"scoring. The consolation goal comes from John Moncur. 19 March 1994 – Eric Cantona is sent off for stamping on John Moncur in Manchester United's 2–2 league draw with Swindon Town at the County Ground. 22 March 1994 – Three days after being sent off against Swindon, Eric Cantona is sent off again – also in a 2–2 draw, this time in the league against Arsenal at Highbury. 24 March 1994 – Manchester City sign Everton winger Peter Beagrie for £1.1million. He is succeeded at Goodison Park by Arsenal's Anders Limpar for £1.6million. Tottenham Hotspur's quest to sign a new"
"whilst retaining the old -Giants suffix resulted in a lack of acceptance from both sets of fans (though primarily Sheffield), and the team reverted to the Huddersfield Giants name the following season, effectively a franchise of the team. A new Sheffield Eagles started from scratch that following season, and now compete in the second-tier Championship. The Swinton Lions, known as Swinton R.L.F.C. until 1996, have relocated several times around the Greater Manchester area. Apart from very early relocations within Swinton in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, the relocations began especially since their traditional home of Station Road was"
"Sudbury. A celebration of the county, ""Suffolk Day"", was instigated in 2017. The Suffolk dialect is very distinctive. Epenthesis and yod-dropping is common, along with non-conjugation of verbs. The county's sole professional football club is Ipswich Town. Formed in 1878, the club were Football League champions in 1961–62, FA Cup winners in 1977–78 and UEFA Cup winners in 1980–81. Ipswich Town currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. The next highest ranked teams in Suffolk are Leiston, Lowestoft Town and Needham Market, who all participate in the Southern League Premier Division Central, the seventh"
"born in Huddersfield in 1895. Since 2008, the England national rugby league team has been a full test nation in lieu of the Great Britain national rugby league team, which won three World Cups but is now retired. Club sides play in the European Super League, the present-day embodiment of the Rugby Football League Championship. Rugby League is most popular among towns in the northern English counties of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria. All eleven English clubs in Super League are based in the north of England. Some of the most successful clubs include Wigan Warriors, Hull F.C. St. Helens, Leeds"
"Hill & Hurst Albion split and reverted to their original names of Hurstpierpoint (remaining in this league) and Burgess Hill Albion (joining the Mid Sussex League), while Ifield changed its name to Ifield Galaxy. Promotion and relegation to and from this division was irregular, due to ground grading issues and other league constitution aspects. 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League The 2015–16 Southern Combination Football League season is the 90th in the history of the competition (the first since it changed name from the Sussex County Football League), a football league in England. This is also the first season in which"
"FC are the most prominent. The once successful football club, Enfield FC, were forced into a nomadic existence after the sale of their Southbury Road ground and became defunct at the end of the 2006/2007 season after years of ground sharing at many Hertfordshire based clubs. Enfield 1893 were formed after Enfield FC's demise and have spent time groundsharing at Ware FC and Broxbourne Borough FC. They finally found a ground in the borough when they merged with Brimsdown Rovers for the start of the 2011/2012 season. Saracens Rugby Football Club used to play in Enfield and still train at"
"Swindon Town (earning promotion to the Premier League), Chelsea (taking them to the FA Cup final), Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur (reaching a League Cup final) and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He managed England to the second round of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where they lost to Argentina on penalties. Hoddle was born on 27 October 1957 in Hayes, Middlesex to Derek Hoddle and Teresa Roberts. Soon after, the family moved to Harlow, Essex. He attended Burnt Mill School in Harlow. According to Hoddle, he became a Spurs fan after attending a Spurs reserve match around 1968. He first came to the attention"
"in work at neighbouring League One club Huddersfield Town, when on 21 February 2012 Simon Grayson was appointed manager, saying ""Glynn Snodin and Ian Miller are the perfect pair to help me achieve success."" They won promotion at the end of that season. Grayson, Snodin and Miller were dismissed from Huddersfield on 24 January 2013. In May 2013 Grayson was announced as the new manager at Preston North End replacing Graham Westley, with Snodin joining him again. He worked with Grayson at Sunderland, as assistant manager. He worked with Grayson at Bradford City, as assistant manager. Glynn Snodin Glynn Snodin"
"Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town, or The Tractor Boys) is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, having last appeared in the Premier League in the 2001–02 season. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn professional until 1936, and was subsequently elected to join the Football League in 1938. They play their home games at Portman Road in Ipswich. The only fully professional football club in Suffolk, they have a long-standing"
"business. Bradford City, another club faced with closure a few years earlier, also qualified for the play-offs, as did Blackburn Rovers. Huddersfield Town's catastrophic season ended in relegation after a mere six wins and 28 points. They were joined by Reading, who gained some consolation by winning the Full Members' Cup. Sheffield United went down in the play-offs, while West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City narrowly avoided their second relegation in three seasons. Sunderland sealed the Third Division title by a comfortable margin in their first season at this level to secure an instant return to the Second Division. Runners-up"
"'Huddersfield Town'. The current board said that this was in keeping with the time and to make merchandise easier to produce and to make slicker looking promotional material. Huddersfield are the only team to have played at each of the top four levels of English football at two different grounds. Leeds United are considered to be the club's main rival, with Huddersfield having the better head-to-head record of the two teams. Huddersfield have won 32 of the 78 derbies between the two sides with 19 draws and 27 Leeds wins. Huddersfield's other local rivals are Bradford City; this is due"
"to an extent English football. However, the lack of Premier League, and to a lesser extent First Division, teams in the area, has worked in its favour, with some football fans being less willing to travel long distances to games in southern Scotland. The league has been somewhat weakened by the departure of many former members who have subsequently joined the SFL. This happened in 1994 when Caledonian, Inverness Thistle and Ross County left. Until then the HFL had operated with 18 clubs; this was reduced by the departure of the three mentioned clubs, but Wick Academy from the North"
"yet to return to the top flight since 2004. Huddersfield Town were the first team in English football to win the First Division title three times in a row back in the 1920s – a feat only matched by Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal – they also claimed the FA Cup, Charity Shield and finished as runners-up in the league three times in this period. Huddersfield spent 45 years outside of the top flight between 1972 and 2017. ""The Terriers"" had numerous promotions and relegations between the second, third and fourth tiers of English football. However, under their new manager"
"System. It is a feeder to the Combined Counties League and the Hellenic League. The league changed its name to the current one for the start of the 2014-15 season. Berks County | Cookham Dean | Highmoor Ibis United | Marlow United | Mortimer | Newbury | Reading YMCA | Taplow United | Westwood United | Wokingham & Emmbrook Reserves | Woodcote Stoke Row | Woodley United Royals | Wraysbury Village | Wright & Unity Sports Burghfield | Cookham Dean Reserves | Eldon Celtic | FC Imaan Lions | Finchampstead | Frilsham & Yattendon | Hurst | Maidenhead Magpies |"
"for the first time, beating local rivals Whitton United on penalties in the final at Portman Road. They were promoted back to the Premier Division after finishing third in Division One in 2013–14. Ipswich Wanderers F.C. Ipswich Wanderers Football Club is a football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They are currently members of the and play at Humber Doucy Lane in Rushmere. The club was established as an under-14 boys team based in Bramford in 1980. In 1982 they joined the bottom division of the Ipswich Sunday League. Sponsorship resulted in a name change during 1988 to Loadwell Ipswich."
"Division due to their FA Cup exploits and Southern League dominance, they were sent directly into the Second Division and Grimsby Town, last place in the Second Division for 1919–20, were relegated. This league continued in 1921–22 as Football League Third Division South whilst the Football League Third Division North was formed with the Northern clubs, the two Divisions jointly forming the third tier. Geographical separation was abolished in 1958 with the creation of the Football League Fourth Division. The original members in 1958–59 were: Of these, Bournemouth, Bradford, Hull, Norwich, Notts, QPR, Reading, Southampton, and Swindon have made the"
"October. Swindon reached the new Division One play-offs in 1993 and beat Leicester City 4–3 at Wembley, and were then promoted to the Premier League. Hoddle scored Swindon's first goal of the final. The 36-year-old Hoddle was one of the most highly rated young managers in England and a number of bigger clubs were interested in securing his services. Just days after guiding Swindon to promotion, he accepted the offer to manage Chelsea and was succeeded at Swindon by his assistant and former Spurs teammate John Gorman. In June 1993, Hoddle became player-manager of Chelsea (he retired from the playing"
"Barnsley, Bradford, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Halifax, Leeds, Sheffield and Wakefield. The Huddersfield Broad Canal, originally the Sir John Ramsden Canal, and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal which are both navigable by narrowboat, and the broad canal by wider craft, wind around the south side of town. To the rear of the YMCA in the Turnbridge section is an electrically operated road bridge, which is still in use, to raise the road and allow boat traffic to pass. This bridge originally used a windlass. Football and rugby league are the main spectator sports in Huddersfield. Its professional football team, Huddersfield Town A.F.C. play"
"half the league games in both seasons before he moved to Bournemouth and on to Ipswich Town. He finished playing football at Haverhill Rovers while also working at Felixstowe Docks. Source: Brian Siddall Alfred Brian Siddall (2 May 1930 – 2007) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth, Ipswich Town and Stoke City. Siddall started his career at his local club Witton Albion before he earned a contract at Wolverhampton Wanderers however injury prevented him making an appearance. He rejoined Witton Albion and was signed by Northwich Victoria soon after. In 1950 Siddall joined Football"
"any foreign equivalent to this level (i.e. fully professional league). 2. Players with full international caps. 3. Players that hold a club record or have captained the club. Sandwell Borough F.C. Sandwell Borough F.C. was an English association football club. Originally known as Smethwick Highfield F.C., and later as Ashtree Highfield F.C., the club competed in the Midland Football Combination between 1948 and 1988, the Southern League between 1988 and 1990, the Combination again between 1990 and 1994, and the Midland Football Alliance between 1994 and 2001, when the club folded. The club also regularly entered the FA Cup, but"
"of the 1902–03 season and also resulted in the club's nickname ""the Robins"" appearing in print for the first time in programme notes for the first game. The nickname is a reference to the former name of the European robin – ""redbreast"". Swindon Town have played their home games in variations on the red and white theme since then, wearing a red shirt with white collars and white or red shorts for much of their history which has led to the team being known as the ""Red and White Army"". For example; the kit worn during the 1985–86 Division Four"
"Ipswich •1 April - Plymouth •2 April - Plymouth •3 April - Nottingham •4 April - Nottingham •5 April - Nottingham •7 April - Bournemouth •9 April - Cardiff •10 April - Cardiff •11 April - Cardiff •12 April - Cardiff •14 April - Southampton •15 April - Southampton •16 April - Liverpool •17 April - Liverpool •18 April - Harrogate •19 April - Llandeilo •21 April - Birmingham •22 April - Birmingham •23 April - Birmingham •24 April - Birmingham •25 April - Birmingham •26 April - Birmingham •27 April - Bristol •28 April - Bristol •29 April -"
"Suffolk and Ipswich Football League The Suffolk and Ipswich Football League is a football competition based in Suffolk, England. The league has a total of eight divisions; the Senior Division and Divisions 1–3 for first teams, three divisions (Leagues A, B and C) for reserve teams, and Division 4, which is for open to both first teams and reserves and is subordinate to both Division 3 and League C. The Senior Division is at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The league was founded in 1896 as the Ipswich & District League changing its name in"
"Omnico Cup and the McNeil League Knock–Out Cup/ Suffolk and Ipswich Football League The Suffolk and Ipswich Football League is a football competition based in Suffolk, England. The league has a total of eight divisions; the Senior Division and Divisions 1–3 for first teams, three divisions (Leagues A, B and C) for reserve teams, and Division 4, which is for open to both first teams and reserves and is subordinate to both Division 3 and League C. The Senior Division is at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. The league was founded in 1896 as the"
"East Anglian derby The East Anglian derby is a sobriquet used to describe football matches held between Norwich City and Ipswich Town, the only fully professional football clubs in the neighbouring East Anglian counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, respectively. In recent years it has sometimes been humorously called the Old Farm derby, a reference to the Old Firm derby played between Celtic and Rangers, and the prominence of agriculture in East Anglia. The derby has been described as the second-fiercest rivalry in England. There have been 142 instances of the derby, with Ipswich winning 60 to Norwich's 57. The series"
"it is known as the 'East Anglian derby', or, informally, as the 'Old Farm derby', a comic reference to the 'Old Firm Derby' played between Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers. Locally, much is made of the informal title ""Pride of Anglia"". Fans claim the title for either winning the East Anglian Derby, finishing highest in the league, having the better current league position, having the more successful club history. Mick Mills holds the record for Ipswich league appearances, having played 591 first-team matches between 1966 and 1982. The club's top league goalscorer is Ray Crawford, who scored 203 goals between"
"top flight of English football after 26 years away. ""Blackburn Rovers won 5–4 on aggregate."" ""Leicester City won 6–1 on aggregate."" Huddersfield Town's fourth season in the Third Division since relegation in 1988 saw their most serious promotion challenge in that time, but a third-place finish meant that they had to navigate a playoff semi-final clash with a Peterborough United side in the hunt for a second successive promotion. Peterborough went through, while Stockport County overcame Stoke City in the other semi-final to set up a playoff final clash between two teams who had both been promoted from the Fourth"
"nicknamed ""the Pitmen"", currently play in the National League North and won the FA Trophy in 2004. The town's most prominent sportsperson is that of former footballer Brian Horton, who played for the Pitmen in the late sixties and early seventies. After a long professional career, he went on to manage Manchester City, Macclesfield Town and Port Vale amongst others, and is currently assistant manager of Championship side Doncaster Rovers Hednesford Hednesford (pronounced ) is a small town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, within Cannock Chase District. It adjoins Cannock Chase to the north, and the town of Cannock"
"Third Division South, Portsmouth, Ipswich Town, and Nottingham Forest were later English football champions. Its final season was 1957–58, after which the North and South sections were merged to form a single Third Division and a new Fourth Division. The top 12 clubs in Division Three South, except for the Champions Brighton & Hove Albion, went into the new Third Division, and the bottom 12 clubs went into the Fourth Division. From 1934 to the war's outbreak, there was a short-lived knockout competition Football League Third Division South Cup. From the 1954–55 season until the 1957–58 season, there was a"
"Southern League was absorbed by the Football League to become that league's new Third Division. A year later the Third Division was expanded and regionalised. The Third Division clubs from the previous season became the Third Division South, with the addition of the Third Division North. Of the original founder members, six – Gillingham (formerly New Brompton), Luton Town, Millwall, Reading, Southampton and Swindon Town – are now Premier or Football League clubs. For the next six decades, the Football League and Southern League would exchange a limited number of clubs as a result of the older league's re-election process."
"1972, Huddersfield spent 45 years in the second, third and fourth tiers of English football, before returning to the top flight in 2017 under manager David Wagner. Nicknamed The Terriers, the club plays in blue and white vertically-striped shirts and white shorts. They play their home games at the Kirklees Stadium. In 1910, just three years after being founded, Huddersfield entered the Football League for the first time. In November 1919 a fund-raising campaign was needed to avoid a move to Leeds. Citizens of Huddersfield were asked to buy shares in the club for £1 each, and the club staved"
"ten different clubs. The ""Treble"" refers to the team who wins all three domestic honours on offer during the season; Grand Final, League Leaders' Shield and Challenge Cup. To date seven teams have won the treble, only Bradford, St. Helens and Leeds have won the treble in the Super League era. Winning all Four Cups currently refers to winning the Super League, League Leaders' Shield, Challenge Cup and World Club Challenge in one season. Not all of these cups were available in the past but have replaced other cups that could be won. The BBC first covered the final of"
"First Division. Wimbledon, in their first season as a Second Division club and only their eighth in the Football League, finished a secure 12th. Notts County and debt-ridden Wolverhampton Wanderers suffered a second successive relegation, while Cardiff City returned to the Third Division after just two years away. Middlesbrough, another club faced with mounting debts, narrowly avoided relegation to the Third Division for the first time in 20 years. Bradford City's promotion glory and Third Division title triumph ended in tragedy with the death of 56 spectators (all but two of them Bradford fans) in a stadium fire on the"