 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - yakaumbwa muna 1862. Chikwata ichi chakatangira The Football Association uye pakutanga chakatamba mutambo wakazvigadzirira wega, kwete nhabvu yenhabvu. Panguva yokuumbwa kwayo, Notts County, semapoka mazhinji emitambo, yaifungidzirwa kuva kirabhu yevarume chete. Notts County inofungidzirwa kuva mumwe wemapiyona emutambo wemazuva ano uye ndiyo yekare kudarika makirabhu epasirese enhabvu kune makirabhu ekare ehunyanzvi mune mamwe makodhi enhabvu, uye Sheffield F.C., kirabhu yeamateur yakavambwa muna 1857, ndiyo kirabhu yekare kudarika ikozvino inotamba nhabvu yenhabvu. Muna November 1872, mutambi weNotes County Harwood Greenhalgh akatambira England vachipesana neScotland mumutambo wekutanga wepasi rose, nokudaro achiva mutambi wokutanga wenyika yose wechikwata. Muna 1888, Notts County, pamwe nemamwe makirabhu 11 enhabvu, vakava nhengo yekutanga yeThe Football League. Vakapedza mwaka wavo wekutanga weligi vari pachinzvimbo chegumi nerimwe, asi vakadzivisa rukudzo rusina chokwadi rwechipunu chemuti, chakaenda kuvadzivisi veMidlands Stoke City. Zvisinei, kirabhu yakawana yavo yepamusoro-soro ligi kupedzisa yechitatu muna 1890-91, chiitiko chavakadzokorora mwaka gumi gare gare. 