| Social clubs which have survived include the Hash House Harriers and the Royal Selangor. |
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| The Premiership consists of twelve clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system. |
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| Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. |
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| In the first season, clubs were expected to arrange the fixtures on mutually convenient dates. |
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| The clubs involved were Bath, Bristol, Coventry, Gloucester, Harlequins, Leicester, Moseley, Nottingham, Orrell, Sale, Wasps and Waterloo. |
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| Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, they are one of the oldest and most successful rugby clubs. |
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| By the 1890s, Welsh clubs were starting to become regular opponents, with Cardiff and Penarth regularly appearing in the fixture list. |
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| Ironically, English clubs had decided to withdraw from the competition in a dispute over the way it was run. |
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| We have spoken to our FDR clubs, and if they want to compete we will support them. |
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| Huddersfield had a strong liberal tradition up to the 1950s reflected in the number of liberal social clubs in the town. |
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| In 1926, the club became the first in England to win three successive league titles, a feat only three other clubs have matched. |
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| Canadian and Welsh clubs that also compete in the Rugby Football League can also qualify. |
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| However this proved so unpopular that only existing clubs were selected for the competition. |
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| Funding for clubs will be tiered in both leagues to prevent relegation related financial difficulties. |
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| To date, this has been achieved by a total ten different clubs but by only four different clubs during the Super League era. |
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| Also the only time that lower division clubs got the chance to play Super League opposition was in the early rounds of the challenge cup. |
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| Wigan, like most teams, originally used the towns coat of arms as their club badge until the Super League era when many clubs rebranded. |
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| As Wigan developed into one of the most famous rugby league clubs in the world, Central Park also became one of the most famous. |
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| The clubs are often described as archenemies such is the history of the rivalry. |
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| The matches between the two clubs are said to have bragging rights at stake and banter between the fans of both clubs is commonplace. |
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| Leigh Centurions are traditional rivals of the club and similarly matches between the two clubs are local derbies. |
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| In 1895 the club were one of 22 clubs that resigned from the Rugby Football Union and established the Northern Union. |
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| The clubs lack of success and disappointing league finishes continued for another seven seasons. |
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| Leeds and St Helens is arguably the greatest rivalry of the two Yorkshire clubs that have history with St Helens. |
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| At a meeting on 27 November 1875, at the Thornhill Arms Inn the two clubs agreed to merge to form the Huddersfield Cricket and Athletics Club. |
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| In 1996, the first tier of British rugby league clubs played the inaugural Super League season and changed from a winter to a summer season. |
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| Within and only within the turf clubs, betting on horse racing is a legal form of gambling. |
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| In 1952 he joined London Rowing Club, then as now one of the largest and most successful clubs in Great Britain. |
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| Under Clementi's tenure, Kai Tak Airport entered operation as RAF Kai Tak and several aviation clubs. |
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| Every sport has a different governing body that can define the way that the sport operates through its affiliated clubs and societies. |
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| Queen's University Belfast Boat Club is one of the most successful clubs in the University. |
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| It was established in 1977 and by 2003 had 69 affiliated clubs and over 23,000 members. |
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| It has 121 affiliated clubs and is a member of the World Squash Federation and the European Squash Federation. |
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| Tennis Wales has 98 affiliated clubs, who have just under 12,000 members between them. |
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| Most counties have clubs which are members of either the County Championship or the Minor Counties Cricket Championship. |
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| Rutland and the Isle of Wight do not have county clubs and are wholly integrated for that purpose with Leicestershire and Hampshire respectively. |
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| There are rowing and sailing clubs and a restored Victorian swimming pool, including Turkish baths. |
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| The Edinburgh Capitals are the latest of a succession of ice hockey clubs in the Scottish capital. |
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| Belfast is home to one of the biggest British ice hockey clubs, the Belfast Giants. |
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| High Society in London, following the Queen, largely ostracized home rulers, and Liberal clubs were badly split. |
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| European model sports clubs were formed with the spreading popularity of football matches in 19th century Constantinople. |
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| The rules were first drafted in England in 1863 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, and the UK has the oldest football clubs in the world. |
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| Teenage alcoholism was also a problem, partly as a result of the drinking clubs established in both loyalist and republican areas. |
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| Glasgow is also host to many cricket clubs including Clydesdale Cricket Club who have been title winners for the Scottish Cup many times. |
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| Smaller sporting facilities include an abundance of outdoor playing fields, as well as golf clubs such as Haggs Castle and artificial ski slopes. |
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| Glasgow Green and the Gorbals are home to a number of rowing clubs, some with open membership the rest belonging to universities or schools. |
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| Two of Glasgow's rowing clubs separately claim that it was their members who were among the founders of Rangers Football Club. |
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| These two clubs have a long history of intense rivalry, being described in the media as tribal. |
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| Aberdeen's music scene includes a variety of live music venues including pubs, clubs, and church choirs. |
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| The team comprises several smaller swimming clubs, and has enjoyed success throughout Scotland and in international competitions. |
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| Aberdeen boasts a large cricket community with 4 local leagues operating that comprise a total of 25 clubs fielding 36 teams. |
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| League, launched in 1996, currently comprises nine clubs, including two foreign teams. |
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| Basketball clubs include the Hitachi SunRockers, Toyota Alvark Tokyo and Tokyo Excellence. |
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| Games between the Basque clubs and Catalan club USA Perpignan are always hard fought. |
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| The industrial workforce attracted less of a jollity of English glee clubs and also avoided the more robust militaristic style of music. |
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| From the late 1970s the attendance at, and numbers of, folk clubs began to decrease, as new musical and social trends began to dominate. |
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| Having taught himself to play the guitar, Oldfield's career began in his early teenage years, playing acoustic guitar in local folk clubs. |
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| After a tour of United States in early 1974 and a Canadian tour later in the year, the group ended up playing small clubs. |
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| By 1997, the group, who had renamed themselves Starfish, performed gigs for local Camden promoters at small clubs. |
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| Despite shared influences with popular guitar acts, and some notice for Yorke's falsetto, Radiohead toured only British universities and clubs. |
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| The Union runs 18 sports clubs, 11 of which compete in either University of London Union or BUCS leagues. |
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| He was an extrovert and social mixer who liked dancing and attending the clubs in London and New York. |
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| Many other competitions often exist for racing between clubs, schools, and universities in each nation. |
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| The member clubs are all on the Schuylkill River where it flows through Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, mostly on the historic Boathouse Row. |
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| As many sports teams have logos printed on their jerseys, rowing clubs have specifically painted blades that each team is associated with. |
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| At all levels including the youth teams the Welsh national team draws players primarily from clubs in the English football league system. |
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| A joint statement issued by the official fan clubs of all four Home Nations voiced their opposition to the plan. |
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| Members of the SFA include clubs in Scotland, affiliated national associations as well as local associations. |
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| The Scottish Football Association encourages quality of governance in football clubs through a system of club licence awards. |
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| This caused reoccuring tensions as the Football League and its clubs tried to impose their authority over the national associations. |
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| This ended up in the High Court and defeat for the FAW in its attempt to coerce clubs to join the League of Wales. |
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| The IFA was formed in 1880 by seven football clubs mostly in the Belfast area, as the organising body for the sport across all of Ireland. |
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| Due to Celtic's large following, several clubs have decided to emulate or have been inspired by Celtic. |
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| The SRU cancelled all arranged trial and international matches and encouraged the member clubs to carry on as best they could. |
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| In most cases though the clubs squads do still comprise a large proportion of individuals with connections to the schools. |
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| Many clubs in the Scottish Borders have grandstands and city sides in Edinburgh and Glasgow also have seated, covered stands. |
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| This period of Welsh rugby would see the grip of the 'Big Four' clubs providing the bulk of national players, slip slightly. |
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| The religious revival saw some communities completely reject rugby and local clubs, like Senghenydd, disbanded for several years. |
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| With crowds dwindling clubs were forced to drastic measures in the hope of survival. |
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| This forced club committees to adopt different strategies to keep their clubs afloat. |
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| The first proof of Wales as a nation embracing the sport of rugby union is reflected in the rapid growth of rugby clubs in the late 19th century. |
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| The level below the provinces, the clubs, has probably suffered somewhat in the professional era. |
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| The clubs and counties represented were Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex and London. |
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| The various track and field events tend to be supported by local athletics clubs rather than schools. |
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| Hurlers of all ages, including those at nursery clubs when holding a hurley in their hand, must wear a helmet and faceguard at all times. |
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| Golf is very popular in Ireland, with over 400 golf clubs throughout the island, and over 300 courses in the Republic of Ireland. |
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| Taekwondo and Karate have had some success over the past 20 years, with various new clubs being founded throughout the country. |
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| Mixed Martial Arts has gained a lot of popularity in the past 5 years with many clubs opening in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. |
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| The Irish Olympic Handball Association is the governing body in Ireland and there are currently 8 clubs in the Senior National League. |
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| The national body for the triathlon is Triathlon Ireland which organises competitions between various clubs throughout the country. |
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| Many participants are members of clubs that specialise in swimming and cycling as well as Triathlon clubs. |
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| The Aberdeenshire Cricket Association holds 4 grades of cricket with around 25 clubs fielding over 30 teams throughout summer. |
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| The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world. |
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| Several hurling clubs existed in Victoria in the 1870s including Melbourne, Collingwood, Upper Yarra, Richmond and Geelong. |
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| By the end of 1889, almost a dozen GAA clubs existed in America, many of them in and around New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago. |
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| Later, clubs were formed in Boston, Cleveland, and many other centers of Irish America. |
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| Many clubs run second teams that also compete in these leagues against clubs with only one senior side. |
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| These services are usually reserved for First and Business class passengers, premium frequent flyers, and members of the airline's clubs. |
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| Liechtenstein competes in the Switzerland U16 Cup Tournament, which offers young players an opportunity to play against top football clubs. |
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| It replaced earlier more social entertainments such as bridge clubs, church groups, and bowling leagues. |
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| Inverness Caledonian Thistle was formed in 1994 from the merger of two Highland League clubs, Caledonian and Inverness Thistle. |
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| The University has an eclectic body of clubs and societies, including sports teams, political and religious groups and gaming societies. |
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| It is visited regularly by surfing clubs, including Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow university clubs. |
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| There are over a hundred clubs and societies formally affiliated with the students' association. |
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| All registered students are eligible to join any of these clubs or societies. |
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| He convinced his parents to finance his membership of several book clubs in Glasgow. |
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| It is found in many Scottish symbols and as the name of several Scottish football clubs. |
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| Five of these clubs were, at the time of founding the Scottish Football Union, already members of the previously instituted Rugby Football Union. |
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| Three junior clubs, Banks O' Dee, Girvan and Linlithgow Rose are also SFA members and therefore qualify automatically. |
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| A total of 34 clubs have appeared in the final, of whom 25 have won the competition. |
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| Since the creation of the Scottish League Cup in 1947, clubs can complete a domestic treble by also winning this tournament in the same season. |
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| Some clubs have become renowned for eliminating higher ranked clubs from the tournament despite being underdogs. |
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| East Fife had previously reached the final in 1927 after eliminating three higher ranked clubs in the preceding rounds. |
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| A season later, Eyemouth United reached the quarter final stage of the tournament after defeating two higher league clubs. |
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| Sir David was devoted to the sport of cricket and was patron of a number of clubs, providing invaluable financial assistance to them. |
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| They also had the 12th highest average league attendance out of all the football clubs in Europe. |
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| The clubs have attracted the support of opposing factions in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. |
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| As the club has a large following, especially in Northern Ireland, several clubs have been founded there by local Celtic fans. |
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| Throughout Scotland and England, other clubs have been named after and adopted Celtic's kit. |
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| Throughout the 1960s and 70s Celtic had been one of the strongest clubs in Europe. |
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| In May 2012, Celtic were rated 37th in Brand Finance's annual valuation of the world's biggest football clubs. |
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| Most curling clubs have an ice maker whose main job is to care for the ice. |
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| Since the 1970s, sports clubs and federations are organized separately within each language community. |
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| Other rugby league clubs in West Yorkshire are Batley Bulldogs, Dewsbury Rams, Featherstone Rovers, Hunslet Hawks and Keighley Cougars. |
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| The valley clubs also had no clubhouses, with most teams meeting, and changing, in the closest local public house. |
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| Many more clubs, built around colliery and pub teams, appeared and disbanded but many of the clubs survive to this day. |
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| In 1931 nine northern Welsh clubs met at Wrexham to form the North Wales Rugby Union, Wrexham RFC were one of the founders. |
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| There is also a playground and numerous watersports clubs based around the lake. |
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| Bala has two sailing clubs, and a number of companies provide kayaks, yachts and various other types of boats for hire. |
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| The Airport was home for many years to a number of flying clubs and small general aviation operators. |
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| Today the stretch of road is the home of a number of bars, night clubs and restaurants, as well as branches of many major banks. |
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| There are also golf, pitch and putt, hockey, tennis, and athletics clubs in the Cork area. |
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| All clubs offer opportunities for beginners and the more experienced students. |
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| There are more than 90 societies and over 50 sports clubs, ranging from academic societies to almost every sport imaginable. |
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| One of the most popular sports in Glamorgan was rugby union, producing some of the oldest rugby clubs in the world. |
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| There have been in existence at least two other clubs in Bridgend throughout the club's history providing local competition. |
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| This debate continued, with the Dragons being accused of favouritism towards their Newport feeder club rather than the other feeder clubs. |
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| The political fallout resulted in the purported expulsion of the Welsh clubs from the league. |
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| With a reduction from nine professional clubs to just five, there was no Welsh entry in that year's competition. |
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| The financial health of its clubs had become perhaps the highest League priority due to the limited resources available. |
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| Because of FAW sanctions, the remaining five clubs were forced to play their home matches in England. |
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| The Welsh Premier League is therefore made up of a range of clubs from Wales' largest towns to some relatively small towns. |
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| There is no doubt that the advent of the League has brought increased media coverage for its member clubs. |
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| For a list of all clubs past and present see List of Welsh Premier League clubs. |
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| However, some Sunday League clubs have been known to join pyramid leagues if they desire to progress higher. |
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| In the case of the FA Cup and the FA Vase, some of the clubs in the lowest level in each do not compete. |
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| Before then fans of the two clubs often had a degree of affection for their Welsh neighbouring team. |
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| The match saw sets of supporters from both clubs clash with police after the match. |
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| Exiled supporters clubs can be found in South Wales, Manchester and London. |
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| Wrexham has a fierce rivalry with Chester, the clubs are just 10 miles apart, but are English and Welsh respectively. |
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| The initial batch of players were selected from an open trial plus a few signings from other clubs. |
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| In the summer of 2003, the WRU voted to reduce the top tier of Welsh professional rugby union from nine clubs into five regions. |
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| Twenty clubs agreed to resign from the Rugby Football Union, but Dewsbury felt unable to comply with the decision. |
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| The competition also features clubs from Wales, and previously included clubs from Canada and France. |
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| In 2015 the League 1 Cup was introduced as an additional competition for League 1 clubs. |
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| Under the amended structure, the 16 League 1 clubs play a regular season of 15 rounds. |
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| Regional radio stations, including BBC Local Radio and local commercial stations, provide coverage of the League 1 clubs. |
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| To prevent losing their star players, many rugby union clubs secretly paid their players a small amount of money for each match played. |
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| The new clubs faced hostility from the rugby union scene, class prejudice and the rise of a more popular professional game, association football. |
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| The Welsh League was weak in comparison with the more established northern clubs. |
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| The Northern Union was also unhelpful in these early attempts at creating a Welsh League, expecting the Welsh clubs to take care of themselves. |
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| Although difficult to measure, the uncaring attitude of the northern clubs also had an effect on the Welsh game. |
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| The group continued to play gigs at dance halls and working men's clubs in South Wales. |
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| Many folk festivals and fairs utilise dancing clubs or teams to perform both Buck and regular clogging for entertainment. |
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| Arsenal's home colours have been the inspiration for at least three other clubs. |
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| She knows how to get into all of the hippest clubs and restaurants. |
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| Games in such clubs ranged from poker, through roulette to location-specific pastimes such as the Montreal dice game barbotte. |
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| He glanced toward the bow to see the four bow guards rushing back, clambering over slaves with whips and clubs in hand. |
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| He's driving a ten-year old lime-green Caddy with a trunk full of golf clubs and one suitcase. We got a license number. |
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| He would have been lonely but for the comradeships of the various clubs to which he belonged. |
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| There are Deaf clubs in many cities, but the clubs are just a part of the larger community of Deaf people. |
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| Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. |
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| Their substitutes featured two players from League One clubs and Miller, who earns his crust these days with Vancouver Whitecaps. |
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| When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town. |
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| All eleven English clubs in Super League are based in the north of England. |
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| There is a professional league championship in which clubs representing 17 English counties and 1 Welsh county compete. |
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| There are rowing clubs at Newport, Ryde and Shanklin, all members of the Hants and Dorset rowing association. |
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| There are two main trampoline clubs on the island, in Freshwater and Newport, competing at regional, national and international grades. |
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| Following an amalgamation of local hockey clubs in 2011, the Isle of Wight Hockey Club now runs two men's senior and two ladies' senior teams. |
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| The Isle of Wight is the 39th official county in English cricket, and the Isle of Wight Cricket Board organises a league of local clubs. |
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| Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are the only London clubs to have won the League. |
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| Bobby joined Manchester United and Jackie Leeds United both contributing much to the success and history of their respective clubs. |
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| Yorkshire has a flourishing folk music culture, with over forty folk clubs and thirty annual folk music festivals. |
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| There are two sailing clubs close to York, both of which sail dinghies on the River Ouse. |
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| Whigs used a national network of newspapers and magazines, as well as local clubs, to deliver their message. |
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| The Medicine Bar in the Custard Factory, hmv Institute, Rainbow Pub and Air are large clubs and bars in Digbeth. |
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| Around the Chinese Quarter are areas such as the Arcadian and Hurst Street Gay Village, that abound with bars and clubs. |
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| Rivalry between the clubs is fierce and the fixture between the two is called the Second City derby. |
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| Newspapers were read aloud in taverns and clubs, and circulated hand to hand. |
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| Their chief vehicle for agitation were pamphlets and women's clubs, but the clubs were abolished in October 1793 and their leaders were arrested. |
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| He was a supporter of the republican Jacobin movement, organising clubs in Corsica, and was given command over a battalion of volunteers. |
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| In Scotland there are 78 full and associate clubs and nearly 6,000 registered clubs under the jurisdiction of the Scottish Football Association. |
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| Gentlemen went to dining clubs, like the Beefsteak club or the Savage club. |
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| Other prominent clubs of the era were Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland and Preston North End. |
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| Players play for local clubs with the best being selected for their county teams. |
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| However, unlike many other derbies, it is not rare for families in the city to contain supporters of both clubs. |
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| Notable managers of the clubs include Harry Catterick and Howard Kendall of Everton, and Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley of Liverpool. |
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| The clubs were also hit with sleazy allegations of lap dancers doubling as prostitutes and drug taking on the premises. |
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| Rowing and sailing clubs are common along the Thames, which is navigable to such vessels. |
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| Six clubs and a similar number of skiff regattas exist from the Skiff Club, Teddington upstream. |
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| The county has numerous rugby union clubs, including Derby, Matlock, Ilkeston, Ashbourne, Bakewell and Amber Valley. |
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| In response, Preston withdrew from the competition and fellow Lancashire clubs Burnley and Great Lever followed suit. |
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| Games between the two professional clubs, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, are known as the Steel City derby. |
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| The two clubs contest the Steel City Derby, which is considered by many to be one of the most fierce football rivalries in English Football. |
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| Additionally, it has emerged as a popular destination for nightlife with many bars, clubs and restaurants opening. |
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| Land Rover owners were also early adopters of virtual clubs that are entirely based online. |
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| Also, an agreement was generated to allow other clubs to use the Land Rover green oval logo under licence. |
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| They are one of the few English league clubs to have been champions of all four tiers of the English professional league. |
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| The Friar Gate area contains clubs and bars, making it the centre of Derby's nightlife. |
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| The nearby Stevenage Leisure Park has a multiplex cinema, clubs, and restaurants. |
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| Just to the south of the Guildhall is Guildhall Walk, a nightlife area with many pubs and clubs. |
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| Maltese clubs participate in the European Club competitions organised by LEN, are seen as being in the top 10 waterpolo leagues in Europe. |
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| Neither Liverpool nor Everton have a sectarian affiliation and many families are split in support of the clubs. |
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| The region is home to numerous folk clubs, many of them catering to Irish and Scottish folk music. |
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| The Union is given a large subvention by the university, much of which is spent on maintaining around 300 clubs, projects and societies. |
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| There are also general interest and sporting clubs such as football, wine and cheese and the salsa club. |
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| At any one time there are about fifty societies and clubs in existence, catering for a wide range of interests and largely run by boys. |
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| There are a further 11 clubs playing in the Midland divisions of the English Rugby Union system. |
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| Enthusiasts in the United States have formed clubs which unite hobbyists and professionals. |
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| Competition among members and between clubs, demonstrating everything from single shells to elaborate displays choreographed to music, are held. |
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| They formed social clubs and associations to run functions, including regular dances on occasions such as Christmas and Easter. |
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| Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the cricket clubs that constitute the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure. |
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| This book made me long for the old ways of martial arts instruction before McDojos and health clubs dominated the land. |
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| In particular, through the clubs she set up or supported, she encouraged and organised them to raise funds for animal and paediatric charities. |
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| Most clubs were simply a regular gathering, usually in the back or upstairs room of a public house on a weekly basis. |
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| The number of clubs began to decline in the 1980s, in the face of changing musical and social trends. |
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| The county has over twenty folk clubs and other venues hosting folk music by organisations such as Acoustic Sussex. |
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| In contrast to the 1920s, however, the use of live orchestras in night clubs was extremely rare due to its expense. |
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| Around 1701 he instituted weekly clubs for the practice of music, which flourished in Oxford as well as in London. |
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| During the 1950s and 1960s, many plays were produced in theatre clubs, to evade the censorship then exercised by the Lord Chamberlain's Office. |
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| Koschmider had converted a couple of strip clubs in the district into music venues, and he initially placed the Beatles at the Indra Club. |
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| However, they were also growing tired of the monotony of numerous appearances at the same clubs night after night. |
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| They played initially in clubs and ballrooms, and then in larger auditoriums as their popularity grew. |
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| As the mod subculture spread across the United Kingdom, other clubs became popular, including Twisted Wheel Club in Manchester. |
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| Other English rugby clubs followed this lead and did not join the FA and instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football Union. |
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| The eleven remaining clubs, under the charge of Ebenezer Cobb Morley, went on to ratify the original thirteen laws of the game. |
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| The original format contained 12 clubs from the Midlands and Northern England. |
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| Sanctions for such infractions may be levied on individuals or on to clubs as a whole. |
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| Recently the Twenty20 Champions League was formed as a tournament for domestic clubs of various countries. |
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| Most clubs have their own ground to play on regularly, often including a field and pavilion or club house. |
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| When these servicemen left, the clubs and teams were kept alive by young professionals, mostly Europeans, working in these countries. |
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| Within fifteen years of that first meeting in Huddersfield, more than 200 RFU clubs had left to join the rugby revolution. |
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| There are national club championships in many countries and the top clubs in the world play in the Bandy World Cup every year. |
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| The American Darts Organization began operation January 1, 1976 with 30 charter member clubs and a membership of 7,500 players. |
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| Today, the ADO has a membership that averages 250 clubs on a yearly basis representing roughly 50,000 members. |
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| Some local associations agree on specific colours for stickers for each of the clubs in their area. |
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| Gradually, the individual clubs were integrated into one overarching organization, now known as the Australian Racing Board. |
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| Golf is a club and ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. |
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| A maximum of 14 clubs is allowed in a player's bag at one time during a stipulated round. |
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| The choice of clubs is at the golfer's discretion, although every club must be constructed in accordance with parameters outlined in the rules. |
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| A golf bag is used to transport golf clubs and the player's other or personal equipment. |
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| Local newspapers cover local clubs at all levels and there are hundreds of weekly and monthly sports magazines. |
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| There are eighteen professional county clubs, seventeen of them in England and one in Wales. |
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| Dissatisfaction with the governance of the sport led, in 1895, to a number of prominent clubs establishing what would become rugby league. |
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| There are clubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London however and it was once played throughout Scotland and England until the early 20th Century. |
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| Rugby union and rugby league clubs are generally poorer than their football counterparts. |
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| Professionalism was introduced, and the best clubs from the various Regionalligas were assembled into the new Bundesliga. |
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| However the matter of rules remained a problem with Sheffield clubs continuing to play by their own rules. |
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| Eleven London football clubs and schools representatives met on 26 October 1863 to agree on common rules. |
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| Other English rugby clubs followed this lead and did not join the FA but instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football Union. |
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| The Premier League reduced to 20 clubs in 1995 and is one of the richest football leagues in the world. |
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| The FA's income does not include the turnover of English football clubs, which are independent businesses. |
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| The Sheffield rules were popular and adopted by several Northern and Midlands clubs. |
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| The last entrants are the Premier League and Championship clubs, into the draw for the Third Round Proper. |
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| It is very rare for top clubs to miss the competition, although it can happen in exceptional circumstances. |
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| A system of byes ensures clubs above Level 9 and 10 enter the competition at later stages. |
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| The clubs involved could alternatively agree to toss for home advantage in the second replay. |
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| The Football League consists of 70 professional association football clubs in England and 2 in Wales. |
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| The Football League was founded in 1888 by then Aston Villa director William McGregor, originally with 12 member clubs. |
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| Steady growth and the addition of more divisions meant that by 1950 the League had 92 clubs. |
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| The EFL Trophy is for clubs belonging to EFL League One and EFL League Two. |
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| The organisation celebrated its 100th birthday in 1988 with a Centenary Tournament at Wembley between 16 of its member clubs. |
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| Instead of three clubs expanding the division, five were added to make the number to fifteen. |
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| In the event that clubs had equal points and equal goal differences, priority was given to the club that had scored the most goals. |
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| The end of the ban on English clubs in Europe also helped boost interest in English football. |
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| The argument given at the time was that the extra income would allow English clubs to compete with teams across Europe. |
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| This meant that there would once again be 92 clubs in the highest four divisions of English football. |
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| The trend of relegated clubs to win an instant promotion back to the top flight continued, however. |
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| Former Football League clubs include all 20 of the current members of the Premier League along with various relegated, removed or defunct clubs. |
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| When the Football League was first established, all 12 clubs played in just one division. |
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| This is a way of keeping the possibility of promotion open for more clubs towards the end of the season. |
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| The Premier League is an English professional league for men's association football clubs. |
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| Welsh clubs that compete in the English football league system can also qualify. |
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| The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders. |
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| The clubs elect a chairman, chief executive, and board of directors to oversee the daily operations of the league. |
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| Participation in the Premier League by some Scottish or Irish clubs has sometimes been discussed, but without result. |
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| The Premier League includes some of the richest football clubs in the world. |
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| Premier League clubs agreed in principle in December 2012, to radical new cost controls. |
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| The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs. |
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| Further relegations down the footballing ladder have ensued for several clubs unable to cope with the gap. |
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| Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs. |
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| Two trophies are held in the event that two different clubs could win the League on the final day of the season. |
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| The competition has been won by 22 different clubs, 12 of which have won it more than once. |
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| Accountants Deloitte ranked Liverpool eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League, which ranks the world's football clubs in terms of revenue. |
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| Manchester United has the second highest average attendance of European football clubs only behind Borussia Dortmund. |
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| Manchester United is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with one of the highest average home attendance in Europe. |
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| Like all English clubs, Villa lost seven seasons to the Second World War, and that conflict brought several careers to a premature end. |
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| Aston Villa have a large fanbase and draw support from all over the Midlands and beyond, with supporters' clubs all across the world. |
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| The main groupings of supporters can now be found in a number of domestic and international supporters' clubs. |
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| There were several independent supporters clubs during the reign of Doug Ellis but most of these disbanded after his retirement. |
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