Windsor Home Park F.C.

Windsor Home Park F.C.
Full name Windsor Home Park Football Club
Founded c. 1870
Dissolved 1882 (became Windsor F.C.)
Ground Windsor Home Park

Windsor Home Park F.C. were an amateur football club who featured in the early years of the FA Cup.[1]

History

A cricket ground opened in Windsor Home Park in the summer of 1850, and Windsor Home Park Cricket Club started playing matches in that year.[2][3]. While there is some evidence of a "Home Park Football Club" existing in Windsor as early as 1854,[4] a later newspaper article definitively states that "The Windsor Home Park Football Club played their first match" in December of 1870.[5] The club played regularly against local rivals such as Maidenhead F.C. and Great Marlow F.C.. In 1872-3 and 1874-5, it entered the FA Cup.

In September 1882, the club amalgamated with local rivals Grosvenor Football Club to form Windsor Football Club.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Windsor Home Park at the Football Club History Database
  2. ↑ "Cricketers' Register". Bell's Life in London: 6. 1850-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Further Matches to Come". Bell's Life in London: 7. 1850-07-07.
  4. ↑ "W. Runicles: Carver, Gilder and Picture Frame Maker [advertisement]". Windsor and Eton Express: 1. 1854-10-07. A newspaper advertisement for W. Runicles, of Eton High Street, boasts of patronage by "H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, the Young Gentlemen of Eton College, and the Members of the Home Park Football Club".
  5. ↑ "Football". Windsor and Eton Express. lix (3046): 4. 1870-12-10.
  6. ↑ "The Windsor Football Club". Windsor and Eton Express. lxxi (3662): 4. 1882-09-30.


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