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31-465: In 1900, Albion F.C. sent invitations to Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club , Uruguay Athletic Club , and Deutscher Fussball Klub ; the four teams were founding members. Chronological list of A.U.F. presidents The AUF organizes the national football tournament, two professional divisions (First Division and Second Division), and the third category (Amateur Second Division), involving amateur teams from Montevideo metropolitan area. Amateur clubs from

62-586: A cricket club, having added football just one year after its establishment. The first game where both teams faced each other was on 18 July 1892, with Albion winning 3–2. Albion won the most games played between both teams from 1895 to 1897, when they had an extraordinary series of 14 consecutive wins over Peñarol with only one draw in between. From 1896 to 1899 three other football clubs were established; Deutscher Fussball Klub , Uruguay Athletic Club and Club Nacional de Football . In February 1900, Lichtenberger invited Peñarol, Deutscher, and Uruguay Athletic to form

93-487: A flag of any British island , county , district , borough , burgh , parish , city , town or village without planning permission as an advertisement. Official bodies such as the Department for Communities and Local Government encourage the use of these flags Banner of arms (flag form of a coat of arms) have long been used to represent local authority councils and the areas they cover. Some of these include

124-432: A new league. The creation of the new league was finalized on 30 March of that year, with its name being "Uruguay Association Foot-ball League" (current Uruguayan Football Association ). The first championship was disputed that year , where Albion finished second to Peñarol. By those times, some players left the club: Ernesto Caprario, Carlos Carve Urioste and Domingo Prat all moved to Uruguay Athletic. Other players that left

155-714: A special status within English planning law and can be flown without needing the planning permission normally required for advertisements . These include any country’s national flag , civil ensign or civil air ensign ; the flag of the Commonwealth , the United Nations or any other international organisation of which the United Kingdom is a member; a flag of any island , county , district , borough , burgh , parish , city , town or village within

186-643: Is also sometimes used by the UK government in London to represent Northern Ireland when a discrete Northern Ireland flag is required. In 1999, the maritime flags of the British Overseas Territories were updated at the request of the Ministry of Defence . The white discs were removed from the field of the flags and each respective coat of arms was increased in size for ease of identification. As

217-559: Is the oldest football club in Uruguay, and is considered to be the oldest because other institutions such as Montevideo Rowing Club and Montevideo Cricket Club had been founded before but they were not specifically dedicated to football. In July 2018, Albion became a member of the Club of Pioneers , a worldwide association involving oldest football clubs in the world, as the "oldest active football club in Uruguay". The club returned to

248-549: The Primera División by winning the 2021 Segunda División championship, its first promotion to the top flight since 1908. Albion was established on 1 June 1891 as "Football Association" by students from the English High School, mainly encouraged by Henry Lichtenberger, an 18-year-old disciple of William Leslie Poole , considered the "father" of Uruguayan football. During its first years of existence,

279-582: The United Kingdom . The flags of England and of Scotland are ancient war flags which became by usage the national flags of the Kingdom of England (which included Wales) and of the Kingdom of Scotland respectively and continued in use until the Act of Union 1707 . Thereafter, they were as de facto flags of those parts of the United Kingdom. The flag of Wales was formalised in 1959, but has ancient origins;

310-538: The 1940s doing so. In June 1953, Albion was refounded, and won the "Torneo Preparación" championship undefeated. The club also took part in the Federación Uruguaya de Fútbol Amateur, winning consecutive titles in 1953 and 1954. In addition, the club was a founder of Uruguayan baseball league, and has competitive basketball and athletics teams. In 1976 Albion merged with Club Sportivo Miramar and changed its name to "Albion Miramar", as well as entering

341-773: The Men's Campeonato de Primera Division, U-20, U-17 and the same tournaments for women. The AUF is one of the two entities that regulates futsal, the other is the Uruguayan Federation of Indoor Football. Albion F.C. Albion Football Club is a Uruguayan football club located in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División , the second highest division of the Uruguayan football league system . Founded in 1891, it

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372-591: The MoD only had authority over sea flags, the governments of the Overseas Territories were free to continue using the flags with white discs on land. The Overseas Territories' governments did switch to the updated flags over a staggered period of time, however some old-style flags with white discs may still be seen. Such flags have generally been adopted by Order in Council . Civil (Red Ensign) flags are under

403-627: The United Kingdom; the flag of the Black Country , East Anglia , Wessex , any Part of Lincolnshire , any Riding of Yorkshire or any historic county within the United Kingdom; the flag of St David ; the flag of St Patrick ; the flag of any administrative area within any country outside the United Kingdom; any flag of the British Armed Forces ; and the Armed Forces Day flag. National and subnational flags of

434-418: The banners used by Northumberland and Hertfordshire County Councils which before 2012 had already "released" their banners of arms for use as historic county flags, in most cases a historic county flag is derived or (for the two counties) directly adopted. Community (or civic) flags have also been adopted to cover small areas or places. For County flag see Flag of Norfolk It is explicitly permitted to fly

465-449: The club refused to accept non-native players although most of its footballers were British descendants but born in Uruguay. The first uniform was a white jersey with a red star on the chest. Other clubs such as Montevideo Cricket and Montevideo Rowing had played football matches before Albion, that sport was not the main activity of them. Football Association's first match was on 2 August 1891 against Montevideo Cricket Club, where it

496-638: The control of the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Transport and are split into two categories: Category 1 is to register ships of unlimited tonnage and type. Category 2 is to register commercial ships and yachts of up to 150 gross registered tons. Prior to 1999, all governors' flags had smaller discs and the outer green garland without the gold ring. Therefore, the dates given do not reflect this minor, consistent change. Since 2012 it has been permitted in planning law in England to fly

527-463: The dragon was used as a battle-flag by countless Welsh rulers, the current flag being a redesign of the flag carried by Henry Tudor . The Flag of Northern Ireland is controversial. The coat of arms of the Government of Northern Ireland, a red cross on a white field, defaced with a Red Hand of Ulster within a six pointed star topped with a crown, became used as a local flag, though the end of

558-427: The finals in every edition, which included a 9–1 defeat to Montevideo Wanderers in the first round of the 1905 edition. In 1901 Albion played a match against an Argentine League combined team, which is considered the first official Uruguay national team match in history. Nevertheless, that game is not considered official and the media referred to the team as Albion FC instead of the Uruguay national team. The team

589-561: The first two victories of a Uruguayan club at international level. It is also widely believed that the first international games played in Uruguay were in Punta Carretas , where Albion faced Lobos AC , an Argentine team that played in Primera División until the Argentine Football Association disaffiliated it. The first Uruguayan derby was between Albion and Peñarol. Peñarol had been founded in 1891 as

620-485: The fourth division, Divisional Extra. However, this merge only lasted one year. Since then, Albion played in the third division ( Segunda División Amateur ) until 2017, when it won the third division title (now renamed Segunda Division B), after defeating Colón 3–2 on aggregate. From 2018 to 2021, the club played in Segunda División , and earned promotion to the top division in the 2021 season by winning

651-574: The institution were Céspedes brothers, Cuadra, Reyes, Castro, Bouton and Nebel, who later founded Club Nacional de Football. That same year, the club won the Copa de Competencia . This title allowed it to play in the Tie Cup against the winners of Copa de Competencia Jockey Club with Argentine clubs. Albion played the first five editions of the Tie Cup from 1900 to 1905 (except 1903), but failed to reach

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682-845: The only official register of flags for these countries. It was established in 1484 and as part of the Royal Household operates under the authority of the Crown . The Lord Lyon King of Arms , established prior to 1399, holds a similar role within Scotland . A separate private body called the Flag Institute , an educational charity financed by its own membership, also maintains a registry of United Kingdom flags that it styles 'the UK Flag Registry', though this has no official status under UK law. Certain classes of flag enjoy

713-527: The province's Government in 1973 ended its official status. This flag has continued to be the internationally recognisable de facto flag of Northern Ireland through its use by international sporting organisations (for example FIFA , UEFA , and the Commonwealth Games ) to represent Northern Ireland, though locally it has the allegiance mainly of the Unionist community. The St Patrick's Saltire

744-691: The rest of the country are organized by the Interior Football Organization (OFI), federation affiliated to the AUF, but independently. In Women's football the AUF established the Uruguayan Championship which takes place every year since 1997. In conjunction with the OFI they organized a national tournament called National Tournament of Women's Football which there were only two editions (2001 and 2003). AUF annually develops

775-495: The same time, Montevideo Cricket and Montevideo Rowing left the practise of competitive football, in order to focus on other activities. During this era, Albion became the main football club in Uruguay, being the first team from that country to win outside Uruguay; in 1896 Albion defeated Argentine teams Retiro Athletic Club and Belgrano AC (4-1 and 5-3 respectively), with both matches played in Buenos Aires . These were

806-471: The team lost 11–0 to Argentine club Independiente , with this being the first win for the newly created Argentine club. In 1908 the club played its last season in Primera División, as a result of mass selling its players. In 1914 Albion was one of the teams founding the "Liga Universitaria de Deportes", taking part with a team named "William Poole". By 1931 Albion played in minor leagues and spent

837-629: The title and finishing first in the table with 44 points. The promotion also marked 113 years without Albion playing in the top division. Flags of Great Britain This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by the United Kingdom , British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies . The College of Arms is the authority on the flying of flags in England , Wales and Northern Ireland and maintains

868-478: Was also changed, and blue shirts with white collars and sleeves, along with white shorts and black socks, were adopted as the new uniform. The popularity of football increased amongst the Uruguayan people between 1892 and 1895. In 1892 there were four clubs practising football: Montevideo Cricket, Montevideo Rowing , Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (mostly known as "Peñarol" ) and Albion. Montevideo Cricket

899-442: Was defeated 3–1. In the second match versus the same rival, FA was defeated again, this time 6–0. On 21 September 1891 the club changed its name to "Albion Football Club" as homage to the country where football had been played for the first time so "Albion" was the name used by Ancient Greeks to refer to Great Britain . The uniform was subsequently modified, and as a result the club adopted a blue jersey with white collar. The uniform

930-488: Was formed by 9 players from Albion and 2 from Nacional who had been playing for the club before the exodus. On 22 March, Nacional requested the Association to enter the league, and were accepted. Nacional and Peñarol were the most popular teams by then. Albion would make poor performances during the successive seasons, with its worst campaign being the 1905 tournament where the team finished with no points. On 7 May 1905,

961-416: Was the most successful of them, finishing unbeaten with some remarkable results such as an 8–0 victory over Peñarol and a 10–0 victory over Albion. On 21 March 1895, Lichtenberger himself suggested to modify the rules to allow foreign players to play at Albion. Other changes were introduced such as the replacement of the jersey so red and blue colors were adopted as a tribute to the flag of Great Britain . At

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