Gone but not forgotten...

A quick look at 3 teams that entered the Football League in 1892 and who no longer enjoy league status.

Grimsby Town
The Cleethorpes side originally known as Grimsby Pelham have had 2 spells in the Football League. Members of the original Combination, they unsuccessfully applied to join the League in 1889 and instead joined the Alliance. Their first League experience lasted from 1892-1910:

Season	League	FA Cup
1892-93	Div.2 -4	R2
1893-94	Div.2 -5	R1
1894-95	Div.2 -5	Q3
1895-96	Div.2 -3	R2
1896-97	Div.2 -3	R1
1897-98	Div.2 -12	R1
1898-99	Div.2 -10	R1
1899-1900	Div.2 -6	R1
1900-01	Div.2 -1	IR	Promoted
1901-02	Div.1-15	R1
1902-03	Div.1-17	R2	Relegated
1903-04	Div.2 -6	R1
1904-05	Div.2 -13	R1
1905-06	Div.2 -8	R1
1906-07	Div.2 -11	R1
1907-08	Div.2 -18	R4	re elected
1908-09	Div.2 -13	R1
1909-10	Div.2 -19	R1	Relegated- Midland League

Following a successful season in the Midland League Grimsby returned to the Football League in 1911 and survived for 99 seasons. They currently play in the 5th tier of the English pyramid system.




Lincoln City
The Imps have been in and out of the Football League more than any other club. 5 spells in the league- 4 during our period (pre 1937). 104 seasons in the League all told, never in the top tier. They currently play in the 5th tier of the English pyramid system.

Season	League	FA Cup
1892-93	Div.2 -9	Q4
1893-94	Div.2 -8	Q2	re elected
1894-95	Div.2 -13	Q1
1895-96	Div.2 -13	Q3	re elected
1896-97	Div.2 -16	Q5
1897-98	Div.2 -14	Q4	re elected
1898-99	Div.2 -12	Q4	re elected
1899-1900	Div.2 -9	Q3
1900-01	Div.2 -8	Q4
1901-02	Div.2 -5	R2
1902-03	Div.2 -10	R1
1903-04	Div.2 -12	Q3
1904-05	Div.2 -9	R1
1905-06	Div.2 -13	R2
1906-07	Div.2 -19	R2	re elected
1907-08	Div.2 -20	R1	Relegated- Midland League

After a 1 year absence Lincoln were back in the League- briefly:

Season	League	FA Cup
1909-10	Div.2 -15	Q4
1910-11	Div.2 -20	Q5	Relegated- Midland League

Another rapid return...

Season	League	FA Cup
1912-13	Div.2 -8	Q5
1913-14	Div.2 -19	R1
1914-15	Div.2 -16	R1
1919-20	Div.2 -21	R1	Relegated- Midland League

Again, The Imps were only out of League football for one season. They were founder members of the Third Division (Northern Section) in 1921 and remained in the League until 1987.

Northwich Victoria

Northwich Victoria

Currently in the 8th tier. Northwich Victoria played only 50 league games over 2 seasons, of which they won only 12. 

Season	League	FA Cup
1892-93	Div.2 -7	R2
1893-94	Div.2 -15	Q2	Relegated- The Combination

The legendary Billy Meredith played 11 games for Northwich in the 1893-94 season, scoring 5 goals, including a hat trick against Newcastle United.

SV Werder

Football was not well thought of in 19th century Germany. It was considered to an un-German pastime -  a decadent and morally damaging English 'disease'. The earliest clubs were generally associated with groups of students- the kind of young men who rejected convention and relished the shock factor of engaging in this scandalous game. 

In 1899 a group of students in Bremen were presented with a football (a prize in a competition of some sort?). naturally, they set about forming a club, and in February 1899 SV Werder was born. 

On September 10th that year they played their first match, a 1-0 win over neighbours Allgemeinen Bremer Sportclub von 1898. Both of these Bremen clubs were founder members of the DFB in 1900. 

Tradition has it that SV Werder were the first German club to charge admission to spectators.

In 1920 SV Werder went on to adopt the name Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V.

Pozzo vs Chapman

Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista

Vittorio Pozzo was a friend and admirer of Herbert Chapman. When England traveled to Rome to play their first ever match against Italy in May 1933 Herbert Chapman was nominally the head coach of England - a progressive step for the FA when one considers that they did not appoint a national coach/ manager until 1950. However, Chapman did not select the team- this was still done by a committee. If Chapman had lived one wonders how many of his progressive ideas might have been taken on.

 

Commemorative medal 

The Italian XI had an average of 25 caps. England fielded 6 new caps.There were 50,000 at the Stadio Nazionale del Partito Nazionale Fascista to see Ferrari put the hosts in front in the 4th minute. Cliff Bastin equalised in the 24th and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

*	Gianpiero Combi	Juventus	G	Harry Hibbs	Birmingham City
	Virginio Rosetta	Juventus	B	Roy Goodall (c)	Huddersfield Town
	Umberto Caligaris (c)	Juventus	B	Eddie Hapgood	Arsenal	*
	Mario Pizziolo	Fiorentina	H	Alf Strange	Sheffield Wednesday
*	Luis Monti	Juventus	H	Tom White	Everton	*
*	Luigi Bertolini	Juventus	H	Wilf Copping	Leeds United	*
	Raffaele Costantino	Roma	OR	Albert Geldard	Everton	*
*	Giuseppe Meazza	Ambrosiana	IR	James Richardson	Newcastle United	*
*	Angelo Schiavio	Bologna	CF	George Hunt	Tottenham Hotspur
*	Giovanni Ferrari	Juventus	IL	Billy Furness	Leeds United	*
*	Raimundo Orsi	Juventus	OL	Cliff Bastin	Arsenal
*	1934 World Cup Winners			Debutants		*