New Crusaders F.C.
| Full name | New Crusaders Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | the All Whites | ||
| Founded | 1905 | ||
| Dissolved | 1915 | ||
| Ground | Sidcup Place | ||
| Secretary | A. S. Farnfield | ||
| |||
New Crusaders F.C. was an English association football club from Sidcup, Kent which folded in 1915.
History
The club was founded by six Farnfield brothers (including
The club was instantly a power in the amateur game, one of its earliest competitive matches being a 16–0 win over Woking in the 1905–06 FA Cup qualifying rounds. Woking only started with 9 men, and, although a tenth soon joined, for the second half the club secretary (E. T. Engall) had to take the field and played in goal. The Farnfields shared out the 16 goals between them - H.V. and B.S. scoring five each.[2]
The club was a founder member of the Southern Amateur Football League for the 1907–08 season and were Champions in the 5 of the 6 seasons they competed in it up to them joining the Isthmian League for the 1913–14 season. In the 1905–06 and 1906–07 seasons New Crusaders competed in the FA Cup and the FA Amateur Cup,[3] and in the latter season won the Middlesex Senior Cup - for which the club was newly eligible as its secretary's address was within the Middlesex county - with a 3–0 win over West Hampstead at Ealing, thanks to goals from two Farnfields (H. V. and B. S.) and Yates.[4]
Colours
The club's official colours were all white,[5] with a cross pattée badge, although some photographs suggest black shorts and socks. The change kit was red shirts with white sleeves.[6]
Ground
The club played at Sidcup College,
References
- ^ Bruce-Kerr, J.; Abrahams, Harold (1931). Oxford versus Cambridge. London: Faber & Faber. pp. 313–316.
- ^ "New Crusaders v Woking". Surrey Times: 7. 14 October 1905.
- ^ New Crusaders at the Football Club History Database
- ^ "Middlesex Senior Cup - Final Tie". Ealing and Hanwell Post: 3. 6 April 1907.
- ^ "Tunbridge Wells v New Crusaders". Kent & Sussex Courier: 4. 8 December 1905.
- ^ "End of the football season". Eastbourne Chronicle: 8. 8 May 1909.
- ^ "New Crusaders v Townley College". Sporting Life: 8. 22 January 1906.
- ^ "Sporting paragraphs". Nottingham Evening Post: 8. 8 January 1906.
- ^ "Notes by "Inveterate"". Eltham & District Times: 3. 14 August 1908.
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