Lancing Old Boys F.C.
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| Full name | Lancing Old Boys Football Club | |
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| Nicknames | the LOBs, the Wizards, the Lobsters;[1] originally the Lancians[2] | |
| Founded | 1877 | |
| Ground | Kingston University Sports Ground, Tolworth | |
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Lancing Old Boys is an amateur association football club, based in Tolworth, for the former pupils of Lancing College.
The club was founded in 1877, the college's most notable former footballing pupils being Charles Wollaston, who had previously won the FA Cup with the Wanderers five times, and who later played for the Old Boys. Jarvis Kenrick, scorer of the first-ever goal in the FA Cup and also a Cup winner, Edgar Field and Reginald Birkett who both played in FA Cup Finals for Clapham Rovers, and who were both capped for England, with Birkett also scoring England Rugby's first international try. Cuthbert Brisley also deserves a mention scoring 64 goals in 86 games for the Corinthian Casuals including a hat-trick in the first AFA Senior Cup Final in 1908.
The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, beating Barnes 7–1 away in the first round, scoring five times in the second half.[3] The club lost 6–1 to Brentwood in the second round; Bates, the goalkeeper for the original tie, was playing as a back in the second round, and, after the third goal went in, was swapped around with the replacement goalkeeper Brown, to no avail.[4]
The club's entry for the following year was rejected for being received too late[5] (in a friendly played instead, the club lost 12–0 to the Swifts[6]) but returned in 1887–88, losing 4–2 in the first round to the Old Etonians.[7]
With the advance of professional football, the club's last FA Cup entry was in 1888–89, losing to Old St Mark's in the second qualifying round,[8] although the club notably beat Millwall Rovers 4–0 in the first.[9] The club retreated to the old boy competitions, and has had considerable success in the Arthurian League and the Arthur Dunn Cup, particularly in the 1980s, when they won the League and Cup double in three consecutive years.
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The club originally played in Surbiton, using the Spread Eagle public house for facilities.[14]