1874–75 Northwich Victoria F.C. season

The 1874–75 season was Northwich Victoria's 1st season^[1] playing solely association football. Before this year, club played both rugby and association football as well as hare and hounds. The club's first game was against Stedman College on a field in the nearby village of Comberbach.^[2]

First-team squad edit

This is the squad who played for Northwich Victoria in their first ever game.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—			J. Sanders
—			J.W. Grange
—			Ted Butterworth
—			Matthew Earlam
—			Charles James Hughes^[A]
—			A. Heald
—			T. Musgrave
—			George A. Hughes^[B]
—			Jon Barlow
—			Joseph Barlow
—			William Dobell
—			G.T. Dobell
—			J.Howarth

A. ^ : Also the club's honourable secretary and treasurer.

B. ^ : Also the club's joint honourable secretary.

^ "Club Information". Northwich Victoria Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "The Early days of the Vics". This is Cheshire. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2011.