[Football] The top ten oldest English professional football clubs

Taybha

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Uwantsumorwat

• Jan 21, 2021

• #1

Without using Google, what's the point in that , can you name the ten oldest English clubs ?

Most should know at least one I'd be surprised if anyone gets number 5 , I took the test and failed miserably getting 4 out of 10 .

Boredom strikes again but at least I can still see my willy .

Will post the official ten in order later tonight.

 

zefarelly

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Notts County and Burnley are pretty old. Massive are too I think.

Football didn't 'really' start until 1901. enee fule kno that.

 

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Theres a really good Netflix series called "The English Game"-dramatized true story of the beginnings of the FA and the very start of professionalism. Great watch, its set in the 1880s. Surprising the clubs that were around then and still around today. Several of the clubs will be on the oldest list as they are in the league today.

 

lawros left foot

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Villa in there somewhere, PNE?

 

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Wednesday, feel like Wolves are one but probably wrong.

 

Beach Hut

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Everton/Bolton Wanderers ?

 

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• Jan 21, 2021

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zefarelly said:

Notts County and Burnley are pretty old. Massive are too I think.

Football didn't 'really' start until 1901. enee fule kno that.

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Nahhh, started in 1992, remember

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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Nottingham County
Burnley
Everton
Preston N E
Huddersfield
Palace (very debatable but they think they are)
Villa
S Wednesday
Bolton
Forest
Birmingham

Reading are old also

Edit I'm sure Stoke are old as are Chesterfield but not sure if in top 10

 

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zefarelly

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Munich are old, not Beyern . . . .1860. there's a clue in the name.

 

SeagullinExile

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zefarelly said:

Munich are old, not Beyern . . . .1860. there's a clue in the name.

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They were a sports club in 1860. The football team was formed in 1899.

 

Papa Lazarou

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PILTDOWN MAN said:

Nottingham County
Burnley
Everton
Preston N E
Huddersfield
Palace (very debatable but they think they are)
Villa
S Wednesday
Bolton
Forest
Birmingham

Reading are old also

Edit I'm sure Stoke are old as are Chesterfield but not sure if in top 10

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Formed in 2010 surely?

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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Papa Lazarou said:

Formed in 2010 surely?

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Yes but no but

 

Razzoo

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Preston for sure

 

Shirty

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Wolves are pretty old I think

 

Whitley Bayster

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Blackburn Preston Bolton should all be in there. Huddersfield maybe. All the bleak northern mill towns basically

 

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• Jan 21, 2021

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My best guess, is seeing as it was mainly the northern towns formed clubs and southern starters were mainly colleges & universities as follows.
Burnley
Preston
Blackpool
Sheffield Wednesday
Bury
Huddersfield
Notts County
Bolton Wanders
Everton
Barnsley

 

elwheelio

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MK Dons?

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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elwheelio said:

MK Dons?

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Beyond doubt

 

zefarelly

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SeagullinExile said:

They were a sports club in 1860. The football team was formed in 1899.

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pff. modern toss!

 

Comrade Sam

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• Jan 21, 2021

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Clapton's ground, the Old Spotted Dog in Forest Gate, is the oldest in continuous use! So I've been told. Although that doesn't answer the question.