Redcar and Coatham F.C.

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Redcar and Coatham
Full nameRedcar and Coatham Football Club
Nickname(s)The Seasiders
The Redcarites
Founded1878; 144 years ago (1878)
Dissolved1895; 127 years ago (1895)
Ground, Coatham

Redcar and Coatham Football Club was a football club based in Redcar, England.

Although it was only in existence for 17 years, the club reached the final of the Cleveland Challenge Cup on five consecutive occasions and once reached the FA Cup quarter-finals.[1]

They were based at the .

Notable former players[]

  • James Howcroft, vice-president of the Football Association and FA Cup final linesman
  • , former Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Olympic forward
  • Tom Alvey, former Middlesbrough full-back
  • Charles Alfred Pauls, Football League winner with Preston North End, Northern League winner with Middlesbrough Ironopolis
  • Edward Uvo Pauls, former Middlesbrough player
  • Arthur Charles Tofts, former Darlington player and co-founder

Records[]

  • FA Cup
    • Quarter Finals: 1885–86
  • Cleveland Challenge Cup
    • Runners-up: 1881-82, 1882-83, 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1888-89
  • Cleveland Junior Cup
    • Winners: 1887-88, 1889-90

Bibliography[]

  • Neal, Tom (2021). The Famous Yorkshiremen: The Forgotten History of Redcar's Footballing Pioneers. London: Old Bird Publishing. ISBN 978-1-3999-0699-9.

References[]

  1. ^ Neal, Tom. The Famous Yorkshiremen: The Forgotten History of Redcar's Footballing Pioneers. Old Bird Publishing. ISBN 9781399906999.
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