New "Football Knowledge" Website

The "General Information" Page for Arsenal FC

There have been many times when I've wanted some information on a football club, e.g. trophies won, most goals scored by a player, directions to the ground, etc., and have had to scour the internet to gain the knowledge. With this in mind, I've embarked on a long term project to assemble the basic information on every professional football club under one website. It is currently here - http://football-knowledge.webs.com/.

When one considers that in the English Football League alone there are 92 teams, with more professional and semi-professional teams in the non-league system, then it is quite a mammoth undertaking. When the other Home Nations leagues are taken into account (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Eire) then, for the UK and Ireland alone, this project will take some time to finish. However, I hope to include every major league for all countries in the world which holds "The Beautiful Game" dear to its collective heart.

The point of the website is to give the reader an insight into the history of the club without

Club Records Included

bombarding the fan with too much information. Most fans would want to know who their club's all time top scorer is and who has made the most appearances for their team. However, I'm open to suggestions for what readers might want included on the site, so a Feeback Form is included on the "Contacts" page.


I aim to add a "Members" page with a forum for both national and international discussion on football matters. I for one am intrigued as to what the average A-League fan thinks about the Australian game or what a Sante Fe fan believes is the most important issue in the Colombian league.

What Trophies has your Club Won?

The "Honours" page is intended to highlight a club's Trophy Cabinet and show to the world the achievements of the team throughout its history. For instance, before embarking on this project, I for one had no idea that Aston Villa had won the Football League War Cup in 1944. This was a cup competition devised in England during the Second World War to keep the population entertained due to the cancellation of the Football League programme for the duration of the war. Air raids were a constant threat whilst these games were being played!

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Notable Players

Where has Swindon's Monkey Gone?

The 1993/94 Premier League season evokes mixed emotions in the hearts of Swindon Town fans. Following the outrageous demotion from the then Division 1 in 1990 after beating Sunderland fairly and squarely at Wembley, the club and supporters finally got the reward of being allowed to be part of the top division of English football by beating Leicester City 4 -3 in the play-off final for 1992-93 (Division 1 = the Premier League when all was equal in the world of football and before Murdoch had ruined the chances of the national team ever winning anything by diluting the top division with foreign imports...ask your Dad). The excitement was palpable, until Glenn Hoddle left to manage Chelsea and Colin Calderwood, the talismanic captain, signed for Spurs. Suddenly, the forthcoming season seemed a little more daunting as the club's leadership was decimated and John Gorman was asked to pick up the reins and manage the team. Although fair reward for the dour Scot for his help in getting STFC to the promised land, his relative inexperience at such a high level was to be part of the club's downfall during the 1993/94 football season. It was 15 games into the season when Swindon Town finally registered their first win at the top level. That match was at home to Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday 24th November 1993 and the Town did the double over them by beating the West London club 1 - 3 on Saturday 30th April 1994 at Loftus Road. That record, 15 games without a win from the start of the Premier League season, has been an ignominious blight in the club's copybook for over 19 years...until yesterday!

The monkey on Swindon's back packed his bags and was seen heading off down the M4 in the direction of The Smoke, a copy of the London A to Z clutched securely in his hands. He has now taken up residence in London W12 and will be seen clinging to Harry Redknapp as, ironically, it is Queens Park Rangers who now have the dubious honour of being the team with the worst starting record in the history of the Premier League. Yesterday saw QPR draw with Wigan Athletic and achieve the dizzy heights (or should that be nauseating depths?) of playing 16 games from the start of the season without a win.  

As a supporter of Swindon Town, I would like to say thank you to QPR for taking this record off us. Derby County have the lowest points tally for any Premier League season, but we just need to lose the goals against record (100 for 42 games) and the therapy will be finished...any takers?

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David Beckham Signs For...?

David Beckham, multi-millionaire and England football icon is leaving LA Galaxy and looking to fill his twilight years (footballing career-wise) back in Europe. He doesn't need the cash, but obviously wants to leave the game having had one last hoorah, hopefully back in Blighty. So where is he looking to to park his Zimmer frame and produce some free kick magic on a cold Saturday afternoon in winter? Sam Allardyce has expressed an interest in taking him to Upton Park and West Ham United is his local Premier League team. Paris Saint Germaine have been wooing him as well. But, as hinted at above, David Beckham is in the enviable position of being completely minted so doesn't need to return to European football in order to boost his pension portfolio. So where off the beaten track would be good for him to take his trademark free kicks?

If Beckham has any ambition to get into the world of coaching or football management, why not team up with an ex-West Ham player and fellow exponent of practice, hard work and 110% dedication to the cause. A Beckham/Paolo Di Canio coaching relationship would be symbiotic for both parties; Beckham would learn the techniques of a burgeoning management talent in Di Canio and the Swindon Town manager would  secure a formidable midfield acquisition, whether used as a "super sub" or for 60 - 70 minutes of a match. So, don't be surprised if in the not too distant future, David Beckham is pulling on the sacred red shirt of Swindon Town and running onto the hallowed turf at the County Ground on a blustery afternoon in January!

Well, we can dream can't we?

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