The season ended with a 77 – 67 record, good for second place in the West division and the club's first playoff appearance as the Wild Card winner.

Under previous general manager Gebhard, the Rockies had largely neglected their farm system and mostly relied on signing veteran free agents from other clubs ; this was possible due to the high attendance numbers in the club's first few years of attendance.

The club's first ground was Siemens Meadow ( 1905 – 1907 ), a patch of rough ground by the River Thames.

The first match at this site, now known as the club's current ground The Valley, was in September 1919.

He removed the club's Chelsea pensioner crest, improved the youth set-up and training regime, rebuilt the side with shrewd signings from the lower divisions and amateur leagues, and led Chelsea to their first major trophy success – the League championship – in 1954 – 55.

" Norris transformed the club's logo into the first version of the Red Wings logo as it is known today.

" 1992 saw the team repeat as national champions, becoming the first team to do so in league history and saw the start of the club's first youth team, the Blue Jays.

The club's first official match was played against Carlton on 7 June 1873, with Essendon winning by one goal.

One of the club's first ever kits was half red, half white shirts with white shorts worn in the 1886 – 7 season.

The club's first recorded all-white club kit came in 1903, and ever since then the club has been playing in all-white shirts and black shorts, with socks going through various evolutions of black and / or white, but are now normally white-only.

The club's first league game, playing in the Second Division's 1907 – 8 season, saw them lose 1 – 0 at home to Hull City in September 1907.

" Gary Sheffield and Bryan Harvey represented the Marlins as the club's first All-Star Game selections, and Sheffield homered in the Marlins first All-Star Game at-bat.

The club's nickname, the " Cats ", was first used in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck.

Over time, the club has become a symbol of the nation's culture and italianità (" Italianness "), due to their tradition of success, some of which have had a significant impact in Italian society, especially in the 1930s and the first postwar decade ; and the ideological politics and socio-economic origin of the club's sympathisers.

The Royals finished the season 69-93, but 2007 marked the club's first season with fewer than 100 losses since 2003.

As the owner of Anfield and founder of Liverpool, John Houlding was the club's first chairman, a position he held from its founding in 1892 until 1904.

Under Ernest Mangnall, who assumed managerial duties in 1903, the team finished as Second Division runners-up in 1906 and secured promotion to the First Division, which they won in 1908 – the club's first league title.

The following season began with victory in the first ever Charity Shield and ended with the club's first FA Cup title.

In 1993, the club won its first league title since 1967, and a year later, for the first time since 1957, it won a second consecutive title – alongside the FA Cup – to complete the first " Double " in the club's history.

This was most recently the case during the 2008 – 09 season, to celebrate 40 years since it was worn for the club's first European Cup win in 1968.

In the UK, most Premier League or Football League football clubs have one or more fanzines which supplement, oppose and complement the club's official magazine or matchday programme.

Atletic Bilbao began playing in an improvised white kit, but in the 1902 – 03 season, the club's first official strip became half-blue, half-white shirts similar to those worn by Blackburn Rovers, which were donated by Juan Moser.

The Saints ' anthem is the popular sport tune When the Saints Go Marching In, and since the club's official nickname is " the Saints ", they are one of only a few teams who do not change the original lyric.

Despite celebrating the club's birthday with an official mid-season function at Crown Casino, shortly afterward chairman Paul Gardner resigned, handing the presidency to former club champion Jim Stynes who inherited a $ 4. 5 million debt, which media pundits suggested would cripple the club.

According to Triangle's official history, Tarkington made his first acting appearance in the club's Shakespearean spoof Katherine.

The team's third jersey is in the club's official colours.

The club's official mascot is a green parakeet.

On September 13, 1903, Vitória beat a club formed by people from São Paulo state, São Paulo Bahia Football Club 2 – 0 in the club's first official match.

The club's mascot is a lion named Lelê Leão ( Lion ), and according to Vitória's official site, his objective is to stimulate the club's supporters and players on match days.

Owen began light training on 12 February 2007, when pictures on the club's official website highlighted Owen running and carrying out minor exercises.

In August 2008, Vieira was ranked the fifth-greatest Arsenal player of all-time in a fan poll conducted on the club's official website.

The club's official nickname is the " Black-and-Red " and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red.

I've been told by the club's official that this is going to be my last season here.

* In Nobuhiro Watsuki's manga series Embalming-The Another Tale of Frankenstein -, Asuhit Richter goes to the Diogenes Club in London to meet one of the club's founders and his client " Mike Roft ", a play on Mycroft, who is also a high-standing government official.

FFK draw great support from their area and the official supporter club's name is Plankehaugen.

The club's promotion became official on 15 December 1957 when the club defeated Nacional 2-1 under the management of the Argentine Florencio Caffaratti.

According to Richard Robinson, who wrote the club's official 50th anniversary history, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays were fixed upon as the nights for play … Whoever selected the teams on practising nights had the power to place their men on the field, or appoint substitutes, and the players shall be bound to adhere to their instructions. Robinson also explains the means by which the passing game was developed, The club ... never neglected practice, and this practice was indulged in systematically.

( The exact date of its foundation is disputed: many sources list the year as 1866, but the current club's official site states that there is no evidence for its existence prior to October 1867.

Following a slow start to the season, and despite previous backings from the Grimsby Town board, on 18 October 2009 the club's official website declared they had sacked Mike Newell due to " irretrievable breakdown ".

In a statement he released to the club's official website on 5 December he said: " The club ’ s financial situation at the present moment is dire.

The club's official programme is Bullseye and there was also a fanzine called Talking Bull until the 2008 – 09 season, which has now been changed to an online format.

The club's official anthem is Hereford United ( We All Love You ) which was written and performed by the late Danny Lee, a notable supporter of the club.