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Cleethorpes Town F.C. (1884)

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Cleethorpes Town
Full nameCleethorpes Town Football Club
Nickname(s)the Donkey Drivers[1]
Founded1884
Dissolved1893
GroundHighgate

Cleethorpes Town F.C. was an English association football club from the town of Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire.

History

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The club was founded in 1884. It first entered the Lincolnshire Senior Cup in 1885–86, losing 4–1 in the first round at Gainsborough Trinity.[2]

Its first entry to the FA Cup was in 1886–87, the club recovering from conceding an early goal to beat Mellors 2–1.[3] In the second round the club was well beaten by Lockwood Brothers at home.

The following season the club drew the professional side Grimsby Town at home. The Mariners offered £7 to switch the tie to Grimsby, but Cleethorpes refused. Grimsby therefore arranged a home match for the reserves on the same day, against Kiveton Park, and sent the first team to Cleethorpes.[4] The crowd was only a couple of hundred and Grimsby won both matches 4–0, so the Cleethorpes gamble of a big home gate did not come off.[5]

One of the club's players, Charles Colbeck, was present at the Grimsby Town against Staveley F.C. match in which William Cropper of Staveley died of injuries after a collision with Daniel Doyle, and gave evidence at the inquest.[6]

The last record for the club is of a defeat to Grimsby Town reserves in the Grimsby League in 1893,[7] and the name was revived in 1904 when St Peter's F.C. changed its name.[8]

Colours

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The club's colours were cardinal shirts and white shorts.[9][10]

Ground

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The club's original home ground was Highgate,[11] on Cleethorpes High Street.

References

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  1. ^ "Cleethorpes v Grimsby Town". Athletic News. 18 October 1887.
  2. ^ "Protests against Professionalism". Athletic News: 2. 22 September 1885.
  3. ^ "report". Nottingham Journal: 6. 1 November 1886.
  4. ^ "Cleethorpes v Grimsby Town". Athletic News. 18 October 1887.
  5. ^ "Cleethorpes v Grimsby Town". Sheffield Independent: 6. 17 October 1887.
  6. ^ "Fatal football accident in Lincolnshire". Leeds Mercury: 8. 15 January 1889.
  7. ^ "League competition at Grimsby". Hull Daily Mail: 4. 3 May 1893.
  8. ^ "The football field". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 3. 18 August 1904.
  9. ^ Alcock, Charles (1887). Football Yearbook. p. 185.
  10. ^ "Mystery on the football pitch". Grimsby Evening Telegraph: 17. 20 July 1998.
  11. ^ Alcock, Charles (1887). Football Yearbook. p. 185.