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Old Etonians F.C.
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| Full name | Old Etonians Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | OEs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | c. 1871 (see text) |
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| Ground | Dutchman's Playing Fields Pococks Lane Eton (Capacity tbc) |
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| Chairman | James Scobie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | not applicable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Arthurian League Premier Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Arthurian League Premier Division, 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Old Etonians Football Club is an English football club whose players are taken from previous attendees of Eton College, in Eton, Berkshire.
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Founded by Lord Kinnaird in the Victorian era, [1] they were the last amateur or "true blue" club to win the FA Cup on 25th March 1882 when they beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 at The Oval. They lost 2-1 after extra time to another Blackburn club, Blackburn Olympic, the following year.
In all, they reached the final six times in nine years between 1875 and 1883, winning twice. They also supplied a number of players for the England team, including three in one match against Wales in 1879.
In modern times, Old Etonians are members of the Amateur Football Alliance and field three teams in the Arthurian League. The 1st XI have won the league's Premier Division title on two occasions.
- FA Cup winners 1879, 1882; runners-up 1875, 1876, 1881, 1883
- Arthurian League
- Premier Division Champions 1992-93, 2004-05
- Division One Champions 1985-86
- Division Two Champions (2nd XI) 1992-93, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2003-04
- Division Three Champions (3rd XI) 1995-96, 2004-05
- Division Four Champions (4th XI) 1989-90, 1993-94
- Arthur Dunn Cup winners 2004-05
- ^ England Online gives the date as 1865, however the Arthurian League website gives 1871. The official club website states that the club was "officially" founded in 1871 but suggests that it had been active as early as 1863
- Club profile on the Arthurian League website
- Old Etonians at the Football Club History Database