Waverley F.C.
| Full name | Waverley Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1889 |
| Ground | Wells Road, Totterdown |
Waverley F.C. were 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.[2] 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.[3]
The club appointed local member of parliament Edward Stock Hill as president upon their formation,[4] and a year later fellow MP William Henry Wills was given the role of vice-president.[5]
References
- "Waverley FC: Western League: 1893-94". Non-League Matters. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- Waverley at the Football Club History Database
- "Association Football: Local club prospects". Western Daily Press. 1 September 1894. Retrieved 25 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "On Dit. Bristol". Bristol Magpie. 21 September 1889. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Topics of the Day". Western Daily Press. 11 August 1890. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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