The Wanderers Football Club were an amateur football club, who were one of the leading clubs in English football in the 1860s and 1870s. They are chiefly noted for winning the first-ever FA Cup final, held at the Kennington Oval, London, on March 16, 1872. They beat the Royal Engineers 1-0, the winning goal scored by Morton Betts, under the pseudonym A.H. Chequer. In all they won the cup five times between 1872 and 1878. The word amateur has at least two connotations. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Football is the unofficial national sport of England, and as such has an important place within English national life. ... Events and trends Italian unification under King Victor Emmanuel II. Wars for expansion and national unity continue until the incorporation of the Papal States (March 17, 1861 - September 20, 1870). ... Events and Trends Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) results in the collapse of the Second French Empire and in the formation of both the French Third Republic and the German Empire. ... The FA Cups trophy is also known as the FA Cup. ... For the shape, see oval The Oval is a cricket ground in Kennington, London. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Engineers AFC is a football team founded in 1863, under the leadership of Major Marindin of the Corps of Royal Engineers. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Initially formed as Forest Football Club in 1860 and based in Leytonstone, London, they were a founder member of the Football Association in 1863. They adopted the title 'Wanderers' a year later, after moving across London to Battersea. The team consisted mostly of ex-public schoolboys, and was captained by Charles Alcock, who was also chairman of the FA from 1870 to 1895 and the original proponent of the FA Cup. The club was eventually disbanded when individual schools set up their own clubs (such as Old Etonians and Old Carthusians). 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Leytonstone is a place in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Battersea, as defined by the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea, part of the old County of London, England, before 1965 Battersea is an place in the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. ... A public school, in common English and Welsh usage, is a (usually) prestigious school, for children usually between the ages of 11 or 13 and 18, which charges fees and is not financed by the state. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Details of the 1872 FA Cup Final (http://www.innotts.co.uk/soccer/books/kw3.pdf) (PDF file)
• The Wanderers on footballculture.net (http://www.footballculture.net/teams/names_explain9.html)

Sources

• History of football (http://www.nenyl.org.uk/history_of_football.htm)
• AFS - Formation of the Football Association (http://www.11v11.co.uk/page264)
• History of Association Football (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22194)