Football
The city is home to two of the oldest professional football teams in the world: Aston Villa (1874) and Birmingham City (1875). Nearby West Bromwich Albion's ground The Hawthorns used to be divided by the Birmingham/Smethwick border, but was moved completely into the latter by a minor rationalisation of local government borders in the 1960s and is now in Sandwell. In addition, Birmingham features several non-league teams including Romulus and Sutton Coldfield Town.
Aston in Birmingham is notable for being the location for the first football league, which was invented by William McGregor on March 22, 1885. Aston Villa Football Club were among the founding clubs of the Premier League in 1992.
Birmingham City Ladies compete at the top level of English women's football, the FA WSL.
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“...I’m not money hungry.... People who are rich want to be richer, but what’s the difference? You can’t take it with you. The toys get different, that’s all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It’s all relative.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)