WORLD FAMOUS NON LEAGUE FOOTBALL GIANTS!!! (AFC Darwen from Netflix's The English Game)

[@FootyAdventures]

Name me some other big non league clubs and I'll do my best to get there!

[@123mememe7]

Nuneaton Borough FC story would make a decent video

[@FootyAdventures]

@@123mememe7 good shout!

[@FootyAdventures]

@@Tony-xn7sd gotta go there soon!

[@melleirus3755]

Dont know much bout small clubs

[@basher0808]

Sheffield FC and Workington would be good to see!

[@raibeartthehairypict4696]

Great story. I watched the English game as soon as Netflix aired it. Fantastic video Sam. I love history mate. I honestly never knew about Fergus Soutar (Even though he was a fellow Glaswegian) until I seen the English/British game.😂 lol

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoy the football history, I love learning about all these stories too. But yeah Fergus, he was the original paid player... what a legend!

[@raibeartthehairypict4696]

@@FootyAdventures Definitely!

[@SpinningGecko]

@@FootyAdventures The show is a great watch! very inaccurate though.

[@jskeggs_]

Excellent video Sam! Love to see that this historic club is still running as a Phoenix, shame the original couldn't continue,amazing that they challenged the stereotype of the classes in football! The documentary is also great and represents it very well! ⚽️ Great tour

[@andrewcreech9165]

Great video as always mate. Great history of the club and the pitch looks unreal. Keep them coming

[@callumatkins6891]

As a Blackburn fan darwen are also close to my heart a lot of rovers fans support them as a non league club, they are a brilliant little club looking to go places, the ground is getting a lot of investment and hoping to see them out of the north west counties for the first time into the northern leagues, not been able to get down in a few years since they avoided relegation from the north west counties premier (9th tier) I think in 2017 I think it was now

[@bengaming1235]

I loved that series it was brilliant

[@FootyAdventures]

Cheers yeah same

[@dme2431]

Love the channel. Watched the series too. Very good.

[@melleirus3755]

Footy ad. Should have thousand views, he goes to every stadium as possibly as he can to review it for us❤️❤️❤️

[@FootyAdventures]

Please share with a friend 🙏👍

[@melleirus3755]

@@FootyAdventures but they are not interested on football, im in philippines basket is national sport but i fell in love on football 2012

[@melleirus3755]

@@FootyAdventures I'll do my best to help you❤️❤️❤️

[@darrensommerville687]

Liking the recent content you are posting about other teams.

[@FootyAdventures]

Cheers Darren! New vid tomorrow!

[@darrensommerville687]

@@FootyAdventures can't wait for it 🙌

[@arcticfirefly5777]

My favorite Football tv series on Netflix. Loved every bit of it.

[@FootyAdventures]

Yeah it's great isn't it!!

[@arcticfirefly5777]

@@FootyAdventures It makes it even worse that big clubs, and a lot of clubs in general have lost the same interest in the FA Cup...! The story, and origin is brilliant.

[@FootyAdventures]

@@arcticfirefly5777 Yeah it is a shame. In a world run by money the FA Cup just isn't as important these days sadly

[@arcticfirefly5777]

@@FootyAdventures Definitely. As I'm not from the UK, I've always held every match high, and the FA Cup is a big part of that.

[@UncleJun50]

Brilliant video yet again, I'll have to check the English Game out now been looking for something else to watch recently. What a great wee club!

[@ryanoconnor5612]

What a lovely day and great video 👏

[@FootyAdventures]

Cheers la!

[@alexlee83]

Really enjoyed this video having watched The English Game. Thanks for your efforts to bring this to us

[@FootyAdventures]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. Would really appreciate if you could share with anyone else who's seen the series! Cheers

[@keithlongworth2350]

What an amazing story love your videos

[@FootyAdventures]

Thank you so much!

[@joewarren2602]

Great video, afc sudbury in Suffolk has an 3g pitch has done for a few years I believe one of the first in the country. Please come Down and visit

[@paul3387]

The original ground was Barley bank, there is a street there now and is next to the Alexandra pub which was then a grand house. The team used it to change in. The old ground went from Barley bank street all the way to Avondale primary school. The terrain is still pan flat in a town dominated with hills. Great video though.

[@charliewheelen5031]

Can't wait for turnstiles to be open again and u can give us the match day experience. Superb as always mate

[@DC-cr8nf]

The first team to have floodlights

[@scottw.3258]

There was a fair number of Partick players went on to play for Darwen and other Lancashire clubs at that time. Fergus' wee bother played for them too. The real story of Jimmy Love is a tragic one. He'd set up a street cleaning company at the age of 18 but it failed, he was set to face bankruptcy in 1878 but failed to show at court. An arrest warrant was then issued against him and this was when he ran away to Darwen where he played successfully for 2 years. It then appears his past was catching up with him, so in 1880 he joined the Royal Marines. By 1882 he was sent into action in Egypt where British soldiers had been deployed to put down a National uprising, taking back Alexandria from the occupiers. He fell ill with enteric fever and died in Ismailia aged only 24.

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks for letting me know about the link with Partick and the English clubs. Such a sad story there about Jimmy Love. Cheers for watching, much appreciated.

[@scottw.3258]

@@FootyAdventures It's easy to watch good content mate. Keep it up.

[@cryogenixoldskool5803]

You should maybe checkout Old Boltonians in Turton who play in the Lancashire Amateur League, their pitch in Chapletown is regarded as the oldest pitch still in use that dates to the 1830s, it started out as the home of Turton FC and since 1950 it's been the home of Old Boltonians

[@no92108]

Can’t wait to use AFC Darwen as my create a club in FIFA 22 and many other historic Phoenix clubs

[@eriks.lundestad9365]

What a story. Amazing.

[@jimbobjamber9276]

As you're in the area, why not take a look at what is left of Stand Athletic, Ewood Bridge, near Edenfield....... Another great video btw!

[@tommyhurst1168]

Been a couple of times to watch AFC Liverpool at Darwen, a very friendly and welcoming club (like most non league clubs)

[@johnwalsh3013]

Very informative content, well done

[@FootyAdventures]

Thank you John!

[@grantyoung394]

Class vid again big man. Will you be returning to Scotland at any time again maybe when you can see a game with fans?

[@unusedsub3003]

Great video! Clitheroe now have a plastic pitch too, which isn't far from Darwen. Can't say that I'm a fan of plastic pitches.

[@stivgmfc]

Class video, a video about Bury FC would be good while your in England!

[@FootyAdventures]

Yeah 100%. I'll be covering them soon :)

[@brandomcastor2951]

Jolly good show

[@jaydenkennedy5409]

I used to play for Darwen Afc u11s as a keeper. We won a few trophies

[@FootyAdventures]

Nice! Thanks for watching!

[@gson6867]

Back then the Scottish had a passing game with tactics similar to today's game where in England the game almost unrecognizable as the English teams all didn't pass and each player would just rush with the ball as fast as they could or just punt it upfield, similar to what young kids would do all bunched up. Football is a Scottish game as is tennis, golf and rugby ( which should be called 'Royal High') as Ellis took the game from Royal high school in Edinburgh before going to Rugby to study. Facts

[@NO-ts5yt]

I think York City’s Old ground Bootham Crescent is yet to be knocked down for housing Might be worth a visit before it’s gone I’ve played two Sunday league finals there (lost them both😂) and was a mascot there when they played Sunderland in a friendly in 2011

[@roberthinton7949]

forgot to mention Ardwick in that league table , they went on to become Manchester City

[@hampdencollection6525]

A great video. Their facilities look immense. As you say wherever you go and find out about the origins of football you will trace it back to Glasgow. Without Fergie, what would football be like? And that's before you even get onto his namesake a century later :-) Both from Glasgow. Both from the World Capital of Football. And of course there are both #ScotchProfessors.... Looking forward to the Euros - England v Scotland. Can't blooming wait. GB

[@FootyAdventures]

Thank you, glad you liked it. Yeah it's amazing how much Glasgow has given the world when it comes to football! Can't wait for the EUROs either! Gunna be huge

[@windowken]

Thumbs up mate

[@FootyAdventures]

👍🙌

[@only1city611]

That league table shows Ardwick fc.. Not sure if your aware but that team were what's now known as Manchester City.. The name Ardwick fc replaced the name St.Marks fc which was the first name city were formed as several years earlier..

[@stevenspraggs4953]

what a class blog this is the best blog out there i urge everyone to subscribe to this guy is a class act

[@brandomcastor2951]

Pioneers of the modern game

[@FootyAdventures]

They certainly are!

[@adam160908]

Nelson and Glossop North End are similar to Darwen in that they used to be in the football league many years ago and are non league clubs

[@royston8044]

Talking about films, have you ever watched The World Cup, A Captains Tale,? stars Denis Waterman , it depicts the story of West Auckland FC, a team of part time players who represented England in the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, some times described as the first world cup. in 1909 ,1911. they beat Juventus in the final.

[@darrenbowden3222]

Great video but souter played at darwens old ground on the other side of the town .

[@robertleach9120]

Please do a vlog on West Auckland FC - West Auckland Town Football Club are a football club from West Auckland, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England, competing in the Northern League, in the ninth tier of the English football league system. They represented England in the first "World Cup" footballing competition, Arranged by tea baron Sir Thomas Lipton, this coal mining club beat the likes of Juventus along the way. Made famous by the film The World Cup: A Captain's Tale starring Denis Waterman ("Minder"), Nigel Hawthorne ("Yes Minister") & Tim Healey ("Auf Wiedersehen Pet"). They won the trophy twice & got to keep it permanently where is is taking pride of place in the club's trophy cabinet.

[@trevormaxfield939]

The Anchor ground is Darwens new ground its not where Fergus played

[@guzford]

Thats not the ground Fergus and co. played on, the old one is long since gone, now houses

[@guzford]

you should have gone to the Alexandria pub, thats where the famous photo was taken on the steps outside, old ground was next to the building

[@guzford]

sorry to put a dampner on things, but lived in Darwen all my life, the Anchor was built much after this, the old ground is now rows of terraced houses

[@nickmullerITFC78]

Good video again looks like a nice ground I love lower league grounds 🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜👍👍👍

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks 👍

[@GenialHarryGrout]

You picked out all the teams in the Division 2 table but missed out Ardwick who later changed their name to Manchester City. If you get to Derbyshire then check out New Mills which was the setting for the Sky One tv series "The Rovers"

[@stephenbrown3835]

Get along to Darvel , East Ayrshire On January 23rd 7.45pm when they play Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@frarfclin7736]

Brilliant 👏 Buddy. Off to watch 🧐Netflix. It's not like Arsenal to Help a club . Darwin now in my 💙

[@FootyAdventures]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed!

[@TailwindAirlines]

Best serie

[@gilbert55]

That is not the original ground though, so sorry not exactly accurate

[@moodyblue1964]

I would be really interested to see a visit to ex league clubs Workington and Southport who once graced the lower league in the 1970's. Looking down the threads, I can see i'm not the only one mentioning Workington.

[@FootyAdventures]

Yeah, Workington are highly requested! Cheers

[@stevenspraggs4953]

do they do a metal badge?

[@sebastianzucchet2507]

you should definitely go to bury and see how things are doing

[@FootyAdventures]

Definitely!

[@sebastianzucchet2507]

@@FootyAdventures love the vids, love from canada

[@FootyAdventures]

@@sebastianzucchet2507 🙌🇨🇦

[@haydentierney7964]

That’s my town!

[@jonathanthompson2912]

Forgot to mention ardwick on the 2b division table is now manchester city

[@jamiecovfefe6323]

Ardwick was man city thought youd known this sam .

[@sandykenuk]

Ardwick, was the early name of Manchester City fc

[@barflyvoices468]

played 2 school cup finals at the anchor

[@FootyAdventures]

Ah nice!

[@gemma6510]

👏👏👏

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks!!

[@tomico9154]

My cousin played for this club.

[@samwoods6166]

👍👍👍

[@FootyAdventures]

Thanks Sam!

[@hughreed621]

Pity they called it ‘The English game’ should have been ‘The British game’

[@FootyAdventures]

Yeah definitely. I thought the same!

[@hughreed621]

The guy who wrote it Julian Fellows is a Conservative peer of the House of Lords.

[@melleirus3755]

How are u❤️❤️

[@alanfox691]

Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. The Darwen story is one well worth telling be it though your Channel Sam or via Netflix The English game I would agree it should of been could the people's game. & not the English game as that mame name ignores the contribution other parts of The U.K & indeed players from The Republic of Ireland have made to the game & in particular The early Scots that contributed to the game at tat time. The English style was more of a style we would associate with Rugby Union of today rather than Association football thar we know today but in Scotland football was more like the game we know as Association football of today. Basically The Public Schools took up Rugby Union & The Working class Association Football. Sutter did not play for the club we knew as Partick Thistle today but a now defunct club simply could Patrick F.C that's my understanding from my own research I did after watch The English game. This is one of the best vlogs you have ever made on the Channel Sam can we please , please , please have more football contact like you have made here with Darwen & also The History of Queens Park , Cathkin Park & Saint Bernards if we could have more content like that it would be most greatly appreciated. Darwin , Queens Park & clubs like them are what football great & not European Super League's how have we managed to get from Sheffield F.C to a European Super League something is drastically wrong with our game if this is what it has come to. I say Sheffield F.C as they are recognised as the very first football full stop Sam. You personally Sam are a top man.

[@brianmckeown1903]

Blyth Spartans go see them

[@craigmcvay1]

Get yi cell to North Shields European Cup winners

[@zes7215]

no such thing as giant x or not, bigx etc 1uferiox bloat, doesnt matter