Leicestershire Football Archive

Competitions for predicting the results of football matches are as old as competitive football. The Hinckley Times newspaper, for example, throughout the 1898-99 season, offered a premier prize of two…

Leicester Fosse’s first game on 1 November 1884 against Syston Fosse was played on a field close to where the Midland Railway’s Leicester to Burton line crossed, what is now…

J Lakin had a leg amputated in 1899 following a tragic accident in a round 1 Whitwick Charity Cup tie against Coalville Town. A collection was made on the ground,…

Sponsored team sheet (early match programme) from 1896. Alfred Shelton, and J. Brailsford, combined with devastating effect in perhaps the most famous fixture ever witnessed in Loughborough – the 8-0…

Players and officials when the Fosse won the Leicestershire Senior Cup in 1890. Back: F. Gardner (Hon. Secretary), S. Rowson, C. J. Walker, W. Davis, W. J. Cooper (umpire); Middle:…

Loughborough on their way to play a Second Division fixture against Newton Heath (Manchester United) on 4 April 1896 discovered that their kit had been lost. Unable to borrow any…

The following obituary of Frank Gardner was published in the Leicester Mail on 9 December 1943: MR. FRANK GARDNER. one of the founders and first secretary-treasurer of Leicester Fosse, the…

Coalville Football Club founded in 1876 adopted the Sheffield rules, and published a fixture list for their inaugural season.

FLOODLIGHT MATCH & BICYCLE EVENT BICYCLE RACE. Shortly after seven o’clock, a one-mile bicycle race was commenced. There were 11 entries for the event, but only five put in an…

The first financial statement for Leicester Fosse, which provides a fascinating insight into nineteenth century football, reported a surplus of 1 shilling 10 old pence (9p – equivalent to approx.…