The club played two matches in its first season (1872–73). Its first match was against the Harrow Chequers, and resulted in a win for Farningham, although that was to a large extent down to the Chequers only turning up with four players and relying on three substitutes against the ten men of Farningham.[1] For its first match outside Kent, against the Philistines of Leytonstone, the club was able to secure the services of F. E. Maddison, who scored an equalizer right at the death.[2]
The club entered the FA Cup on two occasions. In 1873–74 the club was drawn to play at home to the Trojans, but scratched.[3] In the following year, the club was drawn against the Wanderers, at the Kennington Oval, and the club decided to play the match rather than scratching. The game ended 16–0 to the home side, at the time a record score. The newspapers praised the performance of Farningham's goalkeeper W.D.O.Greig, whose play was described as "very brilliant"[4] and "excellent goalkeeping".[5] The club appears to have been handicapped for the match by only having four of its regular players available for the tie (the others being captain and club secretary Revd. George Rashleigh, and backs Burnside and English).
Greig's reward was to be chosen for the London representative side in the match against the Sheffield Football Association representative side, albeit not as a goalkeeper.[6] However, there are no further fixtures recorded for Farningham, which had been struggling in previous matches to put out a full side. On one occasion the club relied on a spectator to help fill out a 10-man side,[7] and two weeks before the Wanderers game the club only turned up with eight men for a match with South Norwood.[8]
The next season, Greig joined the Wanderers, and played in goal in their Cup Final victory.[9]
Coloursedit
The club's colours were dark blue and white,[10] which were probably in hoops.
farningham, short, lived, english, association, football, club, from, village, farningham, kent, farninghamfull, namefarningham, football, clubfounded1872dissolved1875groundlion, hotel, mile, from, farningham, stationsecretarygeorge, rashleighhome, colours, 18. Farningham F C was a short lived English association football club from the village of Farningham in Kent FarninghamFull nameFarningham Football ClubFounded1872Dissolved1875GroundLion Hotel 1 mile from Farningham stationSecretaryGeorge RashleighHome colours 1874 75 FA Cup 1st round Wanderers 16 0 Farningham Morning Post 2 November 1874 Contents 1 History 2 Colours 3 Notable players 4 ReferencesHistory editThe club played two matches in its first season 1872 73 Its first match was against the Harrow Chequers and resulted in a win for Farningham although that was to a large extent down to the Chequers only turning up with four players and relying on three substitutes against the ten men of Farningham 1 For its first match outside Kent against the Philistines of Leytonstone the club was able to secure the services of F E Maddison who scored an equalizer right at the death 2 The club entered the FA Cup on two occasions In 1873 74 the club was drawn to play at home to the Trojans but scratched 3 In the following year the club was drawn against the Wanderers at the Kennington Oval and the club decided to play the match rather than scratching The game ended 16 0 to the home side at the time a record score The newspapers praised the performance of Farningham s goalkeeper W D O Greig whose play was described as very brilliant 4 and excellent goalkeeping 5 The club appears to have been handicapped for the match by only having four of its regular players available for the tie the others being captain and club secretary Revd George Rashleigh and backs Burnside and English Greig s reward was to be chosen for the London representative side in the match against the Sheffield Football Association representative side albeit not as a goalkeeper 6 However there are no further fixtures recorded for Farningham which had been struggling in previous matches to put out a full side On one occasion the club relied on a spectator to help fill out a 10 man side 7 and two weeks before the Wanderers game the club only turned up with eight men for a match with South Norwood 8 The next season Greig joined the Wanderers and played in goal in their Cup Final victory 9 Colours editThe club s colours were dark blue and white 10 which were probably in hoops Notable players editThe Revd George Rashleigh vicar of Horton Kirby and secretary to two Masters of the Rolls 11 Frederick Maddison England international and Cup winner with Oxford University F C References edit Farningham 3 1 Harrow Chequers The Field 229 8 March 1873 Leytonstone Woodford Times 5 29 November 1873 Alcock Charles 1874 Football Annual London Virtue p 72 Wanderers 16 0 Farningham The Field 504 7 November 1874 Wanderers 16 0 Farningham Bell s Life 5 7 November 1874 Sheffield 2 0 London The Field 531 14 November 1874 Gitanos 6 3 Farningham Goal 2 11 April 1874 South Norwood 2 0 Farningham Norwood News 5 24 October 1874 FA Cup Final 1876 FA Cup Finals Retrieved 9 September 2023 Alcock Charles 1873 Football Annual London Virtue p 68 George Rashleigh Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farningham F C amp oldid 1225736751, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
