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1915–16 Blackpool F.C. season

A conference was held in Blackpool's Winter Gardens on 3 July 1915, with representatives from the English, Irish, Scottish and Southern Football Leagues to consider whether football should be played in the 1915–16 season.

1986 FA Charity Shield

Liverpool achieved a Football League and FA Cup double in 1985–86 so their opponents in the Charity Shield match were Everton who finished as runners-up in both competitions.

Abdullah bin Musa'ed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

In September 2013, he purchased 50 percent stake in English football league club Sheffield United and became co-chairman with Kevin McCabe.

Åke Lindman

In the 1960s, the British Football League club Swindon Town F.C. wanted to sign him, but he turned them down to focus on his acting career.

Alan Buckley

His other son Adam did however feature in the Football League playing in just under 50 league appearances combined for both Grimsby Town and Lincoln City before going on to feature for a number of clubs at a semi-professional level.

Braco

Famous past residents of Braco have included the founder of the Football League William McGregor, computer game designer Chris Sawyer and the artist Christopher John Anderson, otherwise fondly known as squeaky Chris.

Bryn Allen

Allen was born in Gilfach Goch, Glamorgan and as a schoolboy attracted the attention of several football League clubs, including Manchester United, where he had an unsuccessful trial.

Danny Chapman

Danny Chapman (born 21 November 1974) is a retired professional footballer who played in the football league with Millwall and Leyton Orient.

Derrick Parker

He played for six different teams in the Football League during his career, as well as having a spell in Finland with Haka Valkeakoski.

Dudley Museum and Art Gallery

The room features a great deal of memorabilia connected to local football legend and Busby Babe Duncan Edwards, who was born in the town in 1936, and won two Football League title medals with Manchester United and was capped 18 times by the England national football team until he died from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster in February 1958, when still only 21.

FAW Premier Cup

Cardiff City in particular, following the arrival of ambitious owner Sam Hammam enjoyed relative success in the Football League but Cardiff City won the FAW Premier Cup just once, beating arch-rivals Swansea City in the 2002 final.

Gary Talbot

Talbot left as Chester’s record Football League goalscorer (previously held by Frank Wrightson) with 83 goals, and it was not until September 1992 that Stuart Rimmer would pass the total.

Goal difference

(N.B. in 1996–97 Wigan Athletic and Fulham finished level on 87 points at the top of the Third Division, but Wigan Athletic were awarded the championship on most goals scored, which was the first tie breaker in use in the Football League between 1992 and 1999, although Fulham had the greater goal difference. It reverted to the Goal Difference method from the start of the 1999–2000 season.)

Gordon McKeag

He was president of the Football League, chairman of the FA Challenge Cup Committee, director of the Football Association and director of the Football League and PFA Administration.

International Football League Board

The IFLB was founded in 1897 by the Football League and the Scottish Football League to resolve disputes over "poaching" of players in one League by clubs from the other.

Jimmy Rae

James Clarkson Rae (born in Aberdeenshire) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager who most famously played for and then became manager of English Football League club Plymouth Argyle.

Juan Manuel Lillo

He insinuated that the team he was battling against to avoid relegation, Televisa-owned San Luis Fútbol Club, had gained unusual victories against more powerful opposition, which were also owned by the Televisa group; this caused much controversy in both the Mexican press and football league.

Neil Dudgeon

This series was recommissioned and aired in April 2011, the same month that Dudgeon played the role of one time Football League secretary Alan Hardaker in the TV drama United, which was centred on the events of the 1958 Munich air disaster involving Manchester United.

Newcastle Benfield F.C.

In the 2006–07 season, the team, which has never made it to the first round proper of the FA Cup, were drawn at home to former Football League side York City in the final qualifying round of the 2006–07 competition, but lost 1–0, a Clayton Donaldson penalty winning the tie for York.

Peter Phoenix

Peter Patrick Phoenix (born 31 December 1936 in Urmston, Lancashire, England), is an English footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League.

Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth

Taylor's recommendations, published on 29 January 1990, stated that all First and Second Division (which became the Premier League and Division One in 1992) stadiums had to be all-seater by August 1994, and that the rest of the Football League should follow suit by August 1999.

Randy Horton

A top level cricketer offered trials to play for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Horton turned down the opportunity to play English County cricket and Football League football for Huddersfield Town to stay in a warmer climate following completing his Oxford University Institute of Education Teacher Training Certificate from Culham College in Oxfordshire, England.

Ray Clemence

However, there would be joy for Clemence two seasons later when Liverpool won both the League title and UEFA Cup, with Clemence saving a penalty in the final of the latter against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Richard Prokas

He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game for Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in the Football League.

Roch Karaa

He made his debut for the club on the final game of the 1984–85 season against Torquay United, becoming the first Tunisian to play in the English Football League.

Ronnie Rooke

The Football League programme resumed in 1946, and despite being nearly 35 and having never played in the top flight, Rooke was signed by Arsenal (Cyril Grant going in the other direction), who despite their pedigree from the 1930s, were struggling to score goals.

Ronnie Sales

He was plucked by Newcastle United in 1942 where he made 42 wartime appearances before securing a move to Football League club Leyton Orient.

Terry Fleming

Halesowen Town signed Fleming in 2007, along with two other former Football League players in the form of Stephen Cooke (who also played in the Premier League for Aston Villa) and Duane Darby.

Tony Kinsella

Anthony Steven Kinsella (born 30 October 1961 in Orsett, Essex, England), is an English footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League.

Trevor Lawless

Arthur Trevor Lawless (born 23 March 1932 in Cottam, Nottinghamshire, England), is an English footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League.

William Jex

William Jex (23 March 1885 − 19 February 1934) was an English footballer who played as an inside left with Norwich City, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham Town and Croydon Common, and in the Football League with Gainsborough Trinity in the early 20th century.

Wolverhampton Street School

He was capped 18 times by England and gaining two Football League championship medals with Manchester United before he died in February 1958, aged 21, from injuries sustained in the Munich air disaster.

Zigor Aranalde

Aranalde joined Football League outfit Walsall on a two-year contract, just before the start of the 2000–01 season.


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1920–21 Gillingham F.C. season

Only five players who had represented the club in non-league football went on to make appearances in the Football League: Jock Robertson, Jack Branfield, Joseph Griffiths, Donald McCormick and Arthur Wood.

1941–42 Serie C

The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Italian for Italian Professional Football League), commonly known as Lega Pro (Pro League), is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively.

1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final

The 1995 Football League Second Division play-off final was a football match played at on 28 May 1995, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Second Division to the First Division of The Football League in the 1994–95 season.

1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final

The 1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1998 at the end of the 1997–98 season.

2004–05 Football League Championship

The Football League 2004–05 (called Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the thirteenth season under its current league division format.

Alex Duncan

In 1936, aged 36, he was granted a permit to play for the Havelock Football Club, representing the Havelock tobacco factory of W.D. & H.O. Wills, in the "Saturday Morning League" competition, conducted by the Industrial Football League.

Ben Fixter

Ben currently plays with the Charles Sturt University Football Club in the Farrer Football League, a semi-professional football league based in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

Bill Edwards

Big Bill Edwards (1877–1943), American football player, guard for Princeton University football team, first president of first American Football League

Bizzell

Clint Bizzell (born 1976), professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League

Brisbane Football Club

Brisbane Lions, Australian football club that competes in the Australian Football League

Buena Vista University

Jesse Schmidt, record setting wide receiver for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League who was voted as the twenty-fifth greatest wide receiver in the league's history during the 2012 Arena Football League season.

Clancy Barone

As a coach in the National Football League he has coached in the NFC Championship Game, The AFC Championship Game, three Pro Bowl Games (once as an Offensive Line Coach and twice as the Tight Ends Coach) and has been instrumental in the development of two of the top tight ends to ever play in the NFL: Alge Crumpler of the Atlanta Falcons and Antonio Gates of the San Diego Chargers.

Daisy Pearce

In June 2007 Daisy was one of two Victorian Women's Football League representatives in the E J Whitten Legends Game where she played again such football legends as Scott Cummings, Nick Holland, Mick Martyn and Nicky Winmar.

Deeping Rangers F.C.

Their most notable alumni include Malcolm Christie (who moved to Derby County and then Middlesbrough) and Ben Wright (who later played for Viking Stavanger in the UEFA Cup and was also on the books of football league clubs Lincoln City).

Drew Helm

Drew Helm (born November 9, 1984 in Jupiter, Florida) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for Orlando City U-23's of the Premier Development League, a fourth-tier football league in the United States.

DSK Shivajians F.C.

Then in early 2013 the club announced their intent to make it at the national level of Indian football by asking for direct entry into the I-League, the top football league in India, from the All India Football Federation, along with Dodsal.

Eidson

Jim Eidson (born 1949), American football player in the National Football League

Ferrone

Dan Ferrone (born April 3, 1958, in Oakville, Ontario) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 1981 to 1992.

Football League North and South

An example of this is that in the 1942 Football League North Leeds United played Middlesbrough, Gateshead, Newcastle United, Doncaster Rovers, Sunderland, Bradford Park Avenue, York City, Halifax Town and Huddersfield Town, which they played Home and Away in succession.

Georgetown College

Blanton Collier, National Football League head coach of the Cleveland Browns, 1963-1970.

Gronkowski

Dan Gronkowski an American football tight end for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League.

Harald Nielsen

He became involved in professionalising football in Denmark in the 1970s, and in 1977 he and later Danish Minister of Science Helge Sander planned to found a professional Danish football league.

Indoor Professional Football League

The Indoor Professional Football League (IPFL) was the new incarnation of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), which started in 1998.

Joe Kilroy

He also played full-back in the Halifax team which surprised everyone in English rugby league by winning the Rugby Football League Championship in 1985-86 under player/coach Chris Anderson.

Kerrison

Shane Kerrison (born 1965), former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Australian Football League

Khampheng Sayavutthi

Khampheng Sayavutthi born 19 July 1986 in Vientiane, is a Laotian football player, who has played for YOTHA FC (MCTPC FC) in the Lao League, the top division of the Lao football League, and the Laos national team.

Leistner

Ken Leistner, American strength training writer, personal trainer, strength consultant for the National Football League

Magburaka

The Golden Dragon F.C., which is based in Magburaka, represent the city in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in the country.

The major football club that represent the city and the entire Tonkolili District is the Golden Dragon F.C., which is currently playing in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in the country.

Memphis Southmen

However, when Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau announced that no U.S.-based professional football league would be allowed in Canada in competition with the Canadian Football League under the Canadian Football Act, a change in venue and nickname was announced.

Meriweather

Brandon Meriweather (born 1984), American football player in the National Football League

Mowatt

Zeke Mowatt (born 1961), former American football tight end in the National Football League

North Shore Lions

The North Shore Lions football organization is currently a member of the QBFL (Quebec Bantam Football League) operating in the West Island of Montreal, Canada.

Northern League

Northern Football League, also known as Ebac Northern League, an association football league in North East England

Remchingen

The football club FC Nöttingen played in the Fußball-Regionalliga in 2004, which was the third highest football league in Germany at that time.

Richard Challoner School

Jimmy Glass, Former Goalkeeper known for last minute winner for Carlisle United in 1999 that kept them in the Football League.

SASL

South African Soccer League, a former association football league based in South Africa

Sharpstown High School

Barret Robbins - former American football center who played nine seasons for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) 1995-2003.

Slowey

Jason Slowey (born 1989), American football player in the National Football League

Southern League

Southern Football League, a semi-professional football league in England currently known as the Evo-stik League South

Spagnuolo

Steve Spagnuolo, head coach of the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League

Springboro, Ohio

Jake Ballard - Player for the Arizona Cardinals (National Football League).

Stelios Delibasis

In 2011, Delibasis joined Evia-based Iraklis Psachna, who were recently promoted to the Football League.

Stylez

Stylez G. White (born 1979), American football defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League

Texas Terror

Texas Terror - A franchise in the Arena Football League in the late 1990s.

Tolomeo Mwansa

When his father retired from the mine in Kitwe, the family moved to Mufulira in 1959 and the following year, Mwansa joined Mufulira Mine Team whose name changed to Mufulira Wanderers in 1962 when the Zambian National Football League (NFL) was formed.

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831

Also killed was Charles Stone of Montreal, a former co-owner of the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Montreal Alouettes; his death occurred during the CFL's Grey Cup week in Vancouver.

Vasco Mariners

Vasco Mariners, also known as Vasco Da Gama FC, are a Bermudian football team currently playing in the Corona League, the third tier of the Bermudian Football League.

Warren Patmore

Patmore was an instant success with Management gaining two promotions in three seasons with Devon & Exeter Football League side Morchard Bishop.