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21 Nov Southampton: From the Red Sash of 1885 to the Stripes of the Saints
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On 21 November 1885 a group of young men from the parish of St Mary's in Southampton played their first match and laid the foundations of a club that today celebrates 141 years. Southampton did not begin as a professional outfit or a works team, but as an activity of a church young men's association. That is where its nickname comes from, and its f..
21 Nov Savoia at 118: The White Shirt Born from Flour
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In the metropolitan area of Naples lies Torre Annunziata, a town that once lived off its flour mills and pasta factories. There, on 21 November 1908, Savoia was born, one of the oldest clubs in southern Italy. The team in the white shirt turns 118 this year. It is a story with an almost-title of Italian champions, many falls and even more rebirths...
17 Nov Flamengo at 131: The Rowing Club That Went Through Three Shirts to Find Its Rubro-Negro
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Few people know that Brazil's most popular club was born… in a boat. Flamengo was founded on 17 November 1895 as a rowing club in Rio de Janeiro, and this year it marks 131 years. Football arrived sixteen years later, but the red and black colours were already there. And before them came a blue and gold that did not last even a year. Oars on Flamen..
16 Nov Sparta Prague at 133: A Greek name and red from London
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On 16 November 1893 a group of young people in Prague, centred on three brothers, set up the club that would become the most successful in Czech football. Sparta Prague turns 133 years old on 16 November 2026. Its name has Greek roots, and its red shirt came straight from London. The Rudl brothers and ancient Sparta The core of the founding group w..
15 Nov FC Basel at 133: Red for Love, Blue for Loyalty
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It all started with a small advertisement in a local newspaper. A few days later, on 15 November 1893, FC Basel was founded, the club the whole of Switzerland now knows as FCB or "RotBlau". This year the team from the banks of the Rhine turns 133. In that time it has collected 21 league titles and caused trouble for several of Europe's biggest club..
15 Nov NEC Nijmegen at 126: From
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On 15 November 1900 three friends from Nijmegen's lower town, near the bank of the Waal, set up a small football team called Eendracht. Today we know it as NEC Nijmegen, and on 15 November 2026 it turns 126 years old. Greek fans now also remember it for a summer night in 2026 against Olympiacos. From "Unity" to NEC According to English Wikipedia, t..
13 Nov Club Brugge at 135: From the Rattenplein to a Night at Wembley
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Club Brugge dates its official history from 13 November 1891. With this year's anniversary it reaches 135 years, and it is one of the few clubs in Europe to have gone through three names, two languages and a ground where rats were once hunted. Below we follow its journey through its shirts, starting from a café in the city. Students, Englishmen and..
08 Nov APOEL at 100: From a Ledra Street Confectioner's to the Stripes of the Alpha Ethniki
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A century. That is what APOEL completes today, having been founded on 8 November 1926 in Nicosia. The Cypriot club's 100th birthday has something special for shirt lovers: the team is celebrating it with an anniversary kit that looks back to its one season in the Greek league. But let's start at the beginning, in a confectioner's shop on Ledra Stre..
06 Nov Celtic at 139: How a Charity Dinner Gave Birth to the World's Most Famous Hoops
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On 6 November 1887, in a parish hall in Calton, a poor working-class district in the east of Glasgow, Celtic was born. This year the club of the green and white hoops blows out 139 candles. This is a club that did not start out to win trophies. It started out to put a plate of food in front of hungry children. Let's see how that beginning led to on..
05 Nov Blackburn Rovers: 151 years in a shirt split down the middle
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On the evening of 5 November 1875, while England was celebrating Bonfire Night, two young men gathered friends in a Blackburn hotel and decided to start a football team. That is how Blackburn Rovers was born, a club now 151 years old. It is one of the few teams in the world you recognise instantly from a shirt cut exactly down the middle. Half blue..
03 Nov Newell's Old Boys at 123: Red for England, black for Germany
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On 3 November 1903, in the courtyard of a school in Rosario, Argentina, a group of former pupils signed the founding act of a club that would become a legend. Newell's Old Boys turns 123 years old on 3 November 2026. And its story begins with a teacher, a leather ball and two flags. The teacher from Kent Isaac Newell was born in Kent, England, in 1..
02 Nov Slavia Prague, 134 years: Two halves and a red star
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On 2 November 1892 a student society in Prague decided to set up a cycling section, and so began the story of Slavia Prague. On 2 November 2026 the club turns 134 years old. It is one of the most historic and best-loved clubs in Central Europe. From the bicycle to the ball Slavia grew out of the Slavia Literary and Rhetorical Association, a student..
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