Of all the things said about the great game of football, to me the essence of the game comes down to these three quotes;

"Football is the beautiful game."
Pele

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."
Bill Shankly

"Football, bloody, sodding, hateful, glorious football."
Sir Alex Ferguson

I happen to concur with these three legends of the game, which is why this site exists.

My own obsession with football in general, and English football in particular, began when I was seven years old. My cousin gave me a scrapbook he'd compiled about his favourite team. I was hooked and soon started putting together phone book sized compilations of my own.

the-football-club.com is the natural successor to those "cut and paste" collections.

So what can you expect to find on these pages?

For starters, there’s a brief history of each of the 92 professional football clubs in England. These are sorted by league, which makes it easy to navigate to your favourite team.

Want just the highlights? Navigate to the foot of each page where you’ll find a set of icons.

This one takes you to the Timeline – sort of a potted history of the football club.

These take you to more about the club.

On these pages you'll find detailed league histories, cup histories, trophy cabinets, season-by-season analysis, kits, grounds, legends and more.

Still want more?

Visit the Articles Page. We add new, interesting, funny, quirky, fascinating stuff daily. Here of some of our latest additions;

Best Premier League Debut Seasons

Football Legends: Billy Meredith

Favourite Football Chants

Greatest Man United vs. Arsenal games

Champions League Favourites 2009/2010

And these are some of the perennial favourites;

Big Clubs

History of Liverpool FC

Famous Fans

Football Club Nicknames

History of Chelsea FC

History of English Football

Or visit one of our Galleries and check out your favourite footy stars depicted as…ahem…art.

There's loads more so;

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