Peterborough City F.C.

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Peterborough City
Full namePeterborough City Football Club
Nickname(s)the City
Founded1906
Dissolved1916
GroundMidland Road

Peterborough City F.C. was an English football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

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History

The club was founded in 1906, [1] and at its first annual general meeting reported a profit of just over £3 on a turnover of £310; the total weekly player wage was £3 per week. [2] It played one season in the Southern League, in 1909–10.

It entered the FA Cup a number of times in the 1910s; it reached fourth qualifying round - one before the main draw, and the equivalent of the second round in 2024–25 - three times, but never made the main draw. [3]

The club was struggling for finance in 1914, and had to withdraw from the Eastern League to join the Central Alliance. [4] The effects of the First World War caused the club to disband in 1916. [5]

A new club, with the same name and colours, playing at the White Hart ground [6] in New England, [7] was founded in 1923, and it took part in the 1923–24 FA Cup and Northants League. [8] However it disbanded in November 1923, failing to attract support in the shadow of Peterborough & Fletton United. [9]

Colours

The club wore amber and black jerseys [10] with white knickers and black socks. [11]

Ground

The club originally played at the Old Town Cricket Ground, [12] later moving to Midland Road. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "City F.C. 1906–08". Peterborough Standard: 12. 2 July 1954.
  2. ↑ "City F.C. wage bill was £3 per week". Peterborough Standard: 7. 24 January 1958.
  3. ↑ "Club Peterborough City, England". wildstat. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "The local leagues". Southampton Times and Hampshire Express: 2. 14 March 1914.
  5. ↑ "Sport of the week". Leicester Chroniclle: 14. 10 June 1916.
  6. ↑ "The City's probable starters". Peterborough Standard. 24 August 1923.
  7. ↑ "Peterborough City getting ready". Peterborough Standard. 24 August 1923.
  8. ↑ "To-morrow's fixtures". Peterborough Standard: 2. 21 September 1923.
  9. ↑ "Peterborough City to disband". Peterorough Standard: 2. 8 November 1923.
  10. ↑ "Answers to correspondents". Athletic News: 4. 30 October 1911.
  11. ↑ "Glimpses of the past". Peterborough Standard: 7. 1 December 1933.
  12. ↑ "A tribute". Peterborough Standard: 8. 4 September 1953.
  13. ↑ "Glimpses of the past". Peterborough Standard: 5. 22 January 1932.
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