[Football] The top ten oldest English professional football clubs

[TugWilson]

Notts County
Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City
Blackpool
Preston N.E.
Everton
Bolton Wanderers
Leyton Orient
Walsall
And the oldest i think is Sheffield FC or something like that .

 

[The Large One]

Notts County
Sheffield Wed
Stoke City
Reading
Bolton Wanderers
Blackburn Rovers
Aston Villa
Wolves
West Brom
Everton

 

[The Large One]

Notts County
Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City
Blackpool
Preston N.E.
Everton
Bolton Wanderers
Leyton Orient
Walsall
And the oldest i think is Sheffield FC or something like that .

Not even the oldest professional club in London.

 

[Iron Butterfly]

Accrington Stanley

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Accrington Stanley?

 

[The Large One]

Accrington Stanley?

Went bust, and re-formed.

 

[Insel affe]

Corinthian Casuals are they still professional

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

A simple check on Companies House will show that Crystal Palace (2010) Ltd have only been going ten years, so one of the newest!

 

[Shirty]

Accrington Stanley?

Who are they ?

 

[beorhthelm]

Who are they ?

exactly.

but if Palace* is anywhere near an oldest club list, Accrington should be too.
(*just remebered they shouldnt be should they, it comes from some wonky new research from the club?)

 

[Worried Man Blues]

I don't suppose you can have just one London club, them old northerners wouldn't come down for one away match.

 

[TugWilson]

Not even the oldest professional club in London.

Something in the back of my head said that an earlier incarnation of them was very early ? but you live and learn

 

[Frankie]

Notts County
Notts Forest
Sheffield Weds
Port Vale
Middlesboro
Stoke
Mansfield
Sheff Utd
Huddersfield
Crewe Alexandra

I think Wrexham are possibly older than some of the above but are obviously not very English

 

[Thunder Bolt]

exactly.

but if Palace* is anywhere near an oldest club list, Accrington should be too.
(*just remebered they shouldnt be should they, it comes from some wonky new research from the club?)

There was a six year gap between the old club and the re-formed one.

 

[dsr-burnley]

Even the original Accrington Stanley wasn't that old - 1891. They were called Stanley FC at first, but when the league founder members Accrington FC (an entirely different club) went out of business, Stanley FC changed their name to Accrington Stanley FC.

As for whether it's the same club now or not, that could be discussed all day. Simple change of business arrangement doesn't stop you being the same club, unless you want to argue that Nottingham forest have never won the European Cup? They weren't a limited company back then. No-one would argue that incorporating your business means the club has ceased to be.

Burnley, incidentally, aren't all that old. Formed 1881 or 1882, depending whether you believe that a rugby club called Burnley Rovers whose members voted to changed its name, change to a different sport, and move to a different ground, counts as the same club.

 

[Taybha]

One person has mentioned number 5 I couldn't believe when I saw it , of all the teams I discounted this was definitely one of them .

 

[Grassman]

One person has mentioned number 5 I couldn't believe when I saw it , of all the teams I discounted this was definitely one of them .

Is that Reading? I mean who’d have funk it.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

When Notts County were formed in 1862, l wonder who they played?

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

i thought Arsenal were up there. Woolwich Arsenal they were called i beleive.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Is that Reading? I mean who’d have funk it.

The oldest League club in the south of England in fact.