Wood Grange F.C.
Full name | Wood Grange Football Club | |
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Founded | 1872 | |
Dissolved | 1878 | |
Ground | West Ham Park | |
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Wood Grange F.C., sometimes styled Woodgrange, was an English association football club, based in Stratford, in north-east London.
History
The earliest available reported match for the club was at the end of 1872, a defeat at the Leyton side Alpha.[1]
The club competed in the
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The club was never a large club; in the 1876-77 season it only had 30 members,[5] and had to rely on two substitutes in a match with Auckland Rangers at the start of the 1877-78 season to make up a side of ten; nevertheless Wood Grange still won 2-1.[6] By February 1878, the club was only able to field six players (plus two substitutes) for a defeat at Acton.[7]
In 1878-79, the club started the season with a 3-2 victory over Langley United at home,[8] but although a return fixture had been arranged for the following January,[9] there is no evidence it was ever played.
Colours
The club's colours were navy blue jerseys, with red and black stockings and cap.[10]
Ground
The club played its earliest home matches on a field owned by G. Jones[11] on the Romford Road. By 1876, the club was playing at West Ham Park, half-a-mile from Stratford station, and used the Pigeons public house (also on the Romford Road) for its facilities.[12]
References
- ^ "Alpha 2-0 Woodgrange". Essex Times: 5. 1 January 1873.
- ^ "Football Club History Database - Wood Grange".
- ^ "Wood Grange 0-3 Panthers". Sportsman: 4. 9 November 1876.
- ^ "Wood Grange 0-4 High Wycombe". Sportsman: 4. 29 October 1877.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Annual. p. 147.
- ^ "Football Matches". Lloyd's Weekly: 2. 18 November 1877.
- ^ "Acton 4-0 Wood Grange". Acton Gazette: 3. 16 February 1878.
- ^ "Abbots Langley". Buckinghamshire Advertiser: 6. 19 October 1878.
- ^ "Abbots Langley". Buckinghamshire Advertiser: 3. 12 October 1878.
- ^ Charles Alcock yearbooks 1876 and 1877
- ^ "Woodgrange v Buxton". Essex Times: 7. 17 December 1873.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. London. p. 142.
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