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3 unusual facts about Old Castle Swifts F.C.


Old Castle Swifts F.C.

Old Castle Swifts Football Club, the first professional football club in Essex, was formed by Scottish shipowner Donald Currie in September 1892 as Castle Swifts Football Club.

One was soon located in fields beside Wakefield Street in East Ham, known as Temple Meadows, which lay in the grounds of Temple House, not far from East Ham railway station.

Their demise came in March 1895 when the club became bankrupt, with chairman Donald Currie no longer willing to bankroll the club.



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