Tuesday 17th December 2024 ko 19:30

Argonaut Trophy

SOUTHERN AMATEUR LEAGUE 1 (Kelly 90+1)

AMATEUR FOOTBALL COMBINATION 2 (Sherriff-Jolly 33 50)

Att c20 at Quintin Hogg Memorial Sports Ground, Chiswick

Free Entry (although parking is chargeable, via an App)

In rugby the schism of 1895 is still obvious. Back then the Northern Rugby Union broke away from the established Rugby Football Union (RFU) to allow for professionalism. In Association football the schism happened in 1907 , albeit in reverse. The clubs wanting amateurism formed the Amateur Football Association and left the Football Association rather than the other way round. I’ll never forget that wonderful quote dating from the time describing professionalism as the, “Fungus growth which had become attached to the machinery of football management!” 

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