Clapham Rovers F.C.
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Clapham Rovers is an English association football club founded in 1869 and revived as a Sunday League team in the modern era. The original incarnation of the club played variously on Clapham Common, Tooting Bec Common and Wandsworth Common and wore a cerise and french-grey kit, which has also been adopted by the revived club.
They are best known for winning the FA Cup in 1880 with a 1-0 win over Oxford University at The Kennington Oval. In the previous season, Clapham Rovers had also reached the final, but lost 1-0 to Old Etonians.
The first ever FA Cup goal was scored by Clapham Rovers' Jarvis Kenrick, in a 3-0 victory over Upton Park F.C. (Kenrick scored two goals in the match).
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[edit] History
- 1869 Clapham Rovers formed
- 1871-72 Competed in first ever F.A. Cup
- 1873-74 F.A. Cup semi-finalists
- 1878-79 F.A. Cup Runners-up
- 1879-80 F.A. Cup Winners
- Date unknown - original club dissolved
- 1996 Club revived
- 1999-00 Sportmans Senior Sunday League Division 4 Runners-up
- 2004-05 Sportmans Senior Sunday League Division 4 Runners-up
- 2004-05 Bert Gaby Cup runners-up
- 2005-06 Sportmans Senior Sunday League Division 3 Winners
[edit] FA Cup winning team
Their 1880 FA Cup winning team was as follows:
- Reginald Birkett, Robert Ogilvie, Edgar Field, Vincent Weston, Norman Bailey, Arthur Stanley, Harold Brougham, Francis Sparks, F. Barry, Edward Ram, Clopton Lloyd-Jones. Lloyd-Jones scored the only goal of the game.
[edit] Present day
Clapham Rovers was reformed in 1996, when the club was re-registered with the London Football Association. Clapham Rovers currently play in the Sportsman's Senior Sunday League Division One. James F. M. Prinsep, the youngest player to be capped for the England national football team until Wayne Rooney broke his record, is remembered every year, when the club awards the 'James Prinsep Trophy' to the Player of the Year.
