Loughborough F.C.
| Full name | Loughborough Athletic and Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1886 | |
| Dissolved | 1900 | |
| Ground | Athletic Ground, Loughborough | |
| League | Football League Second Division | |
| 1899–1900 | 18th (out of 18) | |
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Loughborough Athletic and Football Club were an
History
The club started life as Loughborough Football Club in 1886 from a merger of Victoria and Athletic, the two senior sides in the town, using the latter's ground then called Bromhead or Hubbard Cricket Ground. November 1887 saw merger with the local athletics club to form Loughborough Athletic and Football Club. The club is often incorrectly referred to as Loughborough Town at this time although there is no documented evidence for the name.
In 1891 the club joined the
The club struggled in the Second Division, never finishing higher than 12th (out of 16). In 1900 the club finished bottom of the League, conceding 100 goals in 34 games, winning only a single game and collecting only 8 points of a possible 68, arguably the worst record in the history of the League—only
After failing to gain re-election to the League in 1900, the club applied for acceptance back into the Midland League, but failed to turn up for the fixtures meeting on 9 June. On 29 June a meeting was held when it was decided that the club was defunct.
League history
| Season | Level | League | Position | FA Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890–91 | 4 | Midland Alliance | 3rd of 8 | Fourth round qualifying |
| 1891–92 | 3 | Midland League
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8th of 11 | |
| 1892–93 | 3 | Midland League
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3rd of 13 | First round |
| 1893–94 | 3 | Midland League
|
3rd of 11 | Fourth round qualifying |
| 1894–95 | 3 | Midland League
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1st of 14 (elected to the Football League )
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Fourth round qualifying (Replay) |
| 1895–96 | 2 | Football League Second Division | 12th of 16 | Third round qualifying |
| 1896–97 | 2 | Football League Second Division | 13th of 16 | |
| – | United League | 4th of 8 | ||
| 1897–98 | 2 | Football League Second Division | 16th of 16 | |
| – | United League | 9th of 9 | ||
| 1898–99 | 2 | Football League Second Division | 17th of 18 | |
| 1899–1900 | 2 | Football League Second Division | 18th of 18 (failed re-election to English Football League) | |
| Source: Football Club History Database | ||||
Successor clubs
Several clubs have since represented the town of Loughborough:
- Midland League, where they played until their demise in 1933.
- Loughborough United were formed c. 1960 and were elected to Midland League in 1961. The 1960s were a good time for the club, as they were league champions in 1963 and twice reached the 1st round proper of the FA Cup. However, the success was short-lived, and after some difficult seasons they left the league in 1973 after finishing bottom for the second successive season.
- A second Loughborough FC came into existence in 1988, when Central Midlands League, but left and apparently folded in 1990.
- A third Loughborough FC appeared when Loughborough Athletic dropped the "Athletic" suffix in 2001. The club were members of the Midland Football Combination, but resigned from the league in the summer of 2006, stepping down to the North Leicestershire Football League, at level 13 of the English football league system.
- Loughborough Dynamo were founded in 1955 and were promoted to their present league, the Northern Premier League Division One South, in 2008.
See also
Sources
Cited sources
- ISBN 0907969941
Bibliography
- Twydell, Dave (1992). Rejected F.C. Volume 1. ISBN 1-874427-00-3.
- Loughborough at the Football Club History Database
- Original Loughborough Playing Strip
External links
| International | |
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| National | |
