Nunhead F.C.

Nunhead F.C.
Nunhead
Nunhead's emblem
Full name Nunhead Football Club
Founded 1888
Dissolved 1949
Ground Browns Field, Nunhead[1]
1893-94 Isthmian League, 6th
Home colours
Away colours

Nunhead Football Club were an English football club from Nunhead, Greater London. The club was prominent in South non-league prior to World War II, but folded because of it.

Contents

History

Originally founded as Wingfield House Football Club in 1888, they changed their name to Nunhead F.C. not long after, picking up the Surrey Senior Cup in 1908.

The 1920s and 1930s were the most successful in the club's history. First they achieved more cup with winning the London Senior Cup in 1923. Not long after, in the 1926-27 season, Nunhead reached the FA Cup second round, going out 2-1 to Poole from Dorset. The campaign was also notable for Nunhead setting a record for the highest victory by a non-league side in an FA Cup proper round match, they had beat Kingstonian 9-0, in the first round.

In the league, the club rose to prominence by capturing the Isthmian League championship in successive seasons (during 1928-29 and 1929-30). Ironically, Nunhead were on the receiving end of the record they set in the FA Cup five years earlier, they lost in the FA Cup first round to Bath City 9-0. In the mid-1930s Dennis Compton played for the club, he would go on to play for Arsenal and the England national team.

The Second World War saw the end of the club, they ceased day-to-day operations in 1941, the club surviving only on paper until 1949 when they officially resigned from the Football Association and folded. The club's ground now forms part of the playing fields for the Haberdashers Askes Colleges.

Notable former players

Honours

References

  1. ^ SABR UK
  2. ^ Bantams Past

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nunhead — Coordinates: 51°27′44″N 0°03′03″W / 51.4622°N 0.0508°W / 51.4622; 0.0508 …   Wikipedia

  • Nunhead railway station — Nunhead The entrance to Nunhead station …   Wikipedia

  • Nunhead Cemetery — auch All Saints Cemetery ist einer der jener Friedhöfe die heute als Magnificent Seven bezeichnet werden. Einer Reihe historischer kommerzieller Friedhöfe des victorianischen London. Nunhead Cemetery wurde 1840 von der London Cemetery Company… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nunhead Cemetery — Look up The Avenue from the North Gate toward the Anglican Chapel …   Wikipedia

  • In Nunhead Cemetery — is a poem by Charlotte Mew. As the title overtly proclaims, the poem deals with the subject of death, and also with the subject of insanity. While the subject of death is a well travelled road in Victorian poetry, the poem itself is… …   Wikipedia

  • London Buses route P12 — Infobox London Bus number=P12 operator=London Central length= 8 miles (13 km) time= 37 60 minutes garage=Peckham start=Surrey Quays end=Brockley Rise via=Rotherhithe South Bermondsey Peckham Nunhead level=Daily frequency=About every 10 minutes… …   Wikipedia

  • Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway — Lordship Lane Station, an intermediate station on the Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway, by Camille Pissarro. Overview Type …   Wikipedia

  • Peckham — For other places with the same name, see Peckham (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°28′17″N 0°03′45″W / 51.4714°N 0.0625°W …   Wikipedia

  • Magnificent Seven, London — Abney Park …   Wikipedia

  • Catford Loop Line — The Catford Loop line was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway on 1 July 1892; it had been incorporated as the Shortlands and Nunhead Railway in 1889. The line provides a relief route for trains from London Victoria for the Kent coast… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”