Stafford Road F.C.


Stafford Road were an English association football club founded in 1876, that are now defunct. The club was connected to the Stafford Road railway works in Wolverhampton, then-Staffordshire.

History

The club was founded by the works manager Charles Crump and were noted as the strongest team in Wolverhampton until the formation of Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1877. They competed in the FA Cup on eight occasions between 1879 and 1888.
Their full results were as follows:
1879–80 – Rd 1 Wednesbury Strollers won 2–0, Rd 2 Aston Villa drew 1–1, replay Aston Villa lost 1–3
1880–81 – Rd 1 Spilsby won 7–0, Rd 2 Grantham drew 1–1, replay Grantham won 7–1, Rd 3 Bye, Rd 4 Aston Villa won 3–2, Rd 5 Old Etonians lost 1–2
1881–82 – Rd 1 Wednesbury Strollers lost 1–3
1882–83 – Rd 1 Small Heath Alliance drew 3–3, replay Small Heath Alliance won 6–2, Rd 2 Walsall Town lost 1–4
1883–84 – Rd 1 Aston Unity won 5–1, Rd 2 Aston Villa lost 0–5
1884–85 – Rd 1 Walsall Swifts drew 0–0, replay Walsall Swifts lost 0–2
1885–86 – Rd 1 Matlock won 7–0, Rd 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers lost 2–4
1886–87 – did not compete
1887–88 – Rd 1 Great Bridge Unity won 2–1, replay Great Bridge Unity drew 1–1, 2nd replay Great Bridge Unity withdrew.
They produced an England international in Dickie Baugh, who became Stafford Road's only ever international when he played in a 6–1 win against Ireland on 13 March 1886. Baugh later joined the town's professional side Wolverhampton Wanderers, as did several other notable Stafford Road players including his son Dickie Baugh and Billy Annis.
The date of the club's dissolution is unclear, but they are known to have survived into the 1920s at least. The railway works that the football club were associated with closed in 1964.