1885-86: Fairytale and Farce

Football in England in 1885-86. Blackburn Rovers were the FA Cup holders and Scotland were British champions from the previous season. Who could emerge to challenge their supremacy?
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[@davidlgoldswain598]

Wow that's a lot of detail and probably the longest episode yet ? Congratulations on keeping the information and narrative interesting and the presentation worthy of the listening time !

[@BritanniaFootball]

Thank you. The videos will be out less often now, but that's because they will continue to get longer I would think as I cover more competitions as the seasons progress. It is difficult at times to be entertaining and cover all the results. I want it to have depth but not to the point of tediousness. I will continue to look at the balance as I continue. I'm glad you have found it interesting though and thanks for watching and commenting 🙂👍

[@richardfurness7556]

Excellent stuff. It's fascinating to learn that neither football hooliganism nor blackmail in the form of threats to set up breakaway organisations are anything new. I wonder if it was the events of this season that first planted the idea of a league competition in some chairman's head as he dozed on the long train journey back from a cup tie...

[@BritanniaFootball]

It's funny how we don't hear about Victorian hooligans very often. I think the world has always had similar problems. We just happen to have TV and the internet now so we hear about it more. Back then, if you were in Bristol and something happened in Birmingham, you'd only find out about it a couple of days later, and that's if you bothered to buy a newspaper. I have mixed feelings about professionalism. I like the idea of the Corinthian spirit, but I think the FA Cup had outgrown that ideal. We've seen the same in recent times with Rugby Union.

[@jontalbot1]

The hooligans were all on the pitch

[@martinheskins496]

Fantastic series keep it up

[@BritanniaFootball]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍

[@maikotter9945]

@@BritanniaFootball
What is known about the ancestral trees of Association Football players?
Who is the Great Grandfather, of whom, etc.?

[@BritanniaFootball]

This is something I will cover in future videos

[@historyoffootball87]

Nice work Britannia Football.

[@BritanniaFootball]

Thank you 🙂👍

[@ChrisMalins-ot6pb]

Very interesting this

[@BritanniaFootball]

Thank you 🙂