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Amateur Status Committee of the Football Association offered the club the opportunity to play in Paris at the inaugural Olympic Games. Records show that Upton Park were the first club to agree to play but were unlikely to be the first to be asked. Upton Park were not participating in a league at
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Upton Park FC was responsible for proposing two of the most important rule changes in the history of association football: in 1870, the club proposed abolishing all handling of the ball (previously, any player was allowed to catch the ball). In 1871, the club introduced a proposal to create the
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stadium (officially known as the Boleyn Ground), the club had no connection with the ground and never played there; however there were formal links between Upton Park and
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The club were wound up in 1887 but were resurrected four years later in 1891. In 1892 they were founder members of the
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attracted large crowds to their games, which may have influenced Thames
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The team was refounded in 2016, it is an amateur team and competes only in friendlies, usually for charity.
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the time playing only cup games and friendlies. They had never reached the semi-final stage of the
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joined from
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have since retrospectively awarded one. The team that day (playing a 2–3–5 formation) was:
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Upton Park continued to play until at least 1911, according to modern-day records. The
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lists Great
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selected the team and brought in players from other amateur teams;
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The scorers were
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was not awarded to the side at the time (it being a
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385:and the competition was now in its seventh year.
1044:. No. 972. London. 1 March 1871. p. 3.
922:"England Players' Club Affiliations: Upton Park"
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1844:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
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278:first ever Olympic football tournament
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1020:"Meeting of the Football Association"
896:East of London Family History Society
562:Famous players for the side included
358:, where football was not as popular.
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1849:Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics
368:Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics
316:in the game after complaining about
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892:"Upton Park Football Club players"
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388:The club secretary and goalkeeper
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521:Runners-Up (1): 1884–85
1038:"Football Association"
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803:Menary, Steve (2010).
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210:Olympic medal record
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1761:Related tournaments
965:"An East End Legacy"
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588:international), and
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398:Crouch End Vampires
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