Accrington F.C.
| Full name | Accrington Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1878 | ||
| Dissolved | 1896 | ||
| Ground | Thorneyholme Road, Accrington | ||
| Coordinates | 53°45′53″N 2°21′29″W / 53.7646°N 2.3580°W | ||
| League | Lancashire Combination | ||
| 1895–96 | Record expunged | ||
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Accrington Football Club was an English
The Football League
.
History
1892–93
when they resigned from the league.Accrington F.C. was formed following a meeting at a local
The Owd Reds played at Accrington Cricket Club's ground in Thorneyholme Road, still in use for that sport today.[2]The club was part of the revolt against
test match 1–0 against Sheffield United at Trent Bridge. Accrington then resigned from the league rather than play in the Second Division, becoming the first of the founding Football League clubs to leave the League permanently (Stoke
had failed re-election in 1890, but rejoined the league a year later).
After its first season in the Lancashire League, Accrington unsuccessfully applied for re-election to the Football League.1896, when it finally folded following a 12–0 defeat on 14 January against Darwen in the Lancashire Senior Cup.
Accrington did not have a Football League team again until in 1921–22 the Lancashire Combination league's Accrington Stanley (formerly a local rival), became a member as part of a major expansion of the league.
League and Cup history
| Season | Division | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | FA Cup | Notes |
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| 1881–82 | n/a | Second round |
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| 1882–83 | n/a | First round |
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| 1883–84 | n/a | Second round |
Disqualified[4] | ||||||||
| 1884–85 | n/a | First round |
Disqualified[5] | ||||||||
| 1885–86 | n/a | Second round |
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| 1886–87 | n/a | First round |
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| 1887–88 | n/a | Third round |
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| 1888–89 | Football League
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7 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 48 | 20 | First round | |
| 1889–90 | Football League
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6 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 56 | 24 | Second round | |
| 1890–91 | Football League
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10 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 16 | Second round | |
| 1891–92 | Football League
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11 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 78 | 20 | Second round | |
| 1892–93 | First Division
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15 | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 81 | 23 | Second round | Relegated[6] |
| 1893–94 | Lancashire League | 4 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 26 | First round
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| 1894–95 | Lancashire League | 12 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 62 | 63 | 22 | – | |
| 1895–96 | Lancashire Combination | Record expunged | – | Folded in January | |||||||
| All-time League results:[7] | 123 | 35 | 33 | 55 | 226 | 314 | 103 | ||||
| All-time FA Cup results:[8] | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 29 | |||||
International players
During its short life, the club had three players selected for the England national team:[9]
- George Haworth – 5 caps (1887–1890)
- Joe Lofthouse – 1 cap (1890)
- Jimmy Whitehead – 1 cap (1893)
References
- ^ BRFC Supporters - The Original Accrington Club
- ^ Accrington Cricket Club – Early Days (1846–1890) Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Football League Division 2 table 1893/94". Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Accrington defeated Blackburn Park Road 3–2, but both teams were disqualified
- ^ Accrington defeated Southport Central 3–0, but was disqualified
- Test Match(Sheffield United 1 Accrington 0) / Resigned from Football League
- ^ Included Test match against Sheffield United (Sheffield United 1 Accrington 0 on 22 April 1893)
- ^ Not included match against West Bromwich Albion (Accrington 3 West Bromwich Albion 1 on 18 January 1890) that was declared void
- ^ England Players' Club Affiliations – Accrington