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105th Regiment F.C.

Former association football club in England

Field	Value
clubname	105th Regiment F.C.
fullname	105th Regiment Football Club
nickname	Light Bobs
founded	1874
dissolved	1881
ground	regimental barracks
mgrtitle	Secretary
manager	Lt. F. C. Cooper
pattern_la1	_red_hoops	pattern_b1=_redhoops	pattern_ra1=_red_hoops	leftarm1=e8e275	body1=e8e275	rightarm1=e8e275	shorts1=	socks1=ff0000

105th Regiment Football Club (also known as the 103rd Light Infantry) was an English association football club in the 19th century, made up of soldiers with the 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry).

History

The club's first match was in 1874 under the Sheffield rules as the regiment was stationed in Sheffield at the time; however the club adopted association laws the same season.

It competed in some of the first stagings of the Football Association Challenge Cup, entering the competition between 1875 and 1878, winning one tie. Unlike the Royal Engineers, the Light Bobs allowed "other ranks" to represent the regiment, and the scorers in its 3–0 win over the 1st Surrey Rifles in the 1876–77 FA Cup included a Private Morris and Lance Corporal Ford.

The club remained a member of the Football Association until 1880, but a merger in 1881 into the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ended the club's existence.

Seasons

1875–76

1876–77

1877–78

1878–79

Colours

The club wore red and buff "stripes", which, at the time, referred to hoops.

Ground

The club played its home matches at its barracks, wherever it was based:

1874–75: Sheffield
1875–76: Aldershot
1876–78: Colchester

References

(20 November 1875). "105th Regiment 0-0 Crystal Palace". The Field.
(28 November 1874). "Crookes 2–0 105th Infantry". Sporting Life.
(1875). "Football Annual". Virtue.
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(18 November 1876). "105th Regiment 3-0 First Surrey Rifles". The Field.
(1880). "Football Annual". Cricket Press.
(27 November 1875). [https://books.google.com/books?id=4zwOHUzX8E4C&pg=PA206 Athletic Sports], ''Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'', p. 206 col. 2 (reports of matches against Crystal Palace)
(18 November 1876). "105th Regiment 3-0 First Surrey Rifles". The Field.
(12 November 1877). "103rd Light Infantry 0-2 Old Harrovians". The Sportsman.
The regiment had moved to [[Guernsey]] in May 1878 and could not fulfil the fixture: Essex County Standard, 24 May 1878, page 8.
(1877). "Football Annual". Cricket Press.
(1875). "Football Annual". Virtue.
(1876). "Football Annual". Cricket Press.
(1876). "Football Annual". Cricket Press.

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