The very first football clubs

Since the 15th century, football clubs have existed, but they have been unstructured and without formal authority. As a result, determining the first football club is difficult. Some historians believe it was the Edinburgh Foot-Ball Club, which was founded in 1824 in the city of Edinburgh

Former school students were often the founders of early clubs, with the first one taking place in Sheffield in 1855. The English club Notts County, which was founded in 1862 and still exists today, is the oldest professional football club in the world.

The industrialization of society, which resulted in greater groups of people congregating in locations like workplaces, pubs, and churches, was a critical step in the formation of teams. Football teams were formed in the bigger cities and the new railroads made it possible for them to travel to other cities.

Football was once dominated by public school teams, but as time went on, teams made up mostly of workers took over. Another shift occurred when some clubs began to pay top players to join their teams. This would mark the beginning of a long, tumultuous era of transition as the game progressed to a professional level.

The goal of paying players was not only to win more games. The game's popularity grew to the point where tickets were sold for matches in the 1880s. Finally, professional football was allowed in 1885, and the Football League was founded three years later. Throughout the first season, The league began with 12 clubs, but as additional clubs showed interested, the competition grew to include more categories.

The British teams would be dominant for a long period. After a few decades, clubs from Prague, Budapest, and Siena would be the main challengers to England's dominance.

Women have been barred from participating in games for a long time, as has been the case with many things throughout history. Women did not begin to play football until the late nineteenth century. Inverness hosted the first official women's game in 1888.