Loughborough F.C.
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Loughborough F.C. are an English football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire. The club play their home matches at the Derby Road Sports Ground, which has a capacity of 1,000 (30 seated, 970 standing). They are currently in the North Leicestershire Football League's Premier Division.
They are not the same club as the original Loughborough F.C., who briefly played in The Football League at the end of the 19th century.
[edit] History
The original Loughborough F.C. started life as Loughborough Town F.C., and joined the Midland League in 1891. In 1895 the club were crowned champions, and elected to the Second Division of the Football League. Upon joining the League, the club dropped Town from its name, and were known simply as Loughborough F.C.
The club struggled in the Second Division, never finishing higher than 12th (out of 16). In 1900 the club finished bottom of the League, conceding 100 goals in 34 games, winning only a single game and collecting only 8 points of a possible 68, arguably the worst record in the history of the League - only Doncaster Rovers have an equally low points record, set in 1904/05, but they had a somewhat better goal average.
After dropping out of the League, the club were accepted back into the Midland League, but did not compete, and subsequently disappeared from existence.
Since then, there have been another two Loughborough F.C.s. The first came into existence in 1988, when Loughborough J.O.L. (formerly Thorpe Acre Hallam F.C.) changed their name to Loughborough F.C. The club competed in the Central Midlands League, but left and apparently folded in 1990.
In 2001, the name Loughborough F.C. reappeared again when Loughborough Athletic F.C., who had a history dating back to 1894, changed their name to Loughborough F.C. The club were members of the Midland Football Combination, but resigned from the league in the summer of 2006, stepping down to the North Leicestershire Football League.
