SCH SP FO
Reference code
SCH SP FO
Title
Football (Association)
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
"Football" at Eton used to mean only the Field Game, which is one of the main ancestors of soccer. Undergraduates at Cambridge who came from schools with different football games but wanted to be able to play a common game combined elements from all their traditions to create a new set of rules. These Cambridge rules formed the basis of the Association game. There was no separate Association team at Eton until 1930 but Old Etonian teams won the FA Cup in 1879 and 1882.
Date
1930 - 1987
Associated material
The FA Cup Final Programme for the 1882 match is MISC OEFC 03 02
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Number 9 of 22 at this Level
- Next: Gymnasium, SCH SP GYM, (1922 - 1985)
- Previous: Fives, SCH SP FIV, (1901 - 1987)
Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- Football: Football books, SCH SP FO 01, (1930 - 1987)
- Football: Lists by house of boys in Senior Soccer, SCH SP FO 02, (1957 - 1958)
- Football: Tour programmes, SCH SP FO 03, (1958 - 2008)
- Football: Fixtures, SCH SP FO 04, (1985)
- Football: Papers of the Master in Charge, SCH SP FO 05, (1989 - 2007)
- Football: Official guide to Eton College Association Football Club, SCH SP FO 06, (2007)