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1850s in football (soccer)
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The following are the football (soccer) events in the decades 1850s around the world.
- 1856/57 — Some sources claim that Cambridge University A.F.C. was formed, and that it is the oldest club now playing Association football (soccer).[1] For many years after formation, the club played its own game, known as the Cambridge rules (dating from 1848), rather than Association football.
- 1857, 24 October — Sheffield F.C. is founded in Sheffield, England. The club is regarded by the FA and FIFA as the oldest club now playing football. It is the oldest documented non-university club in any code of football. Like the Cambridge team, Sheffield played its own code, the Sheffield rules, for many years.
- 1850 March 14 – Francis Birley, English footballer
- 1852, date unknown – Alexander Bonsor, English footballer
- 1854 January 25 – Segar Bastard, English footballer
- 1855 June 1 – Walter Buchanan, English footballer
- 1856 March 6 – Horace Barnet, English footballer
- 1856 November 12 – Joseph Beverley, English footballer
- 1857 July 9 – Norman Bailey, English footballer
- 1857 July 23 – Lindsay Bury, English footballer
- 1858 July 30 – Edward Bambridge, English footballer
- 1859 March 15 – Arthur Alfred Brown, English footballer
- 1859 April 29 – Rupert Anderson, English footballer
- ^ Cambridge University Newsletter July/August 2006 (p. 4) & BBC Cambridgeshire, "Cambridge... the birthplace of football?!" (June 13, 2006) Access date: July 11, 2007.
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