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Perceval House

1863 establishments in EnglandAssociation football clubs established in 1863Blackheath, LondonDefunct English football club stubsDefunct football clubs in England
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Perceval House is a building in Blackheath, London which gave its name to a military training school; in October 1863, the school's football team became a founder-member of The Football Association, the body which regulates football in England.The school's representative on the inaugural meeting of the Football Association was G.W. Shillingford. He, along with his colleagues from the other Blackheath-based teams at the meeting, favoured a form of football allowing "hacking" and handling of the ball, similar to rugby; when this was rejected by the majority of the teams as they attempted to formulate one agreed set of rules, no-one from Perceval House was represented at the fifth meeting of the F.A. in December 1863 and nothing further was heard from them.

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Perceval House
Dartmouth Row, London Deptford (London Borough of Lewisham)

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SE10 8AW London, Deptford (London Borough of Lewisham)
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