Lower Darwen F.C.
Full name | Lower Darwen Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | the Darweners, the Villagers | |
Founded | 1877 | |
Dissolved | 1887 | |
Ground | Leys Meadow, Branch Road | |
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Lower Darwen F.C. was an English association football club from the village of Lower Darwen in Lancashire.
History
The club was a founder member of the
The club's most notable scalp was
FA Cup
The club entered the
The club's win over Halliwell was a considerable surprise (amongst Halliwell's earlier results that season was a 20–0 win at
Decline
The pressures of trying to compete, as a small village club, with the newly created professionals, especially in an area already saturated with football clubs (
The club recovered enough from that defeat to continue playing friendlies, but another hammering - 13–2 at Higher Walton, conceding nine without reply in the second half[11] - in December seems to have killed off the last remnants of interest in keeping the club going. The only reference to a Lower Darwen club afterwards (in 1894) probably refers to the Lower Darwen St James' club that was active in the mid-1890s.
Colours
The club's colours were dark blue and white jersey and hose, with blue knickers.[12]
References
- ^ "Free-Kick". Blackburn Standard: 3. 24 September 1881.
- ^ "Darwen v Lower Darwen". Blackburn Standard. 3. 28 January 1882.
- ^ "Fishwick Ramblers v Lower Darwen". Blackburn Standard. 24 September 1887.
- ^ "Fishwick Ramblers v Livesey United". Blackburn Weekly Standard: 3. 14 October 1882.
- ^ Which, because of the uneven nature of the geographical early rounds, consisted of 18 clubs.
- ^ "Football Matches". Preston Chronicle: 2. 20 September 1884.
- ^ "report". Blackburn Standard: 3. 18 October 1884.
- ^ "Chatham v Lower Darwen". Bell's Life: 4. 28 January 1885.
- ^ "Future Government of the Football Association". Blackburn Standard: 9. 17 September 1887.
- ^ "Lancashire Association Cup". York Herald: 7. 3 October 1887.
- ^ "Multiple Sports Items". Blackburn Standard: 7. 10 December 1887.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1880). Football Yearbook. p. 110.