1860s in association football

Events

• 1860 — Lausanne Football and Cricket Club is founded, the oldest club in continental Europe to later play Association football. Other clubs founded in 1860 include Cray Wanderers, Hallam F.C. (local rivals of Sheffield F.C.), Wanderers F.C. (future FA Cup winners) and TSV 1860 München (although they would not play football until 1899).

• 26 December 1860 — The first match between Sheffield F.C. and Hallam F.C., the oldest derby in football, takes place at Sandygate Road.

• 1862 — An assistant teacher of Uppingham School, John Charles Thring, inspired by the Cambridge Rules, devised an influential code of football.

• 1862 — The latest version of the Sheffield Rules include references to half-time and crossbars.

• 1862 — The formation of Notts County, later regarded the oldest professional club to play Association football.

• 1863, 26 October — The Football Association was founded at Freemasons' Tavern, in Great Queen Street in London. The Freemasons' Tavern was the setting for five more meetings between October and December, which eventually produced the first comprehensive set of rules. At the final meeting, the first FA treasurer, who was the representative from Blackheath, withdrew his club from the FA over the removal of two draft rules at the previous meeting, the first which allowed for the......
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