Greenhalgh's F.C.
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| Full name | Greenhalgh's Football Club | |
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| Nickname | Halghs | |
| Founded | 1870 | |
| Dissolved | 1894 | |
| Ground | Field Mill | |
| Secretary | E. H. Greenhalgh, A. O. Scroft | |
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Greenhalgh's Football Club was a 19th-century English football club based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
The club was founded by E. H. Greenhalgh, a former Notts County back,[1] in the 1870s; the club claimed a foundation date of 1870,[2] which may have been when the workers at Greenhalgh's factory started playing football, and vice-chairman W. Day in 1892 claimed to have been a member for over 40 years.[3] Certainly the factory's first athletic event took place in 1873[4] and a Greenhalgh's football club was playing other sides under Sheffield rules by 1874.[5]
The club was originally formally called Greenhalgh & Sons, and in the 1890s Greenhalghs Incorporated,[6] but was usually known as Greenhalgh's.
The club was a member of the Midland League for the 1893–94 season, finishing 5th out of 11. On 7 May 1894 the club voted to amalgamate with Mansfield Town (not connected to the current club) to form Mansfield F.C., with both grounds initially being retained.[7] The aftermath saw the club's committee being sued for the club's outstanding debts, for which all committee members were held liable.[8]
