Use of the name " Ashes " was suggested by the Australian team when rugby league matches between the two countries commenced in 1908.

The league commenced in 1979, playing a winter season ( April – September ) and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998.

Ashford's 44-year membership of the Southern League commenced in the 1959 – 60 season as members of the newly formed Division One ( the second level of the Southern League )-the league included the rumps of the previous South East and North West Divisions together with two additional new recruits, Hinckley Athletic and Romford.

The first season commenced on 31 August 1935 and ended with Harwich and Lowestoft level at the top of the league with 26 points each.

Sam Boyd Stadium has been the home of the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League since the league commenced play in 2009.

Shortly before the lockout commenced in 2004, the NHLPA offered another proposal to the league that was believed to be similar to their earlier proposal.

Mark Williams, former operator of the successful ECHL team Huntington Blizzard, never commenced with his team in Huntington, West Virginia, because of the disappearance of the league owner.

It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its inaugural season on 18 March 2007.

The club commenced participation in the seventh tier of Austria's national league system in 2006, then rose through four successive championships to the third tier, Regionalliga West, in 2010.

Officially the club rugby league competition commenced 1980.

When league rugby commenced, the team was placed in the Courage National Division 1, the top division at the time.

However, following Manchester United's first league title in 1908 and the FA Cup a year later, it was decided that Bank Street was too restrictive for Davies ' ambition ; in February 1909, six weeks before the club's first FA Cup title, Old Trafford was named as the home of Manchester United, following the purchase of land for around £ 60, 000.

At the turn of the century, Swedish league football was dominated by Örgryte, who won ten times between the years 1896 and 1909.

From 1909 onwards, the new FV Kaiserslautern performed well in this league, finishing runners-up in 1910 and 1912.

The league was founded in 1909 and is still very popular in the region with 10 men's divisions.

Founded in 1909 by Ambrose O ' Brien ( from Renfrew, Ontario ), the NHA was possibly the first major league of pro hockey, and introduced ' six-man hockey ', removing the ' rover ' position in 1911.

In November 1909, the Eastern Canada Hockey Association ( ECHA ), holder of the Stanley Cup and ostensibly the pre-eminent ice hockey league, was in the midst of a dispute.

On November 25, 1909, the other teams in the league disbanded the ECHA and formed the new Canadian Hockey Association ( CHA ), which excluded the Wanderers.

It was the first rugby league club in Wales and the team won the Welsh League in 1909 and 1910.

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Bancroft played in minor league baseball from 1909 through 1914, at which point he was bought by the Phillies.

In 1909 the league grew to two divisions, and it currently has three divisions which clubs can be promoted and relegated between at the end of each season.

Their new stadium on Sealand Road, called simply The Stadium became their first long-term home and provided them with their first league success, as they won the Combination League in 1909.

Jesse Burkett broke his major league record for career putouts in 1905, and Clarke topped his record for career total chances in 1909.

The first ever rugby league test series was secured by Great Britain at the ground, when they defeated the touring Australian Kangaroos side 6 – 5 on 14 February 1909 in front of a crowd of 9, 000.

Prior to the 1909 season, Chesbro was assigned to the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association, a minor league affiliate of the Highlanders.

In 1909 the league grew to two divisions, and it currently has three divisions which clubs can be promoted and relegated between at the end of each season.

Coveleski signed his first professional contract in 1909 with the minor league Lancaster Red Roses, a club affiliated with the Tri-State League.

Meredith enjoyed further successes with Manchester United, winning the league title in 1908 and 1911, and the FA Cup in 1909.

Original logo for the Auckland WarriorsRugby league was largely centred around Auckland ever since the New Zealand Rugby League was founded in 1909.

It wasn't until the 1909 – 10 season that Buckie Thistle joined the Highland League, becoming the first team from Banffshire to be accepted into the league, Morayshire having been represented for several years by Forres Mechanics and Elgin City.

The format was modified for the 1909 – 10 season which was played in a league format.

From 1909 until 1973 ( except for the period 1962 – 64 ) the Rugby Football League Championship had utilised a play-off format to determine the overall league champions.

In 1909, club rugby league officially began, with W. Evans scoring the inaugural try before backing up with another as North Brisbane beat Toombul 8-0 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, although Valleys were the first premiers.

On 8 May 1909 the first match of rugby league was played in Brisbane at the Gabba.

The Gabba hosted its first rugby league Test match on 26 June 1909, when Australia defeated New Zealand 10 – 5.

In 1909, the PCL added two teams to become a six-team league ( in 1919 it added two more ).

Was it not possible, after all, that the forest was in league with her and her child that its sympathy lay with the Culvers that she had erred in failing to understand this??

Frequently enough, the police are themselves in league with the killer ; ;

And the league takes a stand, with great regularity, on the side of right.

They were disturbed by his idiotic bravado -- as, when his bodyguard, Yankee Schwartz, complained that he had been snubbed by Dave Miller, a prize-fight referee, chieftain of a Jewish gang and one of four brothers of tough reputation, who were Hirschey, a gambler-politician in loose beer-running league with Torrio and O'Banion, Frank, a policeman, and Max, the youngest.

Some opposition to the home rule movement started to be heard yesterday, with spokesmen for the town's insurgent Democratic leadership speaking out against the home rule charter in favor of the model municipal league charter.

`` I think I can do a better job with the glove, now that I know the hitters around the league a little better '', he said.

Rabb, the former Louisiana State field general, came off the bench for his debut with the Bills Sunday and directed his new team to a 22-12 upset victory over the Houston Oilers, defending league champions.

When that failed, he enlisted Branch Rickey's aid in the formation of a third major league, the Continental, with New York as the key franchise.

The owners would like each club in the fourteen-team league to play a home-and-home series with teams in its division, plus two games against teams in the other division.

The opinion continues here that with a 162-game schedule, pitching spread thin through a 10-team league and a most inviting target in Los Angeles' Wrigley Field Jr., Mantle just might break the most glamorous record on the books, Babe Ruth's 60 homers of 1927.

* That the discipline grew out of colonialism, perhaps was in league with it, and derived some of its key notions from it, consciously or not.

The Declaration announced the states ' entry into the international system ; the model treaty was designed to establish amity and commerce with other states ; and the Articles of Confederation, which established “ a firm league ” among the thirteen free and independent states, constituted an international agreement to set up central institutions for the conduct of vital domestic and foreign affairs.

He then followed the fortunes of his friend Elector Maurice of Saxony, deserted Charles, and joined the league which proposed to overthrow the Emperor by an alliance with King Henry II of France.

Instead, Rufinus attempted to negotiate with Alaric in person, which only aroused suspicions in Constantinople that Rufinius was in league with the Goths.

He also entered into a league with Jason of Pherae, and assiduously cultivated the friendship of Athens.

Carnegie also opposed the annexation of Cuba by the United States and in this, was successful with many other conservatives who founded an anti-imperialist league that included former presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, and literary figures like Mark Twain.

Over time, especially with the suppression of rebellions, Athens exercised hegemony over the rest of the league.

In, Michael Vick became the first quarterback in league history to rush for more than 1, 000 yards in a season, with 1, 039.

Dunn, who was tied for the major league lead with 32 home runs, was expected to provide a significant boost to an offense that has struggled to score runs for most of the season.

And if Ponte is in league with Salieri, I'll never get a text from him, and I would love to show here what I can really do with an Italian opera.

Van Gaal had already left for Bayern Munich after becoming league champions with AZ.

The American Football League ( AFL ) was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League ( NFL ) merged with it.