Old Etonians
| Old Etonians | |||
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| Surname | Old Etonians Association Football Club |
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| Seat | Eton | ||
| founding | 1871 | ||
| president | James Scobie | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Venue | Dutchman's Playing Fields Pococks Lane |
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| Places | nb | ||
| league |
Arthurian League Premier Division |
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| 2018/19 | 3rd place | ||
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Old Etonians Association Football Club is an English football club from Eton . The club, for which mainly Eton College graduates play, is an amateur club that managed to win the FA Cup .
history
The association was founded by Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird . Officially founded in 1871, its history goes back to 1863.
After the team had already stood in the final of the competition in 1875 and 1876, they achieved their first FA Cup victory in 1879 when the Clapham Rovers were defeated 1-0 in the final. On March 25, 1882, the second and last title win succeeded, in the final Blackburn Rovers could be beaten 1-0. The title defense failed when Blackburn Olympic was able to prevail a year later 2-1 after extra time.
As an amateur club, the Old Etonians joined the Amateur Football Alliance . The club plays in the Arthurian League played by this association and has been first class since 1986. In 1993 and 2005 the club became champions.
successes
- FA Cup
- Master of the Arthurian League : 1993, 2005
- Arthur Dunn Cup: 2005, 2010
Players who have been used internationally
Some Old Etonians played for England , be it while they were playing here or after.
The following eight students played for England while at the club:
- Rupert Anderson (1 application)
- Lindsay Bury (1 mission)
- Edward Christian (1 mission)
- Arthur Dunn (2 appearances)
- Harry Goodhart (3 appearances)
- Robert Cunliffe Gosling (5 appearances)
- John Hawtrey (2 appearances)
- Herbert Whitfeld (1 mission)
Anderson, Bury and Whitfeld were used together on January 18, 1879 in the game against Wales . Whitfeld also scored a goal in this game.
Other Old Etonians who later played for England were:
- Alexander Bonsor
- Percy de Paravicini
- Alfred Lyttelton
- Reginald Macaulay
- Cuthbert Ottaway
- John Frederick Peel Rawlinson
Club founder Lord Kinnaird played once for Scotland in 1873 , in the second official international game in football history.
Trivia
- Arthur Dunn was the posthumous namesake for the Arthur Dunn Cup .
- The 2020 Netflix series The English Game deals with the period of the Old Etonians when Arthur Kinnaird won the FA Cup as captain.