105th Regiment F.C.

Former association football club in England 105th Regiment F.C. 105th Regiment Football Club Light Bobs105th Regiment 0-0 Crystal Palace The Field 20 November 1875 580 1874 1881 regimental barracks Secretary Lt. F. C. Cooper _red_hoops _redhoops _red_hoops e8e275 e8e275 e8e275 ff0000 105th Regiment Football Club (also known as the 103rd Light Infantry) was an English association football club in the 19th century, made up of soldiers with the 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry). History The club's first match was in 1874 under the Sheffield rules as the regiment was stationed in Sheffield at the time;Crookes 2–0 105th Infantry Sporting Life 28 November 1874 4 however the club adopted association laws the same season.Alcock Charles Football Annual 1875 Virtue London 150 It competed in some of the first stagings of the Football Association Challenge Cup, entering the competition between 1875 and 1878, winning one tie.105THREG 105th Regiment Unlike the Royal Engineers, the Light Bobs allowed "other ranks" to represent the regiment, and the scorers in its 3–0 win over the 1st Surrey Rifles in the 1876–77 FA Cup included a Private Morris and Lance Corporal Ford.105th Regiment 3-0 First Surrey Rifles The Field 18 November 1876 614 The club remained a member of the Football Association until 1880,Alcock Charles Football Annual 1880 Cricket Press London 59 but a merger in 1881 into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ended the club's existence. Seasons 1875–76 6 November 1875 105th Regiment 0 – 0(27 November 1875). Athletic Sports, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, p. 206 col. 2 (reports of matches against Crystal Palace) Crystal Palace Aldershot barracks 500 20 November 1875 Crystal Palace 3 – 0 105th Regiment Kennington Oval 1,578 1876–77 11 November 1876 105th Regiment 3 – 0 1st Surrey Rifles Colchester barracks 500 Osmond Orpen (Colchester Town F.C.) 14 December 1876 Oxford University 6 – 1 105th Regiment Oxford University 1,204 1877–78 7 November 1877 105th Regiment 0 – 2 Old Harrovians Colchester barracks103rd Light Infantry 0-2 Old Harrovians The Sportsman 12 November 1877 4 1878–79 Minerva w/oThe regiment had moved to Guernsey in May 1878 and could not fulfil the fixture: Essex County Standard, 24 May 1878, page 8. 105th Regiment Colours thumb|Two football matches for the 105th Regiment, against Chesterfield and a side from Aston Hall, Yorkshire: Sheffield Independent, 16 March 1875 The club wore red and buff "stripes", which, at the time, referred to hoops.Alcock Charles Football Annual 1877 Cricket Press London 153 Ground The club played its home matches at its barracks, wherever it was based: 1874–75: Sheffield 1875–76: AldershotAlcock Charles Football Annual 1876 Cricket Press London 42 1876–78: ColchesterAlcock Charles Football Annual 1876 Cricket Press London 147 References Category:Defunct football clubs in England Category:Military football clubs in England Category:Association football clubs established in 1874 Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1881 Category:Association football in the British Army