Reading Hornets F.C.

Reading Hornets F.C. was an English association football club.

Reading Hornets
Full nameReading Hornets Football Club
Nickname(s)Hornets
Founded1873
Dissolved1878
GroundRecreation Ground

History

The club competed in the FA Cup in 1876 and 1877. In 1876-77 the club lost 2-0 to the Swifts in the first round. The club had generally had a good season, with a win over Cup regulars Maidenhead[1] and no heavy defeats. However for the 1877-78 season it lost key players to Reading F.C. (including captain Gilbert Sillence), and, after losing 10-0 to Maidenhead in the first round of the Cup (a tie so one-sided that the tenth goal was scored by the Maidenhead goalkeeper W. E. Lovegrove, who had come out of goal for the last ten minutes[2]) the club did not have enough players remaining to fulfil the next two fixtures which it had arranged.[3] Its last members joined Reading.

Colours

The club wore black and amber jerseys, with a black cap and gold tassel.[4]

References
  1. "Maidenhead 0-2 Reading Hornets". Maidenhead Advertiser. 6 December 1876.
  2. "Maidenhead 10-0 Reading Hornets". Maidenhead Advertiser: 3. 31 October 1877.
  3. "news". Henley Advertiser: 4. 10 November 1877.
  4. Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Annual. p. 171.


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