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in
January 1863, on the Under Green at Charterhouse, which the Crusaders won 1–0. The Charterhouse side missed out on a goal because the pegs that were to tighten the "cord" - the equivalent of tape in the (later) Association game, joining the tops of the posts together - had loosened, so the cord
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noting that "Mr Berens, with praiseworthy zeal, has collected some scattered remnants of the body". Nevertheless, the match was a mere eight-a-side, and
Crusaders lost 2–0. The only other matches the club played in the rest of 1866-67 were the usual matches against Charterhouse and Westminster.
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As
Association rules became more popular, and more clubs were founded, there was no longer any need for the sort of ad hoc club with quixotic entry requirements as the Crusaders had; players were either playing for more specific old boy clubs, or for clubs with a wider membership cast like the
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at the
Westminsters' ground at Vincent Square, and had originally been listed as Wanderers playing the Flying Dutchmen. The line-up included three of the seven players who had played in the Flyers' last match, including captain Dixon; however, the familiar problems of raising a team were still
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The
Dutchmen only played one match in 1868–69, a 5–0 defeat at Westminster School, with only seven players turning up to face an eleven from the school; six Old Westminsters plus Kinnaird. With the Middlesex ground being sold at the end of 1868, the Eton/Westminster old boy combination side
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327:. The 1869–70 season proved to be the club's last. It could only muster six players for the Westminster School fixture, and did not turn up at all to the Charterhouse match. Remarkably, the club beat the Wanderers at the
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on 7 October 1863, and, three days later, 4 of the
Crusaders players, 3 of the Westminster players, 3 of the Westminster reserves, and one Westminster old boy, forming the eleven of the Elizabethan Club for a 1–1 draw at
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had attracted many of the schoolboys, and the opponents were listed as "Mr H.R. Dupré's XI", albeit wearing the same pink caps as the
Westminsters. The Flyers only had seven starters, but these included
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The earliest reference to the club's colours is the report of the match against
Westminster in October 1863, referring to the club as "the black and red". In 1864, the
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December 1869, albeit thanks to the Wanderers lending two players to the Crusaders, who had only turned up with six players, to make the match 8 against 8.
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338:, Oxford, in February 1870. The club still notionally existed, with Smith and Kinnaird both having Crusaders listed as their club in reports on the
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An example in the flexibility of club membership, and players not being beholden to one organization, is shown by the
Crusaders drawing 0–0 with
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on 21 February 1863, with Crusaders fielding 12 men and No Names 13 (although G. H. Pember of the latter was injured early on).
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in February 1869, holding the Sappers to a 0–0 draw, although the Crusaders did not have a single attempt at goal.
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was not taut and a shot went over the cord; the tight cord was a feature of the Charterhouse rules alone.
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Edward Osmund Berens, ex-Westminster School, who had played for Crusaders since the first match in 1863.
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The first match for "the Flyers" was meant to be against Westminster School in January 1868, but a
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present, and the Crusaders' nine men lost 3–0 to the Wanderers' eleven. The club also played the
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winner, was a Crusader in 1866 and 1869–70 (and played for the Flying Dutchmen in 1868)
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and Alfred Kinnaird, plus C.M. Tebbutt of the N.N. Club, and the Flyers won 4–1.
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The club was founded in 1859 as a footballing club restricted to old boys from
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The club did not play at all in 1867–68. At the start of 1868, a new club,
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The club played two more recorded games, the last being a 2–1 win away to
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The first match of the revived Crusaders was in December 1868 against
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In November 1866, the club played against the Civil Service side at
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Its first match against a regular club was a 2–0 win against the
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England v Scotland representative match in March 1870
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Later in 1863, the Crusaders was a founder member of
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684:Football Association 1863–83: A Sourcebook
354:recorded the club's colours as red caps.
302:metamorphosed back into the Crusaders.
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538:"Flying Dutchmen 5-0 Old Harrovians".
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474:Sheffield & Rotherham Independent
523:"Flying Dutchmen 1-0 Charterhouse".
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412:1869 Charles Alcock Football Annual
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376:, unofficial England international
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1150:Defunct football clubs in England
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194:. It was a founder member of the
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207:Before the Football Association
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480:. 30 October 1863. p. 4
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657:The Field, 19 February 1870
583:"Wanderers 3-0 Crusaders".
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382:played for the club in 1870
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845:HRH The Duke of Gloucester
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37:Crusaders F.C. (Brentwood)
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840:HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
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478:British Newspaper Archive
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725:The Football Association
617:: 420. 13 November 1869.
572:: 396. 14 November 1868.
542:: 148. 22 February 1868.
527:: 134. 15 February 1868.
512:: 378. 10 November 1866.
469:"Miscellaneous Football"
253:the Football Association
80:no permanent home ground
27:Not to be confused with
18:Crusaders F.C. (England)
865:HRH The Prince of Wales
181:Crusaders Football Club
56:Crusaders Football Club
921:Harold Warris Thompson
647:: 3. 14 December 1869.
632:: 1. 17 November 1869.
587:: 3. 22 December 1868.
557:: 83. 1 February 1868.
671:: 7. 10 October 1863.
602:: 6. 6 February 1869.
456:: 6. 17 October 1863.
426:: 6. 1 February 1863.
860:HRH The Duke of York
855:HRH The Duke of Kent
850:The Earl of Harewood
682:Brown, Tony (2011).
352:Football Association
196:Football Association
188:association football
835:The Earl of Athlone
374:Giulio Cowley Smith
277:the Flying Dutchmen
221:Charterhouse School
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774:Leytonstone Forest
441:: 7. 1 March 1863.
236:Westminster School
213:Westminster School
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33:New Crusaders F.C.
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1092:Charles W. Alcock
992:Charles W. Alcock
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323:Wanderers or the
296:Charles W. Alcock
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16:(Redirected from
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1082:Robert Graham
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1048:Brian Barwick
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1007:Denis Follows
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987:Robert Graham
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982:Robert Willis
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961:Debbie Hewitt
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941:Lord Triesman
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931:Keith Wiseman
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881:Charles Clegg
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825:Charles Clegg
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805:Arthur Pember
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779:No Names Club
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364:Edgar Lubbock
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312:the Wanderers
306:Brief revival
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1114:Harry Huband
1087:Alfred Stair
1078:James Turner
1058:Martin Glenn
1043:David Davies
1033:Adam Crozier
1028:Graham Kelly
1002:Stanley Rous
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482:. Retrieved
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393:Gitanos F.C.
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217:Eton College
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162:Home colours
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1053:Ian Watmore
1038:Mark Palios
970:Secretaries
956:Greg Clarke
886:A. G. Hines
669:Bell's Life
454:Bell's Life
439:Bell's Life
424:Bell's Life
1139:Categories
1117:L. C. Tyte
1101:C. E. Hart
1067:Treasurers
1012:Ted Croker
798:Presidents
744:Blackheath
667:"report".
643:"report".
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452:"report".
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422:"report".
400:References
288:Drury Lane
951:Greg Dyke
911:Joe Mears
891:M. Frowde
759:Crusaders
645:Sportsman
600:Sportsman
585:Sportsman
570:The Field
555:The Field
540:The Field
366:, future
291:pantomime
264:The Field
229:N.N. Club
69:Dissolved
53:Full name
48:Crusaders
874:Chairmen
789:Surbiton
628:"note".
387:See also
484:29 June
346:Colours
202:History
185:English
183:was an
61:Founded
739:Barnes
368:FA Cup
192:London
77:Ground
615:Field
525:Field
510:Field
35:, or
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215:and
72:1870
64:1859
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