Since the 15th century, there have been football clubs, but they are unstructured and have no legal standing. Thus, determining which football team was the first is difficult. According to some historians, it was the Edinburgh Foot-Ball Club, founded in 1824. The first of these organizations was established in Sheffield in 1855. Early clubs were frequently founded by former pupils. The English team Notts County was founded in 1862 and is still in operation today, making it the oldest professional football club in existence.
The industrialisation that resulted in greater groups of people gathering in locations like workplaces, bars, and churches was a crucial step in the development of teams. The bigger cities had established football teams, and the new railroads could transport them to distant cities.
Football teams from public schools predominated in the beginning, but as time went on, teams made up primarily of workers would take the lead. Another change was gradually occurring when some clubs started to offer the greatest players a financial incentive to join their squad. This would mark the beginning of a protracted transitional phase marked by conflict, during which the game would advance to a high degree of professionalism.
Paying players served purposes other than simply increasing match victories. The game's popularity increased in the 1880s to the point where tickets were offered for the games. Finally, professional football became authorized in 1885, and the Football League was founded three years later. Twelve clubs participated in the league's inaugural season, but demand from additional clubs soon led to the creation of additional divisions.
The British teams would hold a long-standing advantage. After a number of decades, clubs from Siena, Prague, and Budapest would be the main challengers to British dominance.
Like many other historical occurrences, women were long-excluded from playing games. Football was not played by women until the late 19th century. Inverness hosted the inaugural game for ladies in 1888.
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