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Football Association

Categories: Sport / Games

Formed on the proposal of Ebenezer Cobb Morley at the Freemasons' Tavern.  Our picture shows an early book of minutes and the picture source gives some history.

2015: Londonist posted a 1935 news item which was not the FA's finest hour.

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Football Association

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Football Association

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Football - first FA match

This game took place, on a Saturday, just 2 months after the FA had been formed.

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First match of association football

First match of association football

The first official game played to Football Association rules took place in Battersea Park. It was played between teams selected by the President (Arthur Pember) and the Secretary (Ebenezer Cobb Mor...

Event, Sport / Games

1 memorial
London Welsh RFC

London Welsh RFC

The club was formed in 1885 to cater to ex-pat Welsh rugby players living in London. Following a successful period they turned professional in 2009 and moved to Oxford in 2012. However this was fin...

Group, Sport / Games, Wales

2 memorials
Edith Garrud

Edith Garrud

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Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games

2 memorials
Sir Bradley Wiggins

Sir Bradley Wiggins

Cyclist. Born Bradley Marc Wiggins in Ghent, Belgium where his English mother and Australian father, a professional cyclist, were living at the time. Bradley was brought up in Kilburn/Maida Vale by...

Person, Sport / Games, Belgium

2 memorials
The Brentham Club

The Brentham Club

Sports and leisure club.

Place, Sport / Games

1 memorial

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English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...

Group, Architecture, History, Property

417 memorials
Comic Heritage

Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

29 memorials
Charity scholars

Charity scholars

Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...

Group, Education, Philanthropy

23 memorials
Charity Commissioners

Charity Commissioners

The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities.

Group, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Film London
1 memorial