1. New Research Reveals First Manchester Football Club Was Founded In 1863, 15 Years Before United

    March 7, 2014 . Leagues: EPL, Manchester City, Manchester United

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    English football historian, author and researcher Gary James has published a new paper that examines the history of the sport in Manchester and reveals, for the first time, that there was another football club operating in the area during the 1860s, making that team the oldest in the region, not Manchester City (founded in 1880 as St. Mark’s) nor Manchester United (founded in 1878 as Newton Heath).

    The paper, which is entitled The Emergence of an Association Football Culture in Manchester 1840–1884, is available as a free download today only. The 20-page historical document was written by scholars Gary James and Dave Day.

    The…

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  3. 2014 MLS Western Conference Preview

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    Will it be the Eastern or Western Conference of MLS that will take the honors during the 2014 season? There’s no doubt there’s plenty of talent among the teams in the Western Conference, but there are plenty of question marks … Continue reading →

  4. Why Modern Football is Not a Business

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    These days, it is common to hear soccer fans saying something like “of course, soccer is just like any other business now.” It is a phrase intended to establish the speaker as a hard-nosed realist, puncturing idealistic delusions about the … Continue reading →