified a set of rules for the game in 1857, these were known as theSheffield rules and the Football Association rules which were created in 1863 were based in part on them.Ebenezer Cobb Morley was the first secretary ofThe Football Association , its second ever president and the man who drafted the FA's laws of the game at his home was a Yorkshireman from Hull.The world's first ever inter-club match took place on
26 December 1860 in Yorkshire; the match was between Sheffield F.C. and a newly formed club namedHallam F.C. ; Sheffield won 2–0. As Hallam were also from the city of Sheffield, this would also prove to be the world's first everlocal derby in club football. Notably, Hallam's home groundSandygate Road , at which they still play at today, was first opened in 1804 and is recognized by theGuinness Book of Records as the oldest ground in the world. [cite web
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/students/a_z/index.shtml
title=The Ultimate A-Z of Sheffield
month=September | year=2003
accessdate=2008-02-08
author=Rob Power
publisher=bbc.co.uk]Top level of English football
Below is information pertaining to the number of seasons each Yorkshire football club has spent at the top level in English football. This includes the top level of
The Football League from 1888 until 1992, theFootball Alliance and thePremier League .:"Correct as of the 2007–08 season"
*Sheffield Wednesday — 69
*Sheffield United — 59
*Middlesbrough — 57
*Leeds United — 50
*Huddersfield Town — 30
*Bradford City — 12
*Bradford Park Avenue — 3
*Barnsley — 1Overall success
*AFC Emley
*Dinnington Town
*Hall Road Rangers
*Leeds Met Carnegie
*Pontefract Collieries
*Rossington Main
*Scarborough Athletic
*Tadcaster Albion
*Worsbrough Bridge MW
*Yorkshire Amateur
*Askern Welfare
*Bentley Colliery
*Hatfield Main
*Kiveton Park
*Yorkshire Main
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Notable Yorkshire footballing figures
Below are some football players and general figures born in Yorkshire or from Yorkshire families, who have achieved notability in the game. They are ordered into the time period in which they made their first team debut.
1860s to 1920s
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*Charles Clegg — chairman of
*Thomas Hogg and Chris Hogg — brothers from Skelton, Yorkshire introduced football to Argentina, they organised a meeting on *Joseph Whitaker — one of the key figures in the foundation of US Palermo, the second oldest football club in * * 1930s to 1950s * * *Mark Jones, *Bill Nicholson — played for Tottenham Hotspur and represented England one time. He gained more prominence as a manager with Spurs however, leading the club to success in the * * * * * 1960s and 1970s * * * * 1980s and 1990s * * *Andy Gray — played for Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Bradford City, Sheffield United and Sunderland amongst others. He was born in * * * * url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamGkprs/GkprsMstApps.html ] In 1997, Seaman was awarded an MBE for his services to sport. * * 2000s onwards *Michael Dawson — played for Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as England U21. ee also * Notes
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title=England's Goalkeepers in Most Appearance Order
work=England Football Online
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*Paul Robinson — goalkeeper who has played for
