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'''R B Ferguson Club''' is the oldest football club in [[Kerala]] state<ref>{{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}}</ref> and one of the oldest clubs in [[India]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> Established on 20 February 1899 in [[Thrissur]], Kerala, it was also the oldest football club in the [[South India|southern part of India]]. The club was famed by the nickname Young Men's Football Club and played a huge role in promoting football in Kerala during the early 1900s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|access-date=2021-01-10|website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref><br />
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The club was named after the [[Kochi City Police|Kochi Police]] Superintendent, R B Ferguson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thrissur-online.in/city-guide/sports-in-thrissur |title=Sports in Thrissur |publisher=Thrissur Online |access-date=2020-10-16 }}</ref><ref name="SHREEKUMAR2020">{{cite book|author=S.S. Shreekumar |title=The Best Way Forward: For India's Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107|year=2020 |location=Bangalore |publisher=H.S.R.A. Publications|isbn=978-81-947216-9-7|page=107 }}</ref> The club was established near [[St. Antony's Forane Church]] in [[Ollur]], [[Thrissur]] City. Later on the club was renamed and run as Young Men's Football Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/232068/Thrissur/20-February-2014#page/10/2|title=Ollur's football club turns 115 years today|publisher=Mathrubhumi.com|access-date=2013-06-27 |type=subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Anirudh Menon |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/blast-from-the-present-kerala-resurgence-into-football-prominence |title=Blast from the Present: Kerala's resurgence into football prominence |website=SportsKeeda |access-date=2020-10-16}}</ref><br />
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