 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuuya kwehunyanzvi panguva imwe cheteyo, zvikwata zvevaamateur zvakakurumidza kupera kubva pakuzivikanwa mumakwikwi. Makirabhu anotungamira ehunyanzvi akaumba The Football League muna 1888. Kubvira ipapo, chikwata chimwe chisiri cheligi chakakunda mukombe wacho. Tottenham Hotspur, ipapo yeSouthern League, yakakunda Sheffield United yeThe Football League kuti ikunde 1901 yekupedzisira. Gore rimwe gare gare Sheffield United yakadzokera kumagumo ndokukunda mukombe, uyo wakabva waramba uri mumaoko emakirabhu eNorthern neMidland kudzamara Tottenham yaikunda zvakare muna 1921. Muna 1927, Cardiff City, chikwata chinotamba muEngland nhabvu nhabvu system kunyangwe ichibva kuWales, yakahwina mukombe, iyo chete isiri-Chirungu kirabhu yekuzviita. Kirabhu yokuScotland yeQueens Park yakasvika mufainari kaviri mumakore okutanga emakwikwi. 