Crouch End Vampires F.C.
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| Full name | Crouch End Vampires Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Vamps |
| Founded | 1883, as Crouch End 1897, as Crouch End Vampires |
| Ground | Muswell Hill Sports Ground |
| League | Southern Amateur League Senior Division 2 |
| 2016–17 | Southern Amateur League Senior Division 1, 10th of 11 (relegated) |
| Website | Club website |
Crouch End Vampires F.C. are an amateur football club from the Crouch End area of north London, based at the Muswell Hill Sports Ground. The club are affiliated to the Amateur Football Alliance and are currently members of the Southern Amateur League Senior Division 2. The club was formed through the merger of Crouch End F.C. and Vampires F.C. in 1897.
Founded c. 1883 as Balmoral Football Club, Crouch End were invited to join a proposed Southern Football League in 1891 but rejected the offer. The idea was subsequently dropped after Arsenal joined the Football League.
On 3 October 1891, Crouch End played their first game of FA Cup competition. After a beating Ashford United 6–2, their 1891–92 campaign ended in a 0–4 loss to Chatham in the second qualifying round.
Both Crouch End and the Vampires featured in the first ever season of the London League in 1895–96, finishing fifth and sixth respectively. In the Vampires' first ever London League game on 19 September 1895 they lost to Thames Ironworks 0–3.
In 1897, Crouch End merged with the Vampires, who were based in Norbury, and were renamed Crouch End Vampires.
On 6 October 1900, the club beat London Welsh 3–0 in the first qualifying round of the 1900–01 FA Cup, but failed to beat Civil Service in the next round. The following year, 1901–02, they played London Welsh again, running out as 0–1 winners in the preliminary round. They beat Fulham 4–2 in the first qualifying round, and overcame Willesden Town 3–1 in the second. They fell to Queens Park Rangers in the third qualifying round 2–0 on 2 November 1901. In the 1902–03 FA Cup, they beat West Hampstead 6–1 in the first qualifying round, but failed to beat Fulham in the second.
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