Theatre of Trees
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Something somebody sent me, can you guess which clubs these are. They are all current clubs in the league.
1. Which club was formed on 9 June 1905 by a group of 14-15 year olds living near the Thames barrier, joining the Kent League after the First World War where they spent a season before turning professional in 1920 and joining the new Division Three South?
2. Which club was formed after a dispute in 1892 between the city's original club and the landlord of the ground resulted in the former departing with their team to their current ground and the landlord forming a new team that joined the league the following year?
3. Which club was formwed by workers of the Singers Cycle Factory in 1883 and known as Singers FC until 1898 when they changed to their current name?
4. Which club was formed in 1871 at the town's Bridge Street rooms, first entered the FA Cup in 1877 when they amalgamted with the town's Hornets football club and again in 1889 when Earley FC joined them?
5. Which club was formed after the City's previous club was expelled from the Football League and wound up by the FA in 1919 following allegations of illegal payments to players, joined the Midland League in November 1919 and nearly amalgamated with a bankrupt Huddersfield Town?
6. Which club was founded in 1932 after the town's original team had resigned from Division Three North the previous year, purchased the club's ground in the hope of an immediate return to the football league but had to wait a further 46 years before finally being elected to Division Four?
7. Which club was formed in 1886 and were first known as Dial Square after one of the workshops where this factory team was based, joined the league in 1893, moved to their current ground in 1913 and finally settled on their current name in 1914?
8. Which club was formed in 1895 by John Garland, landlord of the Featherstall and Junction Hotel, was originally known as Pine Villa, took over the ground of the town's original professional club when they went bust in 1899 and becoming professional themselves and joining the Football League in 1907?
9. Which club began life in 1903 when Shaddongate United and the town's Red Rose club amalgamated, changed to its current name the following year when joining the Lancashire League and were finally elected to Division Three North in 1928?
10. Which club was originally formed by employees from the Thames Iron Works in 1895, changing to their current name when they turned professional in 1900 and joining the Football League in 1919?
11Which club was initially formed in 1874 by boys from the Christ Church Cricket Club in Blackburn Street and were known as Christ Church FC until 1877 when it broke away from the church, turning professional in 1880 and becoming one of the founder members of the Football League?
12.Which club was formed by employees of Morton & Co's jam and marmalade factory in West Ferry Road, its founders were predominantly Scotsmen who set up the clubs first headquarters at the Islanders pub in Tooke Street?
13. Which club began life as the Glyn Cricket Club in 1881, were known as Eagle FC in 1886, changing its name again in 188 to that of a local shipping company from which the club drew many of its players?
1. Which club was formed on 9 June 1905 by a group of 14-15 year olds living near the Thames barrier, joining the Kent League after the First World War where they spent a season before turning professional in 1920 and joining the new Division Three South?
2. Which club was formed after a dispute in 1892 between the city's original club and the landlord of the ground resulted in the former departing with their team to their current ground and the landlord forming a new team that joined the league the following year?
3. Which club was formwed by workers of the Singers Cycle Factory in 1883 and known as Singers FC until 1898 when they changed to their current name?
4. Which club was formed in 1871 at the town's Bridge Street rooms, first entered the FA Cup in 1877 when they amalgamted with the town's Hornets football club and again in 1889 when Earley FC joined them?
5. Which club was formed after the City's previous club was expelled from the Football League and wound up by the FA in 1919 following allegations of illegal payments to players, joined the Midland League in November 1919 and nearly amalgamated with a bankrupt Huddersfield Town?
6. Which club was founded in 1932 after the town's original team had resigned from Division Three North the previous year, purchased the club's ground in the hope of an immediate return to the football league but had to wait a further 46 years before finally being elected to Division Four?
7. Which club was formed in 1886 and were first known as Dial Square after one of the workshops where this factory team was based, joined the league in 1893, moved to their current ground in 1913 and finally settled on their current name in 1914?
8. Which club was formed in 1895 by John Garland, landlord of the Featherstall and Junction Hotel, was originally known as Pine Villa, took over the ground of the town's original professional club when they went bust in 1899 and becoming professional themselves and joining the Football League in 1907?
9. Which club began life in 1903 when Shaddongate United and the town's Red Rose club amalgamated, changed to its current name the following year when joining the Lancashire League and were finally elected to Division Three North in 1928?
10. Which club was originally formed by employees from the Thames Iron Works in 1895, changing to their current name when they turned professional in 1900 and joining the Football League in 1919?
11Which club was initially formed in 1874 by boys from the Christ Church Cricket Club in Blackburn Street and were known as Christ Church FC until 1877 when it broke away from the church, turning professional in 1880 and becoming one of the founder members of the Football League?
12.Which club was formed by employees of Morton & Co's jam and marmalade factory in West Ferry Road, its founders were predominantly Scotsmen who set up the clubs first headquarters at the Islanders pub in Tooke Street?
13. Which club began life as the Glyn Cricket Club in 1881, were known as Eagle FC in 1886, changing its name again in 188 to that of a local shipping company from which the club drew many of its players?
