X-Nico

unusual facts about amateur football



José Bokung

José Bokung Alogo (born 31 December 1987 in Ebebiyín), also known as Colin, is an Equatoguinean amateur football defender.

Myles N. Kenyon Cup

The Myles N. Kenyon Cup, popularly known as the Kenyon Cup is an amateur football cup competition held for teams playing in Amateur Leagues in and around Bury, England and is named after former Lancashire captain and batsman and High Sheriff of Lancashire, Myles Noel Kenyon.


see also

2012 Liga Indonesia Second Division

2012 Liga Amatir Indonesia Second Division, second tier competition for amateur football clubs in Indonesia under controlled by PSSI.

Aidan O'Keeffe

On moving to Canada, O'Keeffe played amateur football for Toronto Celtic before joining Semi-Professional club, Hamilton Croatia for the 2010 season.

Alfred Gomis

Alfred began playing for an amateur football club in Cuneo after he and his family migrated from Senegal.

Antonie Kamerling

For the film, about an amateur football team, he sang the theme song, "Toen Ik Je Zag" (literal translation: "When I Saw You"), written by the popular Dutch singer Guus Meeuwis.

Börjesson

Josef Börjesson (1891–1971), Swedish amateur football (soccer) player

Boutmy

Joop Boutmy, Dutch amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics

Braíma Injai

In early 2009 he returned to Africa, joining Angolan outfit Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio, but went back to Portugal shortly after, resuming his career in amateur football.

Burntisland Shipyard Amateur F.C.

They joined the Lothian Amateur Football League, and in 1929 they were allowed to enter the Scottish Cup at the qualifying stages.

Daniel Pettit

Having graduated from Quarry Bank High School in 1934, Pettit made a name for himself playing amateur football for Cambridge University, where he was reading History at Fitzwilliam House.

FC Chabab

The team was founded in 1983 and, after spending several years in the lower ranks of Dutch amateur football, was promoted to Topklasse in 2012 as playoff winners, under the guidance of former Moroccan international Alami Ahannach.

Frank Piercy

Piercy was born in Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees and upon leaving school he became a blacksmith playing amateur football in Southbank for a junior team in the Teessiders Minor League.

Frederick Kashimoto

Kashimoto was born in Mufulira where he started his soccer career at Mutende Community Centre with whom he won the Dunlop Cup organised by the Copperbelt Amateur Football Association.

Frederick Wise, 1st Baron Wise

Wise came from the village of Souldern in north Oxfordshire, where he played in the local amateur football team.

Gonzalo Gil

Gil started playing amateur football with the team of Campo Chico, the gated neighbourhood where he lived with his family.

Isthmian League

The Isthmian League was most likely named after the ancient Isthmian Games, with the later Athenian League, Corinthian League and Delphian League all adding a Classical flavour to amateur football competition.

Lau Cheuk Hin

In January 2011, while playing amateur football for Sham Shui Po, through the Nike The Chance programme, Lau Cheuk Hin won a place along with 3 other young Chinese footballers in Shanghai, China to fly to the United Kingdom and compete among the 100 players from all over the world, for the 8 available places to train there.

Michalis Vlachos

The first managing trying for Vlachos is at 2007 to an amateur football club from Euboea, Greece named Apollon Eretrias.

Reg Hollingworth

Hollingworth, born in Doncaster but raised in Rainworth, was training as a mechanical engineer and playing amateur football for Sutton Junction when he was spotted by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Sunday League

Sunday league football, amateur football played on Sundays in the United Kingdom.