R B Ferguson Club

{{Short description|Football club in Kerala, India}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}

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R B Ferguson Club has been one of the oldest football clubs in Kerala{{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Anirudh|date=2016-12-17|title=Blast from the Present: Kerala's resurgence into football prominence|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/blast-from-the-present-kerala-resurgence-into-football-prominence|access-date=2021-01-10|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us|archive-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190319/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/blast-from-the-present-kerala-resurgence-into-football-prominence|url-status=live}} and one of the oldest clubs in India.{{Cite book|last=SHREEKUMAR|first=S. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&q=R+B+Ferguson+Club&pg=PA107|title=THE BEST WAY FORWARD: FOR INDIA'S FOOTBALL|date=2020-08-15|publisher=Hsra Publications|isbn=978-81-947216-9-7|language=en|access-date=15 February 2021|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927063200/https://books.google.com/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&q=R+B+Ferguson+Club&pg=PA107|url-status=live}}{{cite book |last=Majumdar, Boria |first=Bandyopadhyay, Kausik |date=1 February 2006 |title=Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i55oAAAACAAJ |location=New Delhi |publisher=Penguin India |isbn=9780670058747 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408140616/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Goalless_the_Story_of_a_Unique_Footballi.html?id=i55oAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=8 April 2022}} Established on 20 February 1899 in Thrissur, it was also the oldest football club in the southern part of India. The club was famed and played a huge role in promoting football in Kerala during the early 1900s.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History in Timeline of Indian Football|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history|archive-date=8 March 2020|access-date=2021-02-15|website=All India Football Federation}}{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|title=How football kicked off in India {{!}} As with the English language, when the British transported the sport to India, they didn't expect the 'natives' to beat them at it|website=lifestyle.livemint.com|publisher=Livemint Delhi|date=8 June 2018|access-date=27 January 2022|first=Manu S|last=Pillai|location=Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714153151/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}