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And finally… 125 years of the Football League

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

The Football League is 125 years young and they’ve knocked up a nice video with some of the earliest known professional football footage including Newcastle Utd v Liverpool (Nov 1901) and PNE v Notts County (Oct 1904).

This news story was originally sent via Fan Mail – the FSF’s weekly e-bulletin. Join the FSF for free today from this link and receive all email updates.

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