Complex sentence: The original club was founded in 1874 and named in honour of the reigning monarch at the time Queen Victoria, and are one of the top 100 oldest football clubs in the world, and one of the top 50 in England, still in existence.
Split into simpler sentences: The original club was founded in 1874, being named in honour of the then-reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. It is one of the 100 oldest football clubs in the world, and one of the oldest 50 in England, still in existence.