100 Mind-Blowing FC Facts

Sheffield FC is the oldest football club recognised by FIFA, having been founded in October 1857.

Hidden talents. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a medical doctor, bestselling author and Spiritualist advocate. He also played as a football goalkeeper for Portsmouth Association Football Club under the pseudonym A. C. Smith. The club was amateur and disbanded in 1896. Portsmouth FC, the now professional club, was founded in 1898.