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Peterborough City F.C.
Peterborough City F.C. was an English football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. HistoryThe club was founded in 1906,[1] and at its first annual general meeting reported a profit of just over £3 on a turnover of £310; the total weekly player wage was £3 per week.[2] It played one season in the Southern League, in 1909–10. It entered the FA Cup a number of times in the 1910s; it reached fourth qualifying round - one before the main draw, and the equivalent of the second round in 2024–25 - three times, but never made the main draw.[3] The club was struggling for finance in 1914, and had to withdraw from the Eastern League to join the Central Alliance.[4] The effects of the First World War caused the club to disband in 1916.[5] A new club, with the same name and colours, playing at the White Hart ground[6] in New England,[7] was founded in 1923, and it took part in the 1923–24 FA Cup and Northants League.[8] However it disbanded in November 1923, failing to attract support in the shadow of Peterborough & Fletton United.[9] ColoursThe club wore amber and black jerseys[10] with white knickers and black socks.[11] GroundThe club originally played at the Old Town Cricket Ground,[12] later moving to Midland Road.[13] See alsoReferences
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