Davenham F.C.
Full name | Davenham Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | the Villagers[1] | |
Founded | 1879 | |
Dissolved | 1890[2] | |
Ground | Oddfellows Arms | |
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Davenham F.C. was an English association football club, from Davenham, Cheshire.
History
Foundation
The club was founded in 1879
The club competed first entered the
1885–86 season
Davenham's finest season was 1885–86; with Earlam training the side every week, the club won the Cheshire Cup for the only time, and went further in the FA Cup than any Cheshire side hitherto.
In the FA Cup
In the third round, the club beat
As there were no further matches in the Cheshire division, the club did not have to play a fourth round tie, and in the fifth was drawn away to Small Heath Alliance. The Villagers' run came to an end with a 2–1 defeat in front of a crowd of "between 4,000 and 5,000 persons assembled together at Small Heath on Saturday afternoon, which was probably the biggest crowd ever assembled on the Coventry‐road meadow".[11]
In the Cheshire Cup, which saw 25 entrants,[12] Davenham beat Bollington 10–0 in the second round,[13] received a bye in the third,[14] and beat Macclesfield 4–1 in the semi-final, thanks in part to "wretched goal-keeping",[15] due to Macclesfield having to rely on a reserve between the sticks.[16]
Davenham met Crewe Alexandra in the final at Middlewich, with 5,000 spectators, carried on special trains from Crewe and Northwich. Davenham came from 1–0 down at half-time to win the match 2–1, thanks to a goal from a late scrimmage.[17]
Welsh Cup final
The club had entered the
Mergers
The rise of professionalism meant that Davenham could no longer compete at the top level; in its last FA Cup appearance as Davenham, in the first qualifying round in 1888–89, the club lost 3–0 to Wrexham.
For the 1889–90 season, the club merged with
In December 1889, the two clubs and
Colours
The club played in maroon.[24]
Records
FA Cup
- Best performance: 1885–86: 5th Round (last 16)
Welsh Cup
- Runners-up: 1886–87
Cheshire Senior Cup
- Winners: 1885–86
- Runners-up: 1886–87
References
- ^ "report". Crewe Guardian: 8. 16 December 1885.
- ^ "Blink and you'll miss it, part 6: Northwich Victoria 1892-94". Football Pink. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1885). Football Annual. p. 191.
- ^ "Father of Cheshire Football Association". Cheshire Times: 5. 22 September 1928.
- ^ "Football Fixtures". Wrexham Advertiser: 6. 24 September 1881.
- ^ "report". Northwich Guardian: 5. 14 November 1883.
- ^ "report". Northwich Guardian: 5. 28 November 1883.
- ^ "match report". Northwich Guardian: 4. 4 November 1885.
- ^ "report". Crewe Guardian: 5. 18 November 1885.
- ^ "report". Crewe Guardian: 8. 16 December 1885.
- ^ "report". Northwich Guardian: 5. 20 January 1886.
- ^ "Football notes". Manchester Courier: 3. 19 October 1885.
- ^ "Cheshire Cup Competition". Manchester Courier: 3. 11 January 1886.
- ^ "Football". Birmingham Post: 7. 29 January 1886.
- ^ "Cheshire Cup Competition". Manchester Courier: 3. 15 March 1886.
- ^ "Football notes". Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser: 6. 19 March 1886.
- ^ "Cheshire Cup Competition". Manchester Courier: 3. 29 March 1886.
- ^ "Welsh Cup - Third Round". Liverpool Daily Post: 7. 28 February 1887.
- ^ "Welsh Challenge Cup". Morning Post: 2. 21 March 1887.
- ^ "Wales and Border Counties Association Challenge Cup Final". Wrexham Advertiser: 2. 23 April 1887.
- ^ "Presentation of the Welsh Challenge Cup". Wrexham Advertiser: 8. 14 May 1887.
- ^ "WELSH CUP 1889/90". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 17 April 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Sports & Pastimes". Stockport Advertiser: 9. 20 December 1889.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1887). Football Annual. p. 185.