Full name | Birch Football Club |
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Founded | c. 1870 |
Dissolved | 1890s |
Ground | Longsight Cricket Club |
Birch F.C. was an English rugby and association football club from Rusholme, founded in around 1870 as a club playing originally just the association code.
By 1878, the club mostly played rugby only, but in April 1878 played a friendly against Queen's Park because "it has lately been practising the dribbling as well as the Rugby game", [1] due to a former Queen's Park player (James Strang) joining the club. The club entered the FA Cup the next season, but scratched when drawn at home to Darwen. [2]
In 1879 the association part of the club broke away to form Manchester Wanderers [3] In 1881 Birch was a founder member of the Lancashire County Rugby Football Union. [4]
The club ceased to exist in the 1890s. [5]
Thomas Slaney, the first Stoke City manager, guested for the team against Queen's Park.
Full name | Birch Football Club |
---|---|
Founded | c. 1870 |
Dissolved | 1890s |
Ground | Longsight Cricket Club |
Birch F.C. was an English rugby and association football club from Rusholme, founded in around 1870 as a club playing originally just the association code.
By 1878, the club mostly played rugby only, but in April 1878 played a friendly against Queen's Park because "it has lately been practising the dribbling as well as the Rugby game", [1] due to a former Queen's Park player (James Strang) joining the club. The club entered the FA Cup the next season, but scratched when drawn at home to Darwen. [2]
In 1879 the association part of the club broke away to form Manchester Wanderers [3] In 1881 Birch was a founder member of the Lancashire County Rugby Football Union. [4]
The club ceased to exist in the 1890s. [5]
Thomas Slaney, the first Stoke City manager, guested for the team against Queen's Park.