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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: 3b4eight on May 04, 2019, 07:46:50 pm

Title: Oldest club
Post by: 3b4eight on May 04, 2019, 07:46:50 pm

In all my 62 years, as far as i know, the answer has been the same. " who are the oldest football club in the league  ---   notts county"
But who is it now?

Title: Re: Oldest club
Post by: RedRover45 on May 04, 2019, 08:13:52 pm

Stoke City

Title: Re: Oldest club
Post by: Donnywolf on May 06, 2019, 12:31:09 pm

Ah yes Stoke City BUT I was reading somewhere very recently that Stoke and their 1863 were under review as apparantly it is unsubstantiated

Only read it a week ago so I will try and find it again

Surprising that we with 1879 are quite a bit older than a lot of Teams like Man City Spurs and Liverpool (I seem to recall)

Title: Re: Oldest club
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on May 06, 2019, 12:54:44 pm

18th oldest in the league now, I believe.

Title: Re: Oldest club
Post by: DonnyOsmond on May 06, 2019, 01:05:21 pm

Disputed whether it's Stoke or Forest.

Title: Re: Oldest club
Post by: The Red Baron on May 07, 2019, 12:04:52 pm

Stoke

Quote from: DonnyOsmond on May 06, 2019, 01:05:21 pm

Disputed whether it's Stoke or Forest.

Stoke City claim they were founded in 1863 and celebrated their centenary in 1963. However there is no evidence that they were formed before 1868. I'd go with Forest.