Oldest football competitions

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The world's oldest football competition is a title claimed by many. Many early football fixtures before the 1850s did not have set rules, clubs or trophies and are poorly documented. Some competitions were semi-organised fixtures, others offered trophies. This is a list of club, national and international competitions, their founding dates as well as those that are still running.

Timeline

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Years Date Competition Type First trophy awarded, years Original code Current code Location Notes
1858– 7th August Melbourne Grammar School-Scotch College schools fixture Cordner–Eggleston Cup, 1989– experimental Australian rules football Melbourne, Australia [1][2]
~1858–[3] Bromsgrove–KESB schools fixture Siviter-Smith Cup, 1935– rugby football Rugby Union Bromsgrove/Birmingham, England Later trophy donated by Paul Siviter-Smith, a Birmingham businessman, who had sons at both schools.[4]
1861–187? December Caledonian Challenge Cup club trophy Caledonian Challenge Cup, 1861–1864 Melbourne Rules defunct Melbourne, Australia [5] Later trophy donated by the Athletic Sports Committee before becoming the South Yarra Challenge Cup.
1867 only Youdan Cup club trophy Youdan Cup, 1867 Sheffield Rules defunct Sheffield, England
1871– FA Cup club trophy FA Cup, 1871– Association Football Association Football England oldest surviving football competition/trophy in the world
1874– United Hospitals Challenge Cup club trophy Challenge Cup rugby football Rugby Union Surrey, England oldest rugby football competition in the world
1874– Scottish Cup national club trophy Scottish Cup 1874– Association Football Association Football Scotland oldest national trophy in the world
1877– 30th April South Australian Football Association club league Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Trophy, ? Australian rules football Australian rules football Adelaide, South Australia oldest Australian rules football league and earliest governing body
1877– 7th May Victorian Football Association club league  ? Victorian Rules Australian rules football Melbourne, Australia most influential early governing body for Australian rules football
1879– 10th March Calcutta Cup international challenge  ? Rugby football Rugby union England, Scotland competed for by the England and Scotland international rugby teams annually
1880– Bendigo Football League club league  ? Victorian Rules Australian rules football Bendigo, Australia includes the Castlemaine football club, second oldest football club in Australia
1882–? Northern Football Association club league  ? Victorian Rules defunct Launceston, Tasmania clubs included Launceston, City and Longford
1883– Black Diamond Football League club league Black Diamond Challenge Cup, 1887– Australian Rules Football Australian rules football Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia [6] trophy donated to the league by Newcastle’s Richmond Tobacco Co. claims to be the longest running football trophy in Australia
1885– West Australian Football League club league  ? Australian rules football Australian rules football Perth, Western Australia
1888– The Football League club league  ? Association Football Association Football oldest association football league
1888– Broken Hill Football League club league  ? Australian rules football Australian rules football Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
1896– Australian Football League club league Flag 1895-; AFL Premiership Cup, 1959– Australian Rules Football Australian rules football Victoria, Australia (national since 1990) premiership flag awarded since 1895. Now the game's premier competition and highest governing body.
1901– New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union club league Rugby union Rugby union Sydney, Australia
1903– Sydney AFL club league Australian Rules Football Australian rules football Sydney, Australia
1904– AFL Queensland State League club league Australian Rules Football Australian rules football Brisbane, Australia
1908– New South Wales Rugby League club league Rugby League rugby league Sydney, Australia
1910– Newcastle Rugby League club league Rugby League rugby league Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
1911– Illawarra Rugby League club league Rugby League rugby league Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia

References

  1. ^ Melbourne Grammar wins 150th anniversary match - Leader News: Melbourne community news
  2. ^ The Cordner-Eggleston Cup
  3. ^ Staff, Senior School Sports Rugby Bromsgrove School, Retrieved 7 August 2008
  4. ^ Highbeam Research citing Michael Blair, RUGBY UNION: Refresher course in old values; King Edward's School Birmingham 0 Bromsgrove School 18 the Birmingham Post, 2 December 2002
  5. ^ The first Australian Rules competition and trophyHistory of the Royal Caledonian Society of Melbourne
  6. ^ Australian Football 150 Years > Article > Football gold mined in coal country