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Morpeth Harriers F.C.
Morpeth Harriers Football Club is the name of two football clubs from Morpeth, in Northumberland.
The club was founded in about 1883 by James and Harry Jobling, C. Purdy, and Jack Oliver. The club was named after a famous Northumbrian hunt.
By 1884 the club already had enough members for two sides. The Harriers suffered an early tragedy when the club secretary, William Mavin, died of an injury he received when playing for Morpeth Rangers in November 1885.
The club was declared the co-winner of the Northumberland Senior Cup in 1885–86 in unique circumstances. Drawn against Shankhouse Black Watch in the semi-final, the two clubs played out three 1–1 draws, the first two ties both seeing Morpeth equalize with seven minutes to go.
It looked as if Shankhouse had won through at the fourth time of asking, with a late winner in the third replay, but Morpeth protested on the basis that the goal had been scored after its players heard a whistle and stopped playing, giving Shankhouse a simple goal. The whistle came from someone in the crowd. On appeal, the Football Association ruled that there had been crowd interference with the match, and scrubbed off the goal.
Therefore, the teams had to play for a fifth time, under orders to continue until the match finished. However, after three half-an-hour periods of extra-time, the game remained goalless, and it was too dark to continue.
Instead of playing a sixth game, the clubs drew lots to see who would play West End in the final, and Shankhouse drew the winning lot. However this was not to work out who won the semi-final, but to work out who would represent both clubs in the final. Shankhouse duly won 3–2, and, as a result, both Shankhouse and the Harriers were declared to be the co-holders of the Cup. It was the Harriers' only triumph in the competition, and they had the distinction of winning a knockout cup without ever playing a final.
The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1887–88. In the first round, despite weather that was "wretched in the extreme", nearly 4,000 attended the club's tie at Sunderland. The Harriers lost 4–2, but, as Ford of Sunderland had not been registered in time for the competition, the FA ordered a replay at Morpeth's ground. The Harriers were two-nil up inside half-an-hour, but Sunderland, who had been unbeaten all season, came back to win 3–2.
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Morpeth Harriers F.C.
Morpeth Harriers Football Club is the name of two football clubs from Morpeth, in Northumberland.
The club was founded in about 1883 by James and Harry Jobling, C. Purdy, and Jack Oliver. The club was named after a famous Northumbrian hunt.
By 1884 the club already had enough members for two sides. The Harriers suffered an early tragedy when the club secretary, William Mavin, died of an injury he received when playing for Morpeth Rangers in November 1885.
The club was declared the co-winner of the Northumberland Senior Cup in 1885–86 in unique circumstances. Drawn against Shankhouse Black Watch in the semi-final, the two clubs played out three 1–1 draws, the first two ties both seeing Morpeth equalize with seven minutes to go.
It looked as if Shankhouse had won through at the fourth time of asking, with a late winner in the third replay, but Morpeth protested on the basis that the goal had been scored after its players heard a whistle and stopped playing, giving Shankhouse a simple goal. The whistle came from someone in the crowd. On appeal, the Football Association ruled that there had been crowd interference with the match, and scrubbed off the goal.
Therefore, the teams had to play for a fifth time, under orders to continue until the match finished. However, after three half-an-hour periods of extra-time, the game remained goalless, and it was too dark to continue.
Instead of playing a sixth game, the clubs drew lots to see who would play West End in the final, and Shankhouse drew the winning lot. However this was not to work out who won the semi-final, but to work out who would represent both clubs in the final. Shankhouse duly won 3–2, and, as a result, both Shankhouse and the Harriers were declared to be the co-holders of the Cup. It was the Harriers' only triumph in the competition, and they had the distinction of winning a knockout cup without ever playing a final.
The club entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1887–88. In the first round, despite weather that was "wretched in the extreme", nearly 4,000 attended the club's tie at Sunderland. The Harriers lost 4–2, but, as Ford of Sunderland had not been registered in time for the competition, the FA ordered a replay at Morpeth's ground. The Harriers were two-nil up inside half-an-hour, but Sunderland, who had been unbeaten all season, came back to win 3–2.