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Warwick County F.C.

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Warwick County F.C. was an English football team that played in the Midland League in the early 1880s. They were based in Birmingham and played at Edgbaston Cricket Ground home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club. They also staged home grounds in Warwick, the county town of ‘Warwick County’ or Warwickshire as we know now for half of the 1883/84 season.

Warwick were formed in the 1880s and knocked Football League side Stoke out of the FA Cup in 1888–89. They joined the Midland League in 1889–90 season where they finished in 6th position. However Warwick were expelled from the Midland League in 1890–91 and the club disbanded.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Warwick County". FCHD. Retrieved 18 December 2012.