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The oldest professional football club in the world.

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6 minutes ago, Fozzy said:

The thing is, were we the first club to turn professional? In which case a club formed after us may well have been professional for longer, making them the oldest professional club in the world.

 

No. I don't think anyone knows which club was the first to pay its players as it was done in secret at the time. I think we officially turned professional with a number of other clubs when the Football League started in 1888. But then we're the world's oldest professional club, not the world's first pro club.

Let me put it another way - we're the oldest of the world's professional football clubs. If you're the oldest living person, it doesn't matter that other people were born before you - the main thing is that you're the oldest one who is still alive.

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It won't change, it's just that I feel the language isn't right as "football league" is being used as a synonym for "professional". If anything being the oldest pro club is more impressive :thumbsup:

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