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| Full name | Rotherham Town Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | the Town | |
| Founded | 1899 | |
| Dissolved | 1925 | |
| Ground | Clifton Lane | |
Rotherham Town F.C. was an English football club from Rotherham, Yorkshire. They merged with rivals Rotherham County in 1925 to form Rotherham United.
In 1899, Rotherham Casuals and Rotherham Grammar School combined to form Rotherham F.C. [1] On becoming a limited company in 1904 a new name of Rotherham Athletic was adopted, and a year later they changed their name again, to Rotherham Town (no relation to the previous Rotherham Town that was a member of the Football League in the 1890s).
In 1903 the new club joined the Midland League, [2] where they remained until 1925. At the end of the 1921–22 season, a merger had been agreed with their Third Division North neighbours Rotherham County, owing to a parlous financial state. [3] The club even went so far to resign from the Midland League, but in late May 1922 the club resolved to carry on, and had to withdraw its resignation. [4] The merger finally took place in March 1925, the clubs forming Rotherham United. [5]
As Rotherham, the club wore claret and blue halved shirts. In 1903 they changed to blue and white, [6] which (apart from spending 1905–06 in white jerseys) remained the colours of the club to dissolution, originally as blue with white sleeves, but from 1919 in stripes. [7]
The club played at Clifton Lane, [8] [9] the ground of the predecessor Rotherham Town. [10]
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