Английская Википедия:Clarence F.C. (England)

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Clarence, sometimes referred to as The Clarence, was an English association football club from Battersea.

History

The club was founded in 1876 by Henry Morton-Carr, an Old Carthusian who later founded the Belgrave Harriers Athletic Club.[1] The club took its name from a hotel in Winstanley Road, near to Battersea Park. It was not an aristocratic club - goalkeeper Thomas Bockmaster was a stonemason,[2] and Cup goalscorer Thomas Wilmshurst a schoolteacher.[3]

The club's first recorded match was a 1–0 win at home to Trojans.[4] For its first three seasons, the club played mostly low-key matches, many of which were not reported. In 1879–80 the club entered the FA Cup for the first time, but lost 5–2 at Pilgrims F.C. in the first round; Clarence had gone 2–0 behind and pulled it back to 2–2 within the first fifreen minutes, but the second half was dominated by Pilgrims.[5] The following season, the club lost 6–0 at Marlow in the first round, having turned up to the match with only ten men,[6] and seems to have ceased operations soon afterwards; four of its players joined Morton Rangers for 1881–82 and the club was not a member of the London Football Association on the latter's foundation in 1882. Its last record is as being listed as a member of the Football Association in 1883.[7]

The club is not related to another Clarence football club, founded in 1875 as the works side for Maple & Co., which played in an all-black kit out of Willesden Green.[8]

Colours

The club played in blue with red stripes in 1876–77,[9] and changed the following season to blue and black.[10]

Ground

The club played at Battersea Park, and used The Crown on York Road for facilities.[11]

References

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