Old Etonians F.C.

The Old Etonians Association Football Club is an English association football club whose players are alumni of Eton College, in Eton, Berkshire. Having been a member of The Football Association and played several editions of the FA Cup, Old Etonians currently play in the Premier Division, the highest level of the Arthurian League. History The first reference to football clubs consisting of Old Etonians relates to matches between the former pupils at Oxford University and those at Cambridge University, starting in 1859. These matches were to the Eton Field Game rules. Sides made up of former pupils played annual matches against the school in the Field Game over the next few years. The first match for an Old Etonian side against non-Etonian opposition was at Westminster School in 1863, probably to that school's rules. At the start of 1866, an Old Etonian side, chosen by Arthur Kinnaird, drew with the Wanderers in an association match. Possibly in relation to preparations for this match, the Old Etonians in period gave the club's foundation date as 1865.