Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Old Foresters Football Club is an Association Football club made up exclusively of former pupils of Forest School, located in Snaresbrook, near Walthamstow, London, England.The Old Foresters Football Club is probably one of the half dozen or so oldest "soccer" clubs in the world. It has a continuous and proud history going back before its own formal constitution in 1876 and the founding of The Football Association in 1863. Forest played a considerable part in the development of Association Football and Rugby Football, and is the only school to have played in the FA Cup (Donington School entered the first F.A. Cup but never actually played a game). "The Common" in front of the school may well be regarded as a cradle of the game.The club's main achievements are reaching the quarter final of the F.A. Cup in 1882, and the last sixteen a further three times. The Old Foresters have won the prestigious "old boys cup", The Arthur Dunn Cup three times, the Essex Cup three times and the London Senior Cup twice. Eight Old Foresters footballers have played international football.The club currently fields four regular Saturday sides in the Arthurian League. Home matches are played at "The Park" in Snaresbrook, London, a short walk from Forest School.. }
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- Old_Foresters_F.C. abstract "The Old Foresters Football Club is an Association Football club made up exclusively of former pupils of Forest School, located in Snaresbrook, near Walthamstow, London, England.The Old Foresters Football Club is probably one of the half dozen or so oldest "soccer" clubs in the world. It has a continuous and proud history going back before its own formal constitution in 1876 and the founding of The Football Association in 1863. Forest played a considerable part in the development of Association Football and Rugby Football, and is the only school to have played in the FA Cup (Donington School entered the first F.A. Cup but never actually played a game). "The Common" in front of the school may well be regarded as a cradle of the game.The club's main achievements are reaching the quarter final of the F.A. Cup in 1882, and the last sixteen a further three times. The Old Foresters have won the prestigious "old boys cup", The Arthur Dunn Cup three times, the Essex Cup three times and the London Senior Cup twice. Eight Old Foresters footballers have played international football.The club currently fields four regular Saturday sides in the Arthurian League. Home matches are played at "The Park" in Snaresbrook, London, a short walk from Forest School.".