The
Argonauts were a perhaps unique
amateurAmateurism . As a value system, amateurism elevates things done with self-interest above those done for pay . The term has particular currency in its usage with regard to sports...
football
clubA football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in a against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
based in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
. Despite never playing a match or having a published squad they became notable in the late 1920s for attempting to join
the Football LeagueThe Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
three times.
The team was formed in
1928The following are the football events of the year 1928 throughout the world.- Winners club national championship :* Argentina: Huracán* Belgium: R...
by Dick Stoley, Cambridge University and
England amateur internationalThe England national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for England at football. It was formed in 1906, due to the growth of the professional game which meant that amateur players could no longer easily find places in the main England national team.The team played many...
, as an equivalent to the
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Queen's ParkQueen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi - to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest football...
club to play in the Football League. Stoley claimed to have secured the services of the top amateur players of the day for his new national amateur club and the 100,000 capacity
White City StadiumWhite City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the first modern distance marathon.-History:...
to play in.
The
Argonauts were a perhaps unique
amateurAmateurism . As a value system, amateurism elevates things done with self-interest above those done for pay . The term has particular currency in its usage with regard to sports...
football
clubA football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in a against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
based in
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
. Despite never playing a match or having a published squad they became notable in the late 1920s for attempting to join
the Football LeagueThe Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
three times.
The team was formed in
1928The following are the football events of the year 1928 throughout the world.- Winners club national championship :* Argentina: Huracán* Belgium: R...
by Dick Stoley, Cambridge University and
England amateur internationalThe England national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for England at football. It was formed in 1906, due to the growth of the professional game which meant that amateur players could no longer easily find places in the main England national team.The team played many...
, as an equivalent to the
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
Queen's ParkQueen's Park Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club are currently the only amateur club in the Scottish League; their amateur status is reflected by their motto, Ludere Causa Ludendi - to play for the sake of playing.Queen's Park are the oldest football...
club to play in the Football League. Stoley claimed to have secured the services of the top amateur players of the day for his new national amateur club and the 100,000 capacity
White City StadiumWhite City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the first modern distance marathon.-History:...
to play in. After objections from local
Third Division SouthThe Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
clubs
Queens Park RangersQueens Park Rangers Football Club are an English professional football club, based in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, West London...
and
BrentfordBrentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
, he then proceeded to hire Wembley Stadium as a venue.
The club applied for Football League status that year, failing in third place but earning a creditable 16 votes. The club went inactive for a year, but reapplied the next year, and again came third – one place off acceptance but this time with only 6 votes. Yet again, the club became inactive for a year. A third attempt was made in
1930The following are the football events of the year 1930 throughout the world.- Winners club national championship :* Denmark: B93* Italy: Internazionale Milano F.C.* Hungary: Újpest FC* Poland: Cracovia Kraków* Spain: Athletic Bilbao...
; this time no votes were gained whilst even
LlanellyLlanelli Association Football Club is a Welsh part-time, semi-professional football club that plays in the Welsh Premier League for the 2009–10 season. The team has been based at Stebonheath Park since 1920, and as of 2009 is managed by Andy Legg....
gained 4 votes. The club was never heard of again.