Charles Caborn

Charles John Caborn (born 1856) was an English footballer who played for Nottingham Forest.^[1] He was educated at Nottingham High School.^[2]

Charles Caborn

Personal information
Full name	Charles John Caborn
Date of birth	25 October 1856
Place of birth	Nottingham
Position(s)	Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Nottingham Castle
1878-1888	Nottingham Forest
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Caborn played for Nottingham Castle FC and captained them from 1876. He moved to Forest when the Castle club disbanded in 1878.^[2]

Caborn was a back for Nottingham Forest and made 32 FA Cup appearances as well as in many friendly games.^[1] There was no league in these seasons. He appeared in the first known photograph of Nottingham Forest for the season 1878-79.^[1]

His first known appearance was on 14 October 1878 in a friendly against Stoke and made his competitive debut in Forest's first-ever FA Cup 1st Round against Notts County.^[1]

He played in the Nottingham Forest side that are the only English team to play an FA Cup Semi-Final in Scotland when they played Queens Park in Edinburgh in the 1885.^[1]