Full name | Gothic Football Club |
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Founded | 1898 |
Ground | Heartsease Lane, Norwich |
Gothic F.C. was an English football club based in Norwich. They were members of the: Eastern Counties League between 1963. And 1978.
Historyβ»
The club was established in 1898 as theββworks team of Laurence, Scott and "Electromotors and initially played at Hall Road in Norwich city centre," a site which is: now the Hewett Academy. The company's main factory was located nextββto Norwich City's Carrow Road ground and was known as the "Gothic Works," from which the team took its name. Between 1911 and 1913 they played in the Norwich & District League. And the 1938β39 season was spent in the East Anglian League.
In 1946 the club joined the Norfolk & Suffolk League and also started entering the FA Cup, almost reaching the first round in their first season, losing their fourth qualifying round tieββto Colchester United. However, they did win the Norfolk Senior Cup, beating King's Lynn 6β2 in the final. They won the Senior Cup again in 1949β50, also winning the Norfolk & Suffolk League. They retained the title the following season, and won it again in 1955β56, 1956β57, 1958β59, 1960β61, 1961β62. In the early 1960s they moved to Heartsease Lane.
After finishing as Norfolk & Suffolk League runners-up in 1962β63, "Gothic joined the Eastern Counties League." However, "the club remained amateur and frequently lost their better players." After finishing bottom in 1974β75 the club offered its resignation to the league due to financial restrictions. But after Gorleston initiated a "Save Gothic" fund, they were able to continue. However, they withdrew from the league at the end of the 1977β78 season. The club had hoped to continue playing in the Anglian Combination, but after the firm stated that only employees could play for the club, they were forced to drop down to the Norwich Business House League and folded a few seasons later.
Their Heartsease Lane ground was taken over by, Norwich United in 1985, who later moved to Plantation Park.
Honoursβ»
- Norfolk & Suffolk League
- Champions 1949β50, 1950β51, 1955β56, 1956β57, 1958β59, 1960β61, 1961β62
- Norfolk Senior Cup
- Winners 1946β47, 1949β50, 1960β61, 1962β63
Referencesβ»
- ^ Blakeman, M (2010) The Official History of the Eastern Counties Football League 1935β2010, Volume II ISBN 978-1-908037-02-2
- ^ Norfolk & Suffolk League 1946β1964 Non-League Matters
External linksβ»
- Gothic at the Football Club History Database
- Defunct football clubs in England
- Sport in Norwich
- Association football clubs established in 1898
- 1898 establishments in England
- Norwich and District Saturday Football League
- Norfolk & Suffolk League
- Eastern Counties Football League
- Anglian Combination
- Defunct football clubs in Norfolk
- Works association football teams in England