Windsor F.C. (1882)
{{Short description|Defunct football club in England}}
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| clubname = Windsor
| fullname = Windsor F.C.
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| founded = 1882
| dissolved = 1890?
| ground = Windsor Home Park
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Windsor Football Club was an English association football club based in Berkshire. The club was founded in September 1882 as a merger between the Windsor Home Park and Grosvenor clubs.{{cite journal |date=1882-09-30 |page=4 |journal=Windsor and Eton Express |title=The Windsor Football Club |volume=lxxi |issue=3662 }}
History
The club entered the FA Cup three times in the 1880s, its best run coming in its first entry, in 1882–83, reaching the third round. Although the club had been drawn at home to the Clapham Rovers, the tie was played at the St Mark's College ground, probably because Home Park was waterlogged.{{cite journal |title=report |journal=Football: A Weekly Record of the Game |date=10 January 1883 |page=233}}
The club's final entry in 1884–85 ended in withdrawal, after being drawn away at Chatham, although the club was more successful at local level. Windsor won the Berks & Bucks Senior Cup twice; in 1884 beating South Reading 6-2{{cite journal |title=Yesterday's Sports |journal=Lloyd's Weekly Register |date=9 March 1884 |page=1}} after an initial drawn match,{{cite journal |title=Berks & Bucks Challenge Cup |journal=Lloyd's Weekly News |date=2 March 1884 |page=2}} and beating the same opponents 2–0 in 1887.{{cite journal |title=Berks & Bucks Challenge Cup – Final Tie |journal=The Yorkshire Post |date=28 March 1887 |page=7}}
In 1888 Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein was elected as a club member.{{cite journal |title=Football |journal=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 January 1888 |page=2}} However, by 1890 the club seems to have been in abeyance, other than as a social concern; playing loyalties had switched to Windsor Phoenix, who would eventually become Windsor & Eton.
Colours
The club listed its colours as chocolate and light blue,Charles Alcock Yearbooks 1884-7 probably in halves as that was a popular design for the colours.
Honours
FA Cup
- Best performance: 1882-83: 3rd Round (last 25)
Berks & Bucks Senior Cup
- Winners: 1883–84, 1886–87
- Runners-up: 1884-85{{cite journal |title=Sports, Yesterday |journal=Lloyd's Weekly News |date=1 March 1885 |page=1}}
References
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Category:Association football clubs established in 1882
Category:Defunct football clubs in England
Category:Defunct football clubs in Berkshire
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