Accrington F.C.

Not to be confused with Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) or Accrington Stanley F.C., completely separate clubs from the same town.

Accrington

Full name

Accrington Football Club

Founded

1878

Dissolved

1896

Ground

Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Capacity

53°45′53″N 2°21′29″W / 53.7646°N 2.3580°WCoordinates: 53°45′53″N 2°21′29″W / 53.7646°N 2.3580°W

League

Lancashire Combination

1895–96

Record expunged

Home colours

Accrington Football Club was an English football club from Accrington, Lancashire, who were one of the founder members of The Football League.

History

The 1886 Accrington squad.

Graph showing Accrington's performance from the first season of the English Football League in 1888–89 to 1892–93 when they resigned from the league.

Accrington F.C. was formed following a meeting at a local public house in 1876. The Owd Reds played at Accrington Cricket Club's ground in Thorneyholme Road, still in use for that sport today.^[1]

The club was part of the revolt against the Football Association in 1884 over professionalism, after being expelled from the FA the previous year for paying a player. They were one of the original twelve teams forming the Football League on 17 April 1888. Accrington's best season was in 1889–90, when it finished sixth in the table. However, in the 1892–93 season the team finished fifteenth (of 16) and was relegated after losing a test match 1–0 against Sheffield United at Trent Bridge. Accrington then resigned from the league rather than play in the Second Division, becoming the first of the founding Football League clubs to leave the League.

After its first season in the Lancashire League, Accrington unsuccessfully applied for re-election to the Football League.^[2] Shortly afterwards, Accrington F.C. suffered financial problems, which eventually led to its demise. The club continued outside the league until 1896, when it finally folded following a 12–0 defeat on 14 January against Darwen in the Lancashire Senior Cup.

Accrington did not have a Football League team again until in 1921–22 the Lancashire Combination league's Accrington Stanley (formerly a local rival), became a member as part of a major expansion of the league.

League and Cup history

Season	Division	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	FA Cup	Notes
1881–82	n/a									Second Round
1882–83	n/a									First Round
1883–84	n/a									Second Round	Disqualified^[3]
1884–85	n/a									First Round	Disqualified^[4]
1885–86	n/a									Second Round
1886–87	n/a									First Round
1887–88	n/a									Third Round
1888–89	Football League	7	22	6	8	8	48	48	20	First Round
1889–90	Football League	6	22	9	6	7	53	56	24	Second Round
1890–91	Football League	10	22	6	4	12	28	50	16	Second Round
1891–92	Football League	11	26	8	4	14	40	78	20	Second Round
1892–93	First Division	15	30	6	11	13	57	81	23	Second Round	Relegated^[5]
1893–94	Lancashire League	4	22	11	4	7	51	39	26	First Round
1894–95	Lancashire League	12	26	10	2	14	62	63	22	–
1895–96	Lancashire Combination	Record expunged								–	Folded in January
All-time League results:^[6]			123	35	33	55	226	314	103
All-time FA Cup results:^[7]			14	5	2	7	24	29	12

International players

During its short life, the club had three players selected for England:^[8]

George Haworth - 5 caps (1887–1890)
Joe Lofthouse - 1 cap (1890)
Jimmy Whitehead - 1 cap (1893)

References

↑ Accrington Cricket Club - Early Days (1846–1890) Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Football League Division 2 table 1893/94
↑ Accrington defeated Blackburn Park Road - 3:2, but both teams were disqualified
↑ Accrington defeated Southport Central - 3:0, but was disqualified
↑ Relegated after Test Match (Sheffield United - Accrington 1:0) / Resigned from Football League
↑ Included Test match against Sheffield United (Sheffield United - Accrington 1:0 on 22 April 1893)
↑ Not included match against West Bromwich Albion (Accrington - West Bromwich Albion 3:1 on 18 January 1890) that was declared void
↑ England Players' Club Affiliations - Accrington

External links

Accrington Stanley Football Club

The club	Seasons Players Managers Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?

Previous clubs	Accrington F.C. Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)

Grounds	Thorneyholme Road Peel Park Crown Ground

Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Original Football League clubs, 1888–89

Accrington Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Derby County Everton Notts County Preston North End Stoke West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Former Football League clubs

First tier (League 1888–1992)

Accrington (1888–93)

Second tier (1892–present)

Bootle (1892–93)
Burton Swifts (1892–1901)
Burton United (1901–07)
Burton Wanderers (1894–97)
Darwen (1891–99)
Gainsborough Trinity (1896–1912)
Glossop North End (1898–1915)
Leeds City (1905–19)
Loughborough (1895–1900)
Middlesbrough Ironopolis (1893–94)
New Brighton Tower (1898–1901)
Northwich Victoria (1892–94)
Rotherham Town (1893–96)
Wimbledon (1977–92, 2000–04)

Third tier (1920–present)
North/South (1921–1958)

Aberdare Athletic (1921–27)
Ashington (1921–29)
Durham City (1921–28)
Merthyr Town (1920–30)
Nelson (1921–31)
New Brighton (1923–51)
Rotherham County (1919–25)
South Shields (1919–30)
Stalybridge Celtic (1921–23)
Thames (1930–32)
Wigan Borough (1921–31)

Fourth tier (by election, 1958–1987)

Accrington Stanley (1921–62)
Barrow (1921–72)
Bradford Park Avenue (1908–70)
Gateshead (1930–60)
Southport (1921–78)
Workington (1951–77)

Fourth tier (relegated since 1987)

Aldershot (1932–92)
Aldershot Town (2008–13)
Boston United (2002–07)
Chester City (1931–2000, 2004–09)
Dagenham & Redbridge (2007–16)
Darlington (1921–89, 1990–2010)
Halifax Town (1921–93, 1998–2002)
Hereford United (1972–97, 2006–12)
Kidderminster Harriers (2000–05)
Lincoln City (1892–1908, 1909–11, 1912–20, 1921–87, 1988–2011)
Macclesfield Town (1997–2012)
Maidstone United (1989–92)
Rushden & Diamonds (2001–06)
Scarborough (1987–99)
Stockport County (1900–04, 1905–2011)
Tranmere Rovers (1921–2015)
Torquay United (1927–2007, 2009–14)
Wrexham (1921–2008)
York City (1929–2004, 2012–16)

Listed according to division last performed in. Defunct clubs in italics

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Hyndburn

Transport

Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Company Accrington Corporation Tramways Pilkingtons Buses

Railway stations	Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Huncoat Rishton

Disused stations	Baxenden Great Harwood

Sport

Media

Education

Companies

History

Burnley Rural District

Politics

Council elections 1976 79 80 82 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15

Constituencies: Accrington Hyndburn North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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