| Full name | Shrewsbury Castle Blues Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Castle Blues | |
| Founded | c. 1877 | |
| Dissolved | April 1886 | |
| Ground | Racecourse Ground, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury | |
Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C. was a football club based in Shrewbury, England. The club are recorded as playing their home games at the Racecourse at Monkmoor. [1]
Castle Blues were formed around 1877 by grammar school old boys, and initially played at Sutton Lane. [2] [3] In 1881 the Shrewsbury Engineers were amalgamated into the club. [4]
The club entered the Welsh Cup in 1881–82, and again in 1884–85, and 1885–86. [5]
The club were a very rough team and were forced to disband by the Birmingham FA in April 1886. [3] The club ceased to exist in that month and was absorbed into Shrewsbury Town when they were reformed in May 1886. [6] [7]
On 27 September 1884, a match versus Aston Villa was abandoned 1–1 after all the match balls were burst possibly on purpose by the home team players and home supporters.
| Season | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881-82 | Welsh Cup [8] | First Round | Welshpool Warriors | 1-0 |
| Second Round | Aberystwyth | 1-3 | ||
| 1882-83 | Shropshire Senior Cup | Final | Oswestry | 1-2 [9] |
| 1883-84 | Shropshire Senior Cup | Final | Wellington Town | |
| Final Replay | 0-1 [9] | |||
| 1884-85 | Welsh Cup [10] | First Round | Ellesmere | 8-1 |
| Second Round | Newtown | 1-2 | ||
| Shropshire Senior Cup | Final | Wellington Town | ||
| Final Replay 1 | ||||
| Final Replay 2 | 2-1 [9] | |||
| 1885-86 | Welsh Cup [11] | First Round | Trefonen | 6-0 |
| Second Round | Llanfyllin | 3-0 | ||
| Third Round | Newtown | 1-1 | ||
| Third Round Replay | 0-2 | |||
| Shropshire Senior Cup [12] | First Round | Wellington Town | 1-1 | |
| First Round Replay | 0-1 |
Clopton Lloyd-Jones - 1880 FA Cup winner with Clapham Rovers [13] 
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