Chinanews client April 22nd, 22nd, the Premier League team Crystal Palace issued a different official announcement on its official website, indicating that the team was built in 1861 and is the oldest professional football club still in operation in the world. .
Crystal Palace announcement screenshot
According to the club announcement, according to the official information of the Football Association, Sheffield Football Club was established on October 24, 1857. It is the oldest non-professional league club in the world, and the oldest professional league club was the Novo established in November 1862. County.
Previously, the Crystal Palace Club had been considered to be established in 1905, but Peter Manning, the author of "Palace at the Palace", has shown through research that the Crystal Palace Club is directly related to the Crystal Palace football team established in 1861. Participated in the first game in March 1862.
The announcement stated that Crystal Palace had established the Crystal Palace Cricket Club in June 1857, and that the chairman of the Crystal Palace, Thomas Facquard, was the club ’s first chairman. In England at the time, cricketers played football in the winter to maintain their physical condition, so they established a football team in 1861. The jerseys were blue and white. The team ’s first game was against Forest FC on March 15, 1862. .
It is worth mentioning that in 1875, Crystal Palace completely stopped participating in organized football matches, and lasted for nearly 20 years. According to the analysis of the situation at that time, this is because the football game will damage the club's cricket ground. (Finish)