"Football Knowledge" Update

Football Knowledge - England Honours Page

Most people who have looked at my "Football Knowledge" website have liked what they've seen so far. The England pages are complete as are the Premier League pages for next season's teams. I'm working through the Championship teams and would like to finish the English Football League system up to and including the Conference Premier League by the start of the new season. In between, there is the World Cup to contend with, so it would be a good idea to include the national teams on the website for those countries taking part in Brazil 2014...not a lot of work, then!

QPR - Notable Players Page

If you've previously taken the time to look at "Football Knowledge", thank you. I have tinkered with the format to a point where I'm happy with the formulaic layout of the site, but, as always, constructive criticism is more than welcome. As mentioned in an earlier post (New "Football Knowledge" Website), the idea behind the website is to give all football fans an insight into the history of not only their club, but also the teams that their club may face. It is interesting, as I construct the site, to note how some of the so-called "bigger clubs" have not really had much success in their history, relative to their current position in the football league tier. Conversely, other "lower" clubs may have been seen as the team to beat early on in the life of the fledgling football leagues at the tail end of the nineteenth century.

Dropdown Menu

Club Buttons

Accessing the various team pages is an easy process. Finding your team in the dropdown menu is one way of getting access to the team's Home Page. The other way to access the same page is to click on the appropriate title in the navbar. So, for example, clicking on The Premier League will take you to the page for that league. At the bottom of the page are the team buttons which, when clicked, will take you to the team's Home Page.

Steve Bloomer
Derby County, Middlesbrough & England

Some of the "Notable Players" (Most Appearances Top 3 and Most Goals Top 3) have led fascinating lives inside and outside of the footballing world. One player who springs immediately to mind is Steve Bloomer who played for Derby County from 1892 - 1906 and 1910 - 1914. Number three in the Most Appearances Top 3 list with 525 appearances for the club, Steve Bloomer is also the club's all time top scorer with 332 Derby County goals to his credit. On retiring from playing the game in 1914, he left England to pursue a career in coaching/management in Germany for Britannia Berlin 92, a football club formed in 1892  and a founding member of the DFB (German Football Association) in 1900. Within three weeks of arriving, war was declared between Great Britain and Germany, and Steve Bloomer, along with thousands of

other British nationals, was interned in the Ruhleben civilian detention camp near Spandau in Germany. The camp was akin to a small town and the society adopted the British way of life with its own police force and postal service. Sport was an integral part of the camp life and the Ruhleben Football Association was one of the many social aspects of the internees. A league and cup competition was organised and many ex-professional players who also found themselves interned for the duration of the war helped with the organisation of the Ruhleben FA and also played for one of the member clubs. This is an interesting aspect of the First World War which has not been widely reported, at least not in my lifetime, and is a subject I intend to research...watch this space.

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!

Watch the Glory Days Again

Notable Players