Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C.

Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C. was a football club based in Shrewbury, England. The club are recorded as playing their home games at the Racecourse at Monkmoor.^[1]

Shrewsbury Castle Blues

Full name	Shrewsbury Castle Blues Football Club
Nickname(s)	Castle Blues
Founded	c. 1877
Dissolved	April 1886
Ground	Racecourse Ground, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury
Home colours

History

Castle Blues were formed around 1877 by grammar school old boys, and initially played at Sutton Lane.^[2][3] In 1881 the Shrewsbury Engineers were amalgamated into the club.^[4]

The club entered the Welsh Cup in 1881–82, and again in 1884–85, and 1885–86.^[5]

The club were a very rough team and were forced to disband by the Birmingham FA in April 1886.^[3] The club ceased to exist in that month and was absorbed into Shrewsbury Town when they were reformed in May 1886.^[6][7]

On 27 September 1884, a match versus Aston Villa was abandoned 1–1 after all the match balls were burst possibly on purpose by the home team players and home supporters.^{[citation needed]}

Cup History

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1881-82	Welsh Cup[8]	First Round	Welshpool Warriors	1-0
		Second Round	Aberystwyth	1-3
1882-83	Shropshire Senior Cup	Final	Oswestry	1-2[9]
1883-84	Shropshire Senior Cup	Final	Wellington Town
		Final Replay		0-1[9]
1884-85	Welsh Cup[10]	First Round	Ellesmere	8-1
		Second Round	Newtown	1-2
	Shropshire Senior Cup	Final	Wellington Town
		Final Replay 1
		Final Replay 2		2-1[9]
1885-86	Welsh Cup[11]	First Round	Trefonen	6-0
		Second Round	Llanfyllin	3-0
		Third Round	Newtown	1-1
		Third Round Replay		0-2
	Shropshire Senior Cup[12]	First Round	Wellington Town	1-1
		First Round Replay		0-1

Honours

Cups

• Shropshire Senior Cup^[9]

Winners (1): 1885

Runner Up (2): 1883, 1884

Notable players

• Clopton Lloyd-Jones - 1880 FA Cup winner with Clapham Rovers^[13]