Waverley F.C. Explained

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Clubname:Waverley
Fullname:Waverley Football Club
Founded:1889
Ground:Wells Road, Totterdown

Waverley F.C. was an English association football club based in Bristol during the Victorian era. Founded in 1889 as an offshoot of Waverley Cricket Club,[1] they were founding members of the second division of the Western Football League (known at the time as the Bristol & District League), and finished bottom of the table in both the 1893–94 and 1894–95 seasons. They moved into the South Bristol & District League in the summer of 1895.

Their home ground was behind the Talbot Inn on Wells Road in Knowle.[2]

The club appointed local member of parliament Edward Stock Hill as president upon their formation,[3] and a year later fellow MP William Henry Wills was given the role of vice-president.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Waverley FC: Western League: 1893-94. Non-League Matters. 17 June 2019.
  2. News: Association Football: Local club prospects . 1 September 1894 . Western Daily Press . British Newspaper Archive . 25 June 2019 . subscription.
  3. News: On Dit. Bristol. . subscription . 21 September 1889 . Bristol Magpie . 18 June 2019 . British Newspaper Archive.
  4. News: Topics of the Day . subscription . 11 August 1890 . Western Daily Press . 18 June 2019 . British Newspaper Archive.