Brynn Central F.C.
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| Full name | Brynn Central Football Club | |
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| Nickname | the Brynnites[1] | |
| Founded | 1900 | |
| Dissolved | 1908 | |
| Ground | Central Ground | |
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Brynn Central F.C. was an association football club from the village of Bryn, near Wigan, Lancashire, active in the early twentieth century. The football club's name had a different spelling to that of the village.
The earliest references to the club are from the 1900–01 season, when it joined the Lancashire Alliance.[2] It finished bottom but one in its first season, but in 1902–03 was runner-up.[3] It also won the Wigan Cup with a 3–1 win over Atherton Church House.[4]
The club joined the second division of the Lancashire Combination in 1903–04,[5] and remained in the competition for five seasons, finishing between 5th and 14th in a competition that contained between 18 and 20 clubs over the piece.[6] It also entered the FA Cup over the same period but only twice reached the second qualifying round.[7] As a second division side, it did not enter the Lancashire Senior Cup, competing in the Junior Cup instead, but without success.
The club's committee decided to convert the club into a limited liability company before the 1907–08 season,[8] However, at the end of 1908, the club was forced to disband because of a lack of financial support, with its league fixtures being taken over by Great Harwood.[9] The club's final match, at home to Glossop reserves on Christmas day, summed up the straits in which it had found itself; the gate was a mere £2,[10] the start was delayed by half-an-hour as the Brynn kit had been lost, the XI the club fielded was a "scratch" side of its remaining reserves, plus half-back Aspinall who was forced to play in goal, and the visitors won 8–0.[11] The club had taken only 1 point from its 12 league games.[12]
Colours
The club wore red and white stripes.[13]