Crystal Palace F.C. (founded 1861)

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Crystal Palace F.C. were an amateur football club, founded circa 1861, formed from the groundkeepers of the Great Exhibition. Later notable players joined such as Cuthbert Ottaway. Their original colours were claret and blue.

The 'Groundkeepers' were one of the 12 founder members of the Football Association. The club was moderately successful in the pre-Football League era and competed in the first FA Cup reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated by the Royal Engineers 3-0, in a replay after the first game ended goalless. The team also played in the FA Cup in the next 4 seasons, without any significant impact.

There is no direct link between this club and the modern day Crystal Palace which was founded in 1905, although the 'new' club 'inherited' the Crystal Palace stadium, and thus could be considered spiritual successors to the former club.

[edit] Famous players

Four players from the club appeared for England:

Charles Chenery (Forward) (3 appearances)
Alexander Morten (Goalkeeper)
Arthur Savage (Goalkeeper)
Charles Eastlake Smith (Forward)

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Crystal Palace Football Club

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Crystal Palace F.C. | Original 1861 club

Grounds: Crystal Palace Stadium | Herne Hill Velodrome | The Nest | Selhurst Park

Subsidiary teams: Crystal Palace Baltimore | Crystal Palace LFC

The Football Association

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Founder members	Barnes \| Blackheath \| Blackheath Proprietary School \| Civil Service \| Crusaders \| Crystal Palace \| Kensington School \| Leytonstone Forest \| No Names Club \| Percival House \| Surbiton
Presidents	Arthur Pember \| E. C. Morley \| Francis Marindin \| Arthur Kinnaird \| Charles Clegg \| William Pickford \| Earl of Athlone \| Duke of Edinburgh \| Duke of Gloucester \| Earl of Harewood \| Duke of Kent \| Duke of York \| Prince William
Chairmen	Charles Clegg \| A. G. Hines \| M. Frowde \| Amos Brook Hirst \| Arthur Drewry \| Graham Doggart \| Joe Mears \| Andrew Stephen \| Harold Warris Thompson \| Bert Millichip \| Keith Wiseman \| Geoff Thompson \| David Triesman
Secretaries	E. C. Morley \| R. W. Willis \| R. G. Graham \| C. W. Alcock \| Frederick Wall \| Stanley Rous \| Denis Follows \| Ted Croker
Chief Executives	Graham Kelly \| David Davies \| Adam Crozier \| David Davies \| Mark Palios \| David Davies \| Brian Barwick