1885–86 Millwall Rovers F.C. season

Millwall Rovers 1885–86 football season
Millwall Rovers
1885–86 season
ChairmanJasper Sexton
ManagerCommittee
StadiumGlengall Road
Top goalscorerLeague: None
All: Unknown
Highest home attendanceUnknown
Lowest home attendanceUnknown
Home colours
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This is the first season of Millwall Rovers, the club that was to become Millwall. The club's first match was against Fillebrook FC on 3 October 1885.

Background

The first Millwall Rovers kit, worn by club secretary Jasper Sexton in 1885.[1]

Millwall Rovers were formed by the workers of J.T. Morton's canning and preserve factory in the Millwall area of the Isle of Dogs in London's East End in 1885.[2] First founded in Aberdeen in 1849 to supply sailing ships with food, the company opened their first English cannery and food processing plant at Millwall docks in 1872 and attracted a workforce from across the country, including the east coast of Scotland, primarily Dundee.[2]

The club secretary was seventeen-year-old Jasper Sexton,[3] the son of the landlord of The Islander pub in Tooke Street where Millwall held their meetings. Millwall Rovers' first fixture was on 3 October 1885 against Fillebrook, a team that played in Leytonstone. The newly formed team were well beaten 5–0.[2]

Season summary

Club secretary Jasper Sexton submitted to the Football Annual the following record, of played 24, won 17, drawn 3 and lost 4. Goals 45 for and 28 against.[3] After the away loss to Fillebrook, their first home game was against St Luke's, which they won 2-1.[3] They won their next five games, then a draw, a defeat and four more wins.

Squad

  • Duncan Hean[3]
  • Patrick Holahan[3]

Kit

Navy blue shirts and white trousers. The initials of the club MRFC were embroidered on the shirt.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Millwall Historical Kits". Historical Football Kits. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Lindsay. Millwall: A Complete Record, 1885–1991. p. 8.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Tarrant. Millwall: The Complete Record. p. 8.
Bibliography
  • Lindsay, Richard (1991). Millwall: A Complete Record, 1885–1991. Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 0-907969-94-1.
  • Tarrant, Eddie; Richard Lindsay (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. ISBN 1-85983-833-2.


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