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Darwen F.C.

Founded: 1870 (155 years ago)

Dissolved: 1899 (126 years ago)

Stadium: Anchor Road (Capacity: 4,000) • Darwen, England

Nickname: The Salmoners

League History
Season Division Pos P W D L GF GA GAv Pts
1898-99 Football League Second Division 18th 34 2 5 27 22 141 0.156 9
1897-98 Football League Second Division 15th 30 6 2 22 31 76 0.408 14
1896-97 Football League Second Division 11th 30 14 0 16 67 61 1.098 28
1895-96 Football League Second Division 9th 30 12 6 12 72 67 1.075 30
1894-95 Football League Second Division 6th 30 16 4 10 74 43 1.721 36
1893-94 Football League First Division 15th 30 7 5 18 37 83 0.446 19
1892-93 Football League Second Division 3rd 22 14 2 6 60 36 1.667 30
1891-92 Football League 14th 26 4 3 6 38 112 0.339 11

Top Goalscorers
Country Player Season Appearances Goals GpG
England Oliver Pilkington 1898-99 19 4 0.21
England John Earnshaw 1897-98 28 15 0.54
England Fergus Hunt 1896-97 28 15 0.54
England Fergus Hunt 1895-96 31 12 0.39
England Billy Townley 1894-95 27 13 0.48
England John McKnight 1893-94 25 10 0.40
Scotland William McKennie 1892-93 24 16 0.67
England David Alexander 1891-92 23 10 0.43

All-time Appearances
Country Player Years Appearances Goals
1. England John Leach 1981-98 191 7
2. Scotland Michael McAvoy 1891-96 103 8
3. England Harry Tyrer 1895-98 91 21
4. Scotland James Orr 1892-95 85 3
5. England Matt Kingsley 1895-98 80 0

All-time Goalscorers
Country Player Years Appearances Goals GpG
1. England Fergus Hunt 1895-97 59 27 0.46
2. Scotland Allan Maxwell 1893-96 64 23 0.36
3. Scotland William McKennie 1892-95 77 21 0.27
= England Harry Tyrer 1895-98 91 21 0.23
5. England Malcolm Sutherland 1892-94 57 20 0.35

Trivia
Darwen were a Football League member from 1891 to 1899 and reached the semi-finals of the 1880–81 FA Cup.

Darwen Football Club - formed in 2009 - is a successor to the original club.

The signings of Fergie Suter and Jimmy Love in 1879, both from Partick, are believed to be the first involvement of professional players in English football.

Darwen's nickname 'The Salmoners' is derived from the salmon pink kit they adopted after joining the Football League, due to a kit clash with Notts County.

Darwen's 12-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion in March 1892 remains a record in the top flight - equalled in 1909 by Leicester Fosse's 12-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

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