Croydon Common F.C.

Croydon Common F.C.
Croydon Common
Full name Croydon Common Football Club
Nickname(s) The Robins[1]
Founded 1897
Dissolved 1917
Ground Croydon Common Athletic Ground, London

Croydon Common Football Club were an amateur and then professional football club based in Croydon.

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History

The team formed in 1897 as an amateur church team competing in local leagues. They turned professional in 1907, joining the Second Division of the Southern League. A final place of third was achieved despite the stand at the Crescent being burnt down.

A move was made to the Nest (future home of Crystal Palace) in 1908 where promotion to the First Division was achieved. In the FA Cup, Football League members Bradford were beaten and Woolwich Arsenal taken to a replay before final defeat.

An immediate return was made to the Second Division after finishing second from bottom. At the new ground another main stand was damaged; the roof being removed in a gale.

Seasons of mid to high table finishes then followed until the 1913-14 season when the championship was achieved again with only two defeats.

Again, Common's stay in the First Division resulted in a second from bottom placing. Relegation was not experienced due to the suspension of the League during World War I. In 1917 the club was finally wound up, the only First Division club not to return to action after the War.

Players

See also Category:Croydon Common F.C. players

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External links

References

  1. ^ Twydell, Dave (1991). Football League Grounds For A Change. p. 121. ISBN 0-9513321-4-7. 

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