Football in London
In the 2018/19 season, professional football will be played in twelve stadiums in London . The six teams marked in green are in the Premier League , the seven in red in the various divisions of the Football League . The traditional venues of the respective teams are marked in yellow if they are no longer used by them. |
The football in London was in the development of football sport in England played a major role and also provides the capital of England for decades, the city with the most clubs in the four professional leagues in the country.
history
London clubs in the FA Cup
Although today's oldest professional club in London, Fulham FC , was only founded in 1879 and is therefore more than a decade younger than the oldest professional clubs in Nottingham, Notts County and Nottingham Forest , which were founded in 1862 and 1865, were founded in Battersea in 1859 founded the country's first "serial winner" with Wanderers FC . Wanderers FC was one of the founding members of the Football Association in 1863 and was the winner of the first-ever Football Association Challenge Cup in 1871/72 . At the following event he was able to defend his title straight away and also scored a title hat trick between 1876 and 1878. But in the following years of the late 19th century no London club was able to win the cup competition and so it was until 1901 before Tottenham Hotspur FC brought the FA Cup back to the capital for the first time. It then took twenty years before the Spurs were successful again in 1921. In the 1930s, of all things, it was Arsenal FC , chosen as Spurs' arch-rival , who also won the FA Cup twice in the capital. At the end of the 2015/16 season , Arsenal were the most successful London club in the FA Cup with 12 trophies and, together with Manchester United, they were England's record cup winners. In third place Tottenham Hotspur follows with eight titles, and behind it are on par with seven titles of Chelsea FC , the FC Liverpool and Aston Villa . Otherwise, only West Ham United (three times) and Charlton Athletic (once) were able to bring the FA Cup to the English capital.
London clubs in the first division
When the Football League, the top division of English football at the time, started playing with 12 teams in the 1888/89 season , not a single club from London was represented. For the first time rose at the end of the 1903/04 season with the second division runner-up Woolwich Arsenal a capital club in the top division. After Arsenal's first division debut in the 1904/05 season , Chelsea FC ( 1907/08 ) and Tottenham Hotspur FC ( 1909/10 ) soon followed suit .
With 13 titles, Arsenal FC, which has been permanently represented in the English Premier League since the 1919/20 season , is the most successful London team and the third most successful in England after Manchester United and Liverpool FC, which win 20 and 18 championships in their favor could. Of all other London clubs, only Chelsea FC (six times) and Tottenham Hotspur FC (twice) won the championship.
London clubs in the League Cup
The League Cup , which was only introduced in 1960, was won by the London clubs, Chelsea FC, with five titles, and is therefore level with Aston Villa behind record winners Liverpool FC, who have been successful eight times. Other London clubs that have won the League Cup are Tottenham (4 titles), Arsenal (2 titles) and the Queens Park Rangers , who were successful in 1967.
Football in the regions
Due to the size of the English capital and the large number of traditional clubs located in it, which always represent a certain district, rivalries exist mainly between clubs or their supporters who are based in the same region. Therefore, in the following text, the clubs are divided into the four cardinal directions in which they - viewed from the city center - are based. The FC Millwall and Charlton Athletic , both reside in the southeast, are often added to the south in such divisions and only occasionally the East. However, because the fiercest rivalry in the region is between Millwall and east-based West Ham United - a hostility that is one of the most brutal derbies in the world - Millwall and Charlton have been slammed to the east.
Rivalry in North London
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Tottenham Hotspur FC was founded in 1882 by young men from the Hotspur cricket club and the local high school in Tottenham , North London . His later arch-rival was brought to life in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal arms factory . The factory was located in Woolwich , southeast London , which is part of Docklands . However, the still young club soon got into financial difficulties, which were also due to the geographical location of the club; because the region in Plumstead was relatively weak in population, one also suffered from a low number of spectators. Therefore, Arsenal FC left its ancestral home in 1913 and moved to Highbury , where it built the Highbury Stadium , which was in close proximity to White Hart Lane , home of Hotspur FC. Due to the forced proximity, Arsenal was perceived by Hotspur as an annoying "intruder into their own territory", which resulted in one of the bitterest rivalries in English football. Just a few years after Arsenal's move, the intensity of their rivalry increased. When in 1919 when the game was resumed after the end of the First World War, the first division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams, the Spurs had to accept relegation, which they had suffered as the bottom of the table in the 1914/15 season , while Arsenal came fifth the second division season 1914/15 were included in the top division, although the team had not created the sporting conditions for this. And so there are persistent rumors on the side of Spurs to this day that the then Arsenal boss Sir Henry Norris played a decisive and unfair role in this decision.
Clubs in East London
While the move was less pleasant for the Spurs, it turned out to be a godsend for Charlton Athletic FC, which was founded in the working-class district of Charlton in 1905 . The departure of Arsenal FC left a void in the region that inspired those in charge at Charlton Athletic to take the plunge into professional football. Even if the Addicks were permanently represented in the first division between 1936 and 1957 (and later again for several seasons in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 21st century), were runner-up in 1937 and won the FA Cup in 1947, they were theirs two local rivals West Ham United (between whom there is no significant dislike) and Millwall FC (between whom relations are more strained) never recognized as being on a par. Because their extremely hateful rivalry overshadows everything and is considered the most dangerous derby in England, if not at all. Whenever the two clubs met in the past, violent fights broke out between the rival fans in the early morning and continued into the following night. Their intense mutual dislike goes back to their founding days, when their sports fields were less than five kilometers apart and a large part of their supporters worked for competing companies in the shipping industry. When a strike was called in 1926, which was followed by workers around West Ham but not followed by Millwall FC, the climate was finally poisoned. Since then, West Ham fans have vilified the strike-breaking Millwall supporters as traitors.
Also in the east of the city is the Leyton Orient FC , founded in 1881 , whose name is derived from the Orient Steam Navigation Company, for which one of its founders worked. Although the club is in the immediate vicinity of West Ham United and therefore also in a problematic area, everything is peaceful in the area around their encounters. After all, Leyton has not played any higher than third rate since 1982 and the second oldest professional club in London lacks that “certain something”.
Clubs in West London
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In the west of London, the rivalries between the clubs and their fan groups are different, but overall less explosive than in the north and east. The oldest of the four professional clubs from this region is Fulham FC , which was founded in 1879 and is therefore the oldest of all London professional football clubs . Queens Park Rangers were founded in 1885 and Brentford FC was founded in 1889 , before Chelsea FC only came into being in 1905 . The most successful club in West London was founded only to play in the existing stadium at Stamford Bridge , which has not been used by any team. Originally, the Fulham FC, which has been in existence for a quarter of a century, was supposed to play in the stadium, which it refused because of the rent that was too high in its view. So it came about that the stadium owner Gus Mears finally founded his own club with Chelsea, which was owned by the Mears family until 1982. The club was then owned by football official Ken Bates before it was acquired by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in 2003 .
Although Chelsea are hostile to their immediate neighbors Fulham and QPR, the Blues supporters usually took little notice of the two neighboring clubs, so there is no grown rivalry in this part of the English capital.
During part of the 1970s and 1980s, the Queens Park Rangers were the most popular club in west London, which is why it is hard for die-hard fans today that Chelsea have now clearly overtaken them. QPR, in turn, is considered the main enemy of Brentford FC supporters, who have never forgiven the Rangers for trying to swallow their club in the 1960s. A similar attempt had made in 1987 Marler Estates as the owner of Fulham FC at QPR, in order to send the merged club from now on under the name Fulham Park Rangers in the race. Massive fan protests from both camps prevented this plan, as did a negative attitude on the part of the football league.
Clubs in South London
As mentioned at the beginning, Millwall FC and Charlton Athletic , which are located south of the Thames , also belong geographically to this region and their duels with Crystal Palace FC , located further south, are definitely characterized by mutual aversion. But while Millwall's greatest dislike is West Ham United, Brighton & Hove Albion from the southern English seaside resort of Brighton is the main enemy of the supporters of Crystal Palace; and only this encounter from Palace has the potential for violent clashes between the fan camps.
Crystal Palace FC, which was founded in 1905 in the building of the same name , has played its home games since 1924 in the club's own Selhurst Park , which was shared with Charlton Athletic between 1986 and 1991 and then with Wimbledon FC, also located in the south, from 1991 to 2003 . Although founded in 1889, Wimbledon FC did not enter professional football until 1964 and was accepted into the semi-professional Southern Football League , which it won three times in a row between 1975 and 1977. From now on his rapid ascent began; for the 1977/78 season he was accepted into the fourth-rate Football League Third Division and made it into the first division within eight years. Two years later, he won the FA Cup. In 1991 the club left its stadium on Plow Lane, which had been in use since 1912, and played its home games from now on in Selhurst Park, where it was able to achieve a higher number of visitors. Nevertheless, the support for the club remained at a rather low level and so the relegation from the first division in the summer of 2000 was soon followed by bankruptcy. With the AFC Wimbledon , a successor club was founded in 2002, which plays its home games in Kingsmeadow in the Kingston upon Thames district .
Club statistics
Best results in national competitions
The table below lists all London clubs that have played in England's top division for at least one season ( The Football League from 1888 to 1892 , the Football League First Division for the next hundred years and the Premier League since 1992 ). Their respective affiliation to the first division, their best placement in it and their best result in the FA Cup and the League Cup are named . The overview is at the end of the 2015/16 season.
| society | Belonging to the first division | Best position in the league | Best result in the FA Cup | Best result in the League Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| arsenal | 1904 / 05–1912 / 13, since 1919/20 | 13 times champion (1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1953, 1971, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004) | 12 times winner (1930, 1936, 1950, 1971, 1979, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015) | 2 times winner (1986/87, 1992/93) |
| Brentford | 1935 / 36-1946 / 47 | 5th place (1935/36) | Quarterfinals (1988/89) | 2 times round of 16 (1982/83, 2010/11) |
| Charlton | 1936 / 37–1956 / 57, 1986 / 87–1989 / 90, 1998/99, 2000 / 01–2006 / 07 | Vice champion (1936/37) | Winner (1946/47) | Quarterfinals (2006/07) |
| Chelsea | 1907 / 08–1909 / 10, 1912 / 13–1923 / 24, 1930 / 31–1961 / 62, 1963 / 64–1974 / 75, 1977 / 78–1978 / 79, 1984 / 85–1987 / 88, since 1989 / 90 | 6 times champion (1955, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2017) | 8 times winner (1970, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018) | 5 times winner (1965, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2015) |
| Crystal Palace | 1969 / 70–1972 / 73, 1979 / 80–1980 / 81, 1989 / 90–1992 / 93, 1994/95, 1997/98, 2004/05, since 2013/14 | 3rd place (1990/91) | 2 times finalist (1989/90, 2015/16) | 4 times semi-finals (1992/93, 1994/95, 2000/01, 2011/12) |
| Fulham | 1949 / 50–1951 / 52, 1959 / 60–1967 / 68, 2001 / 02–2013 / 14 | 7th place (2008/09) | Finalist (1974/75) | 5 times quarter-finals (1967/68, 1970/71, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2004/05) |
| Leyton Orient | 1962/63 | 22nd place (1962/63) | Semi-finals (1977/78) | Quarterfinals (1962/63) |
| Millwall | 1988 / 89-1989 / 90 | 10th place (1988/89) | Finalist (2003/04) | 3 times quarter-finals (1973/74, 1976/77, 1994/95) |
| QPR | 1968/69, 1973 / 74–1978 / 79, 1983 / 84–1995 / 96, 2011 / 12–2012 / 13, 2014/15 | Runner-up (1975/76) | Finalist (1981/82) | Winner (1966/67) |
| Tottenham | 1909 / 10–1914 / 15, 1920 / 21–1927 / 28, 1933 / 34–1934 / 35, 1950 / 51–1976 / 77, since 1978/79 | 2 times champion (1950/51, 1960/61) | 8 times winner (1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991) | 4 times winner (1971, 1973, 1999, 2008) |
| West Ham | 1923 / 24–1931 / 32, 1958 / 59–1977 / 78, 1981 / 82–1988 / 89, 1991/92, 1993 / 94–2002 / 03, 2004 / 05–2010 / 11, since 2012/13 | 3rd place (1985/86) | 3 times winner (1963/64, 1974/75, 1979/80) | 2 times finalist (1965/66, 1980/81) |
| Wimbledon | 1986 / 87-1999 / 00 | 6th place (1986/87, 1993/94) | Winner (1987/88) | Semi-finals (1996/97, 1998/99) |
Key data and European cup balance sheets
The following overview provides information about the respective year of establishment and the headquarters of the associations listed in the table above. Your greatest successes in the European Cup (if available) are also built in, because this information could be better accommodated here than in the previous table for reasons of space.
| society | founding | Home ground, neighborhood | Best result in the European Cup |
|---|---|---|---|
| arsenal | 1886 |
Highbury Stadium , Highbury (1913-2006) Emirates Stadium , Halloway (since 2006) |
Winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup (1994) and Winner of the Fair Cup (1970), finalist in the UEFA Champions League (2006) finalist in the UEFA Cup (1999/00) |
| Brentford | 1889 | Griffin Park , Brentford (since 1904) | not qualified |
| Charlton | 1905 | The Valley , Charlton (since 1919) 1 | not qualified |
| Chelsea | 1905 | Stamford Bridge , Fulham (since 1905) | UEFA Champions League winner (2012), two-time winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup (1971, 1998), winner of the UEFA Europa League (2013) and the UEFA Super Cup (1998) and finalist of the UEFA Champions League (2008) |
| Crystal Palace | 1905 | Selhurst Park , South Norwood (since 1924) | 3rd round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1998, only participation) |
| Fulham | 1879 | Craven Cottage , Fulham (since 1896) | UEFA Europa League finalist (2010) |
| Leyton Orient | 1881 | Brisbane Road , Leyton (since 1937) | not qualified |
| Millwall | 1885 | The Den , Southwark (since 1993) | UEFA Cup first round (2004/05, only participation) |
| QPR | 1882 | Loftus Road , Shepherd's Bush (since 1917) | UEFA Cup quarter-finals (1976/77) |
| Tottenham | 1882 | White Hart Lane , Tottenham (since 1899) | Winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup (1963) and two-time UEFA Cup winner (1972, 1984), finalist of the UEFA Champions League (2019) |
| West Ham | 1895 | Upton Park , Upton Park (1904-2016) | Winner of the European Cup Winners' Cup (1965) |
| Wimbledon | 1889 († 2004) |
Plow Lane , Wimbledon (1912–1991) Selhurst Park , South Norwood (as guest, 1991–2003) |
Group stage of the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1995) |
Others
With a few exceptions, the final games of the FA Cup were always played in London. Between 1872 and 1892, the meetings were held in 19 of 21 cases in the Kennington Oval instead, 1895-1914 regularly in the Crystal Palace National Sports Center and from 1923 to 2000 "old" in the Wembley Stadium before since 2007, the new Wembley Stadium , the is a permanent venue. The English national team also mostly plays their home games in London.
The Hackney Marshes in the northeast of the city are known nationwide with their original 88 soccer fields, on which world stars like Bobby Moore and David Beckham kicked the ball at a young age.
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Calling - The Capital of Football. (= 11 friends special). March 2016, p. 67.
- ^ Cass Pennant, Martin King: Terrace Legends - Legends of the standing ranks . Trolsen, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-9809064-1-8 , p. 197.
- ^ Dan Goldstein: The Rough Guide to English Football - A Fan's Handbook 2000-2001 . Rough Guides, London 2000, ISBN 1-85828-557-7 , p. 131.
- ↑ The English way: Hooligan rampage at West Ham-Millwall (article on n24.de of August 26, 2009)
- ↑ Martin King, Martin Knight: Hoolifan - 30 Years of Hurt . Trolsen, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-9809064-0-X , p. 13.
- ↑ London Calling - The Capital of Football. (= 11 friends special). March 2016, p. 43.
- ^ Dan Goldstein: The Rough Guide to English Football - A Fan's Handbook 2000-2001 . Rough Guides, London 2000, p. 279.
- ↑ London Calling - The Capital of Football. (= 11 friends special). March 2016, p. 48.
- ↑ London Calling - The Capital of Football. (= 11 friends special). March 2016, p. 99.
- ^ Dan Goldstein: The Rough Guide to English Football - A Fan's Handbook 2000-2001 . Rough Guides, London 2000, p. 430.
- ^ Dan Goldstein: The Rough Guide to English Football - A Fan's Handbook 2000-2001 . Rough Guides, London 2000, p. 82.
- ^ Dan Goldstein: The Rough Guide to English Football - A Fan's Handbook 2000-2001 . Rough Guides, London 2000, pp. 215, 435.
- ↑ Martin King, Martin Knight: Hoolifan - 30 Years of Hurt . Trolsen, Hamburg 2003, p. 105.
- ↑ uefa.com: The official website for European football - UEFA.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Hackney Marshes - the home of muddy boots, cold showers and ... Sky Atlantic's £ 30m TV show Fortitude (English; article from February 11, 2015).