Wanderers F.C.
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Wanderers Football Club was an English association football club. It was founded as "Forest Football Club" in 1859 in Leytonstone. In 1864, it changed its name to "Wanderers", a reference to it never
The ground at Leyton Flats, Epping Forest (pictured in 2019), where the Forest Club played its earliest football
The only known photo of the team, taken in 1863 when the club was still known as Forest F.C.
The second FA Cup trophy, pictured here, is identical in design to that won by Wanderers. The original trophy was stolen in 1895 and never recovered
The programme from Wanderers' match away to Queen's Park in October 1875
Reginald Courtenay Welch
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Reginald Courtenay Welch was an English footballer, a key figure in the early years of the sport. He played for the Wanderers in the FA Cup Finals of 1872 and 1873, and also played for England in the
Reginald Courtenay Welch at Harrow, c. 1868
