What was the predecessor of the Premier League?
England is the birthplace of modern football. According to historical records, football activities similar to today appeared in medieval England. By the beginning of19th century, football was quite popular in Britain. Due to the need to form a unified view on the football match,1October 26th,1863 10, relevant people gathered at Fremason Hotel in queen street, London, to discuss and agree to set up a football association. In addition to announcing the formal establishment of the Football Association, the meeting also formulated and adopted relatively unified football competition rules, which are the embryonic form of modern football competition rules. Its establishment marks the birth of modern football.
With the increasingly consolidated status of the English Football Association, its influence in the whole country is also growing, so the proposal of holding the Challenge Cup appeared on July 20th, 187 1. This proposal was put forward by Charles alcock, Secretary General of the Football Association. He hopes to attract all members of the association to participate in the competition and promote exchanges by holding the Challenge Cup. 187 1 year1October 16, this motion was passed.
What makes the English proud is not only that they founded the first football association, but also that they organized the first international match, which was1the match between England and Scotland on October 30th, 1872, 165438. The establishment of the English Football Association has promoted the vigorous development of football in some countries in Europe and Latin America, and various countries have established football associations one after another, thus promoting the establishment of FIFA and UEFA. It can be seen that England is indisputably called the originator of modern football.
1882 65438+On February 6th, the representatives of the four Commonwealth Football Associations in Manchester adopted the unified rules of football matches. In the following years, the rules were revised many times. 188 1 or so, the tendency of professional football began to appear, and the British Football Association recognized the legal status of professional football on June 20th. 1885. However, on the issue of professionalism, there has been a sharp conflict between the British Football Association and FIFA. The four Commonwealth Football Associations withdrew from FIFA twice from 1920 to 1924, 1928 to 1946 respectively, and did not participate in any activities of FIFA. It was not until 1958 that the two sides reached a consensus. In the same year, the British Professional Football Players Association was established.
1862, Nottinghamshire, the first football club in England, was founded. Since then, various football clubs have been established in England. By 1870, there are 39 football clubs in England, and by 188 1, there are 128 football organizations in England. Today, * * has 160 professional football clubs, 40 of which have a history of more than 100 years.
The Football Association Challenge Cup, founded in 187 1, is the first competition in England. The competition adopts the continuous elimination system, and the two sides of the competition will play a game in the venue decided by lot in advance to decide the outcome. The first Football Association Challenge Cup final in English history was held at 1872. From 1872 to * * 2000, 1 19 sessions were held. Because the FA Cup is not only attended by first-class teams, all teams in England can participate, so it is often cold, and many strong teams are defeated by weak teams, so it is called "a hotbed of sudden coldness". Today, English football is still growing.
In order to expand the influence of football, the English Football Association made a decision on March 22 1888 to establish a national first-class league. There were 12 teams in the first league. In the end, Preston won the first league title and successfully defended it the following year. 1892, the Football Association began to hold the second division; 1920, the third-level league appeared; 1958, adding D League. At this point, the English Football League has begun to take shape, divided into four levels: A, B, C and D, and implemented a relegation system. The English Football League is the earliest national unified league in the world, with the most perfect competition system. Later, countries all over the world widely used this league system for reference. 1992, in order to adapt to the growing football, the English Football Association established the Super League on the basis of the first league, and the original second, third and fourth leagues were upgraded accordingly. The first Premier League title was won by the powerful Manchester United team.
At present, the promotion and demotion system of the league is roughly like this: every year, the last three players in the Super League are reduced to the first class, the first two players in the First Class are directly promoted to the Super League, and the players in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth places will compete and decide two winners. Then, on the other day, we will play in a neutral stadium (usually Wembley Stadium) and decide the third team to advance to the Premier League. From b to a, from a to b, from c to b, from b to c, all are the same as the super promotion and demotion system. But the last four players in the third division were relegated to the fourth division, and the top three players in the fourth division directly advanced to the third division. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh runners also held home and away games to decide the two winners. Then, on the other day, there will be a game in a neutral stadium (usually Wembley Stadium) to decide that the fourth team will advance to the third division.