Shrewsbury Castle Blues
Full nameShrewsbury Castle Blues Football Club
Nickname(s)Castle Blues
Foundedc. 1877
DissolvedApril 1886
GroundRacecourse Ground, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C. was a football club based in Shrewbury, England. The club are recorded as playing their home games at the Racecourse at Monkmoor.[1]

History

Castle Blues were formed around 1877 by grammar school old boys, and initially played at Sutton Lane.[2][3] In 1881 the Shrewsbury Engineers were amalgamated into the club.[4]

The club entered the Welsh Cup in 1881–82, and again in 1884–85, and 1885–86.[5]

The club were a very rough team and were forced to disband by the Birmingham FA in April 1886.[3] The club ceased to exist in that month and was absorbed into Shrewsbury Town when they were reformed in May 1886.[6][7]

On 27 September 1884, a match versus Aston Villa was abandoned 1-1 after all the match balls were burst possibly on purpose by the home team players and home supporters.

Cup History

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1881-82 Welsh Cup[8] First Round Welshpool Warriors 1-0
Second Round Aberystwyth 1-3
1882-83 Shropshire Senior Cup Final Oswestry 1-2[9]
1883-84 Shropshire Senior Cup Final Wellington Town
Final Replay 0-1[9]
1884-85 Welsh Cup[10] First Round Ellesmere 8-1
Second Round Newtown 1-2
Shropshire Senior Cup Final Wellington Town
Final Replay 1
Final Replay 2 2-1[9]
1885-86 Welsh Cup[11] First Round Trefonen 6-0
Second Round Llanfyllin 3-0
Third Round Newtown 1-1
Third Round Replay 0-2
Shropshire Senior Cup[12] First Round Wellington Town 1-1
First Round Replay 0-1

Honours

Cups

  • Shropshire Senior Cup[9]
Winners (1): 1885
Runner Up (2): 1883, 1884

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 Bradbury, Mike (22 October 2013). Lost Teams of the Midlands. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781483695310 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Year-by-year". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Register". Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Season 1881/82". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Register". Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Season 1884/85". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Season 1885/86". www.welshsoccerarchive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "Wellington Journal - Saturday 22 May 1886". Retrieved 23 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Exhibition in honour of FA Cup hero". BBC News. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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