| Clubname: | Corbridge |
| Fullname: | Corbridge Football Club |
| Founded: | 1879 |
| Dissolved: | 1882 |
| Ground: | Angel Inn |
| Chrtitle: | Secretary |
| Chairman: | Frederick Knott |
| Mgrtitle: | Captain |
| Manager: | E. Docker |
| Pattern La1: | _thin_blackhoops |
| Pattern B1: | _thin_blackhoops |
| Pattern Ra1: | _thin_blackhoops |
| Pattern So1: | _hoops_black |
| Leftarm1: | FF0000 |
| Body1: | FF0000 |
| Rightarm1: | FF0000 |
| Shorts1: | 000000 |
| Socks1: | FF0000 |
Corbridge F.C. was an association football club from Corbridge-on-Tyne, England.
The club was formed on 13 October 1879, quickly enrolling 20 members paying 2 shillings per year, and setting up a practice match five days later.[1] Its earliest recorded match was a defeat at a Tyne Association second XI the next month.[2] In January 1880, it was one of the six founder members of the Northumberland and Durham Football Association.[3] Club secretary Frederick Knott was particularly active in trying to spread the game in villages in the area - after Corbridge beat Tyne Association 2–0 in an exhibition match in the village of Ovingham in September 1880, members of the cricket club agreed to set up a football team.[4]
It was also one of the clubs which entered the first Northumberland and Durham Association Cup in 1880–81, but lost 5–2 at Tyne Association in the first round.[5] In 1881–82, it reached the final, winning the semi-final at Alnwick 3–2, although an inexperienced referee had to check the rule book in his pocket from time to time.[6] In the final, against Rangers of Newcastle at the Tyne Cricket Ground, Corbridge held the holders to a 1–1 draw, having taken a first-minute lead.[7] Rangers won the replay 2–0.[8]
The club however did not take part in the 1882–83 tournament, scratching to North-Eastern,[9] and the last recorded match for the club was a game at home to Tyne Association that ended in acrimony, with Tyne scoring one undisputed goal, but Corbridge "winning" 2–1 on disputed.[10]
The club was revived in October 1886, with Knott as chairman and with the same colours,[11] playing at a low level until around 1893.
The club's colours were black and red striped jerseys, hose, and cap.[12]
The club's ground was next to the railway station,[13] and it used the Angel Inn[14] or Railway Hotel[15] for its facilities.