Crusaders F.C. (England)

Crusaders Football Club was an English association football club based in London. The club was founded in 1859 and was a founder member of the Football Association.[1] Club membership was restricted to old boys from Westminster School and Eton College.[2] Their last recorded match was against Merton College, Oxford, in February 1870.[3]

Crusaders
Full nameCrusaders Football Club
Founded1857
Dissolved1870
Groundno permanent home ground

Colours

In 1864, the Football Association recorded the club's colours as red caps.[4]

See also

  • Crusaders F.C. players

References

  1. "Miscellaneous Football". Sheffield & Rotherham Independent. Vol. XLIV, no. 2826. British Newspaper Archive. 30 October 1863. p. 4. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  2. 1869 Charles Alcock Football Annual
  3. The Field, 19 February 1870
  4. "Eminent Victorians (Southern England)". historicalkits.co.uk. Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 20 February 2021.


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