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Sheffield FC is the oldest club now playing association football. They play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, at level 8 of the English football league system !

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Formed on 28 November 1862, Notts County is the oldest football team in the world at professional level.

Der er forskel på professional level og association level.

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Der er lidt forskellige definationer på, hvilken klub der er ældst:

Cambridge University Association Football Club has been described by the university as the oldest club now playing association football.[10][11] For example, : "Salopians formed a club of their own in the late 1830s/early 1840s but that was presumably absorbed by the Cambridge University Football Club that they were so influential in creating in 1846".[12] According to Charles Astor Bristed, in the early 1840s at Cambridge, there were games played between clubs from different colleges and houses.[13] Cambridge rules dates from 1848 and football is documented as being played on the original club ground, Parkers Piece, as early as 1838.[14] The earliest existing evidence of the Cambridge University Football Club comes from "The Laws of the University Football Club" dated 1856, and held at Shrewsbury School.[11]

It is claimed that the Barnes Club (later Barnes Rugby Football Club), from Barnes in London, was formed in 1839 and is the oldest club to have played football for its entire history.[15] However, this has not been conclusively documented. Hence it is argued, and supported by the Guinness Book of Records, that Guy´s Hospital Football Club, founded by staff at Guy´s Hospital in London in 1843, is the oldest club. While a rugby club still exists at Guy´s Hospital, the connection between the present club and the one formed in 1843 is still disputed.[16]

The oldest football club with the best-documented, continuous history is the Dublin University Football Club, founded in 1854 at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. The club plays rugby union.

Sheffield F.C. in Sheffield, England, is the world´s oldest independent football club – that is, the oldest club not associated with an institution such as a school, hospital or university. It was founded in 1857.[17] Sheffield F.C. initially played Sheffield rules, a code of its own devising, although the club´s rules influenced the those of the England Football Association (FA (1863) including handball, free kicks, corners and throw ins. While the international governing body of association football, FIFA and the FA recognise Sheffield F.C. as the "world´s oldest football club",[18] and the club joined the FA in 1863, it continued to use the Sheffield rules. Sheffield F.C. did not officially adopt association football until 1877.

The only survivor among the FA´s founding clubs is Civil Service F.C.[19] Six of the 18 founding members later adopted rugby exclusively.[20] Cray Wanderers F.C. of St Mary Cray, London, founded in 1860, is the oldest club now playing association football in Greater London.[21] The code played by Cray wanderers in its earliest years is unknown.

Liverpool Football Club (not to be confused with Liverpool F.C. of the English Premier League), later known as Liverpool St Helens F.C. were formed in 1857, which claims to be the oldest open rugby club in the world. The club adopted the Rugby Union rules in 1872, never playing association rules.

English club Notts County, formed in 1862, is the world´s oldest fully professional association football club

Men hvis vi nu ikke tæller håndæg med...

Tja... Dem har vi jo ikke så forfærtteligt mange af...

Vi har faktisk ret mange, når det kommer til stykket

Men hvilken dansk milliadær er fodboldgal anglofil ?

Wow. Som dansk fan af denne fantastiske klub, er det godt nok svært at forholde sig til, hvad man bør synes. Ingen tvivl om, at mere fokus i Danmark ville være lækkert, men jeg tvivler dog stærkt på, at danske pengemænd har specielt meget forstand på, hvad der gør sig gældende når vi taler om League Two fodbold. Ikke at de seneste ejere, bestyrelser osv. har vist sig i stand til det. Et projekt af denne karakter vil dog nok betyde solide investeringer i klubben. Den sang har vi dog også hørt før, og det endte med ubetalte mælkeregninger og en ubehagelig stor gæld. Ser spændt frem til at høre nyt!

umiddelbart tænker jeg at det må være Lars-Christian Brask

Notts County

Founded
28 November 1862; 153 years

Sheffield F.C.

Founded
24 October 1857; 158 years

Notts County er faktisk kun den 5 ældste klub

5: Notts County F.C

4: Worksop Town F.C

3: Cray Wanderers F.C

2: Hallam F.C

1: Sheffield F.C