Preston North End

North End began as a cricket and athletics club formed in Preston around 1863; it experimented with rugby, played its first association match in 1878 and voted in May 1880 to adopt the football code, which the club takes as the founding of Preston North End FC. In 1888-89 Preston won the first Football League championship without losing a match and the FA Cup without conceding a goal, the original 'Invincibles', and retained the title the following year. Deepdale, occupied since 1875, is the oldest ground continuously used by a league club.