Gallery – Other Clubs
Apsley
This is the 1899/00 team.
Herts Senior County League winners 1899/00
West Herts League Champions 1894/95, 1897/98
Herts Senior Cup runners up 1895/96
Herts Junior Cup winners 1896/97 (reserves)
Thanks to hemelfans.co.uk
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Bedford
Bedford, below, played in Black and Amber in the 1891 Luton Charity Cup quarter final in which they beat the hosts 6 1.
Back row: George Royle (Treasurer), M.D. Nicholson, Alexander Houliston, Jack Seabrooke, Mark Barber (Secretary).
Middle row: F.B. “Taffy” Jones, A.F. Smith, Edwin Capon, F. Blaney, H. Perkins
Front row: H.H. Holland, Herbert W. Oclee (captain), W. Eaton.
Herbert Oclee would sign for Luton Town the following season. M.D. Nicholson is often incorrectly called Mark. His real name was Magnus Douglas Nicholson. His badge appears to be Corinthians for whom he also played. He signed for West Brom and won the F.A. Cup with them in 1892. He later played for Luton Town – see him in “Looking back – Newspaper reports” which is also in the Library.
Thanks to David Williams, see his website on Bedford football at http://sites.google.com/site/bedfordoldeagles
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Berkhamsted
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Burton Rangers
The 1882/83 team
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Burton Wanderers
The 1894/95 team above taken from “The Wyvern” of the 14th September 1894.
Thanks to the University of Leicester for their kind help.
The above is the 1895 team. The tin pots are, left to right, the Burton and District F.A. Challenge Cup, the Bass Charity Vase and the Kettering and District Charity Cup.
Midland League Champions 1893/94.
Burton and District F.A. Challenge Cup winners 1895,
Bass Charity Vase winners 1894/95 and Runners up in 1895/96, 1896/97, 1897/98 and 1899/00.
Kettering Charity Cup winners 1894/95
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Casuals
The photo is from 1894.
London Senior Cup runners up 1887, 1888, 1889, 1893,1895, 1896
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Civil Service
The above photo is their 1893 team. Founder members of the Football Association.
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Clapton
Nickname – the Doggies (their ground was behind the Spotted Dog pub).
Clapton above in 1889 with the London Senior Cup.
London Junior Cup winners 1888 and 1893
Middlesex Senior Cup winners 1889.
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Corinthians
The photo above is from 1897.
They were an amateur side of former University and Public School players. In 1886 nine Corinthians represented England against Scotland. In 1894 and 1895, the England games against Wales consisted of Eleven Corinthians.
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Derby County
The 1893/94 team as published in “The Wyvern” of the 9th February 1894.
Thanks to Leicester University for their kind help.
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Hanover United, later Polytechnic F.C.
Based in Regent Street, London, the Polytechnic football team were first known as Hanover United. They were the first club to use, and therefore gave the world, the term “United.” They played in blue and red stripes.
Quintin Hogg and Arthur, later Lord, Kinnaird played for the team and maintained an interest in the club. Lord Kinnaird competed in 9 of the first 11 F.A. Cup finals and was President of the F.A. for 33 years. Hanover United changed their name to Polytechnic under which name their greatest moment was beating Luton Town 4 2 in the 1892 F.A. Cup. This photo is a little later.
Thanks to http://polytechnicfc.co.uk/poly-history/
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Harpenden Rovers
The following photo is taken from the Luton News of 30th March 1933.
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Ilford
This is the Ilford team of 1894. Ten of these players played the Straw Plaiters in the 1893/94 season….Spot, the dog, was dropped after an encounter with a goal post.
London Senior Cup winners 1901. Runners up 1892 and 1898.
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Leicester Fosse
The following five photos are courtesy of the University of Leicester.
The 1892/93 team above as featured in “The Wyvern” of 30th September 1892.
The 1893/94 team above published in “The Wyvern” of 26th January 1894.
The 1895/96 team above featured in “the Wyvern” of the 6th September 1895.
The 1896/97 team above from “the Wyvern” dated 6th November 1896.
The 1897/98 team photo above featured in the 8th October 1897 edition of “The Wyvern.”
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Leicester Y.M.C.A.
Published in “The Wyvern” on the 31st March 1893.
Thanks to the University of Leicester for their kind help.
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London Caledonians
Formerly known as United London Scottish.
Nickname – the Calies.
Middlesex Senior Cup winners in 1890, 1891, 1899 and 1900. Runners up 1901.
London Senior Cup winners 1900, runners up 1899.
The photograph below was published on the 21st November 1891 in the “Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.” .
McFie had a trial with Luton Town in September 1891 but failed to impress.
Below is the 1894/95 team
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Loughborough Town
The above photo is taken from “The Wyvern” of 11th November 1892.
Courtesy of the University of Leicester.
The above photo is taken from “The Wyvern” of 14th September 1894.
Courtesy of the University of Leicester.
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Marlow
Formed in 1870. Contributed to the cost of the original F.A. Cup.
Marlow won the Berks and Bucks Cup in 1881,1883, 1885, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1894, 1897, 1899 and 1900.
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Millwall Athletic
Nickname – the Dockers.
Won the Luton Charity Cup in 1892 and the Southern League in 1895 and 1896. The photo below is from the Summer of 1894.
The middle photo is from 1895. Immediately above shows the team with the Southern League shield.
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Muswell Hill
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New Brompton
The 1895 team
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Old Brightonians
The 1894/95 team.
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Reigate Priory
The 1892 team.
Won the Surrey Senior Cup in 1883, 1886, 1891, 1892, 1894 and 1897. Runners up in 1884, 1885, 1887 and 1890.
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Royal Arsenal
This photo is from 1891. Three of these players later played for Luton Town- J.W. Julian (seated second from the left), Humphrey Barbour (seated on ground extreme left) and W. George (standing on ground second right).
Nickname – The Royalists
They would change their name to Woolwich Arsenal in 1893.
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Rushden
Nickname – The Russians
Kettering Charity Cup winners 1893, Runners up 1891, 1897, 1898, 1899
Luton Charity Cup winners 1893 Runners up 1894, 1897
Northamptonshire Senior Cup winners 1888, 1893, 1895 Runners up 1889, 1890, 1891, 1897
Photo below from 1893 with the Northamptonshire Senior Cup, the Kettering and District Charity Cup and the Luton Charity Cup.
Back row: O. Claridge (Hon. Secretary), J. Lilley, H. Groome, A. Bailey, E. Attley, C. Clayton, T. Litchfield and W.G. Hatwell (Gen. Secretary)
Middle row: C. Pendered, W. Clarke, S. Allen (captain), J.L. Stanley, H.C. Lewis, G.H. Claridge
Front row: T. Minney, H. Parker, C. Church (vice captain).
Thanks to the website Rushden Heritage http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/leisure/RushdenAssociationFootballClub.html
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Saint Albans
Herts Senior Cup winners 1892/93 Runners up 1889/90, 1890/91
The above photo is from 1891/92. The missing name is that of the irrepressible Sandford Ffolliott Pierpoint Moore. S.F.P. played for the Straw Plaiters as did Dickerson, Dickson and the Reverend Bennett.
The above photo is from 1895/96. Five of these players also played for the Straw Plaiters, Alfred “Jack” Hoy (back row 5th left), Albert Sanders (seated 2nd left) with Jack Dickerson next to him in the centre. The two players seated on the ground are Fred Allen (left) and William “Tip” Brown.
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Saint Neots
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Second Scots Guards
The 1894 team. A strong team so I have included them here and in the Army Gallery section.
Middlesex Senior Cup winners 1892, 1893 and 1895 Runners up 1898.
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South Shore
Taken from “The Wyvern” of 26th January 1894
Thanks to the University of Leicester.
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Tottenham Hotspur
The above is said to be the Tottenham Hotspur first and second teams from 1884/85.
The above photo is from 1900 and shows the Southern League Shield.
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Vampires
Nickname – the Vamps.
The clip above refers to St. Albans visit to the Vampires, the photo below is of the Vampires 1894/95 team.
Surrey Senior Cup runners up 1893
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Watford St. Mary’s
Folded in 1893 but reformed the following year when this photo was taken. Merged with West Herts in 1898 to form Watford F.C.
Hertfordshire Senior Cup runners up 1894/95
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Thanks for the photos of the St. Albans x 2, Calies, Millwall 1894/95, the Vampires and Watford St. Mary’s are due to David Tavener/St Albans City and St Albans Library.
Thanks to mymarlow.co.uk for the Marlow F.C. photo.