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On 8 November 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Hong Kong FC to Hong Kong Football Club. The result of the discussion was moved.

Editing the Hong Kong Football Club History[edit]

History The HKFC main entrance Hong Kong Football Club was founded in 1886 by Sir James Haldane Lockhart, following a meeting that was held at the Victoria Recreation Gymnasium on 12 February 1886. [1][2] The name is derived from its establishment as a club for playing Association Football and Rugby Football (now known as rugby union) – not just as an association football (soccer) club as some think today. The first sport the club played was in fact rugby union, on 16 February 1886, four days after the club formed. The first soccer match at the club was played on 16 March 1886, against the Royal Engineers. [1] The now famous Hong Kong International Rugby Sevens was first played at the Club in 1976. HKFC continued to be the venue until it outgrew its home and was moved to the Hong Kong Government Stadium (now the Hong Kong Stadium) in 1982. The clubhouse and pitches used to be situated adjacent to the racecourse. But, in 1995, as part of a redevelopment of the racecourse, the HKFC moved into a brand new, 64,000 square metre purpose-built home, with the main building being outside the race track with the main pitch, the hockey pitch, outdoor bowls green and sports bar etc being inside the racetrack. In 2011, HKFC celebrated its 125th anniversary.

Suggestion on History update. ken po hkfc(talk) 15:10, 28 December 2018 (UTC+8)

@Ken po hkfc:, you need to provide WP:RS. Matthew hk (talk) 10:42, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Editing the Hong Kong Football Club Present day[edit]

Present day Today HKFC has facilities for lawn bowls, rugby, soccer, hockey, squash, netball, tennis, , badminton, ten pin bowling and golf with the swimming pool complex being used for swimming and triathlon training as well as leisure swimming. Since 1986 the HKFC has organised and held an International 10-a-side rugby tournament, which has grown to become known as the “Best Tens in the World”, hosting international standard teams from around the world. It is held at the HKFC over the two days that immediately precede the Hong Kong Sevens. Another well-known event organised by and held at HKFC is the International Soccer 7s Tournament. It attracts teams from the English Premier League, Scottish Premier League, J-League (Japan) as well as teams from various European Premier leagues- players in the Cup competition are normally from the respective clubs Academy sides.

Suggestion on Present day update. ken po hkfc(talk) 15:10, 28 December 2018 (UTC+8)

Editing the Hong Kong Football Club Sports Sections[edit]

Sports Sections HKFC is committed to promoting sports in the community and nurturing/developing sports players. The HKFC runs coaching programmes both for members and non-members. It not only competes at league level in its five core sports, including rugby (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), soccer (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), squash (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), lawn bowls (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages) and hockey (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), but also netball (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), badminton (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages) and tennis (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages). HKFC also provides sports and training facilities for swimming and triathlon (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), ten pin bowling (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages) and golf (hyperlink to HKFC official website subpages), bringing the total number of sports played at the HKFC to 11.

Suggestion on Present day update. ken po hkfc(talk) 15:10, 28 December 2018 (UTC+8)

Editing the Hong Kong Football Club Introduction[edit]

Hong Kong Football Club (HKFC; Chinese: 香港足球會) is a private sports club in Hong Kong. It is situated in Happy Valley, with the sports pitches being inside the Happy Valley Racecourse. The 2,750-capacity Hong Kong Football Club Stadium is where all the Club’s rugby and soccer matches are played and it is also the home pitch for most, if not all, of the Hong Kong Rugby Union’s international matches .It is also the venue for the HKFC International Rugby Tens and HKFC International Soccer Sevens tournaments. The Club is committed to facilitating the development and participation of numerous sports in Hong Kong through close collaboration with National Sports Associations and organising sports activities for members and non-members.

Could the introduction be updated? ken po hkfc(talk) 17:10, 27 December 2018 (UTC+8)

Delete the redirection[edit]

Suggestion on deleting the redirect and add the Hong Kong Football Club talk page. ken po hkfc(talk) 17:25, 27 December 2018 (UTC+8)

Requested move 8 November 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Opened for 14 days with no contest. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 00:14, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hong Kong FC → Hong Kong Football Club – The conventional titling for the association football clubs should not be applied to this article as it is referring to the multi-sport organization. Also worth to mention that Hong Kong Football Club should have never officially refer themselves as "Hong Kong FC", only "Hong Kong Football Club", "HKFC" or "the Club" are used. I believe it is a special case and intended for avoiding the confusion between them and Hong Kong Football Association. Some examples of existing articles using "Football Club" in the titles:

Ux610283 (talk) 15:02, 8 November 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. ‡ The Night Watch ω (talk) 15:27, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.