• AC Milan was founded by Englishman Alfred Edwards in 1899. They still keep the English version of the name Milan rather than the Italian 'Milano'. • The Oldest Football League Club is Notts County, who were formed in 1862. • Juventus adopted their famous black and white stripes in 1903 after one of their committee members visited England saw Notts County turn out in those colours. • The referee's whistle, the Acme Thunderer, invented by Birmingham toolmaker Joseph Hudson in 1884, is still used to this day. • Manchester United began life as Newton Heath L & YR in
1878 when a group of workers from the Lancashire &
Yorkshire Railways formed a football team.
• The two handed throw in was made compulsory in 1883. • Goal nets were designed by an engineer from Liverpool called John Alexander Brodie. The first time nets were used for the goals in an FA Cup Final was 1891. • Nottingham Forest captain Sam Weller Widdowson is credited for inventing shinpads, after cutting down some cricket pads and wearing them on the outside of his stockings in 1874. • Numbered shirts were first worn in the 1933 FA Cup Final between Everton & Man City. • The first ever hat-trick in the English Football League was
scored by Walter Tait, who on 15 September 1888 scored
three of Burnley's four goals in their 4-3 away win at Bolton -
the second weekend of the League's existence.
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