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Hapton F.C.
Full nameHapton Football Club
Founded1893
Dissolved1900
GroundLee's Meadow
SecretaryT. Hodgson

Hapton F.C. was an association football club from the village of Hapton, Lancashire, active in the 19th century.

History

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The club was founded in 1893.[1] An earlier Hapton F.C. had played in the 1884–85 Lancashire Senior Cup, losing 2–1 to Golborne in the second round.[2]

Hapton's first league was the Burnley and District League, finishing as runner-up in 1894–95,[3] and in 1896 it joined the North-East Lancashire Combination.[4]

The club's greatest honour was winning the 1896–97 Lancashire Junior Cup, in a major shock, as it was the only time a club from the North-East Combination won the tournament, and Hapton had to play eight matches just to reach the final, starting off in the first qualifying rounds.[5] The semi-final, against Turton, had been niggly, the original match at Hapton ending in a draw,[6] but the replay also being played there as Turton had fielded an ineligible player[7] - before the replay Turton officials measured the pitch "amidst the derisive cheers of the Hapton supporters" in preparation for a futile protest.[8] The final, against Skerton in front of 6,000 at Deepdale, had a remarkable ending. In injury time, with Skerton 2–1 to the good, a Hapton corner deflected off the referee - Mr Watson of Accrington - and went over the line; Mr Watson gave the goal, although under the laws in place at the time, the goal should not have counted, as it had not been touched by another player.[9] The game went to extra-time, and in the second period, Hapton's Lomax bundled a rebound home to claim the cup for the underdogs.[10] The triumph helped the club to return a £12 profit on income of £118.[11]

The club joined the Football Association in August 1897.[12] It entered the 1898–99 FA Cup qualifying rounds, but lost 5–0 away to South Shore in the preliminary round.[13] The following season it lost 3–2 at home to Oswaldtwistle Rovers at the same stage, having led for most of the match, but being undone by a winner right at the end of extra-time.[14]

Hapton finished one off the bottom of the North-East Lancashire Combination in 1899–1900, albeit it had also been ahead of two other clubs late in the season (Barnoldswick and Earby) who withdrew before completing their fixtures.[15] It did not however enter the competition for the following season, and a 9–1 defeat to Chorley St George's in the first round of the Junior Cup at the start of 1901[16] appears to have been the club's last match of any note, future Junior Cup entries being made by Hapton Church.[17]

Colours

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The club's regular colour was red; in the Junior Cup final, because of a clash with Skerton's colours, Hapton wore pale blue, while Skerton wore Preston North End's colours.[18]

Ground

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The club played at Lee's Meadow.[19]

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "Football concert". Burnley Express: 6. 25 November 1899.
  2. ^ "Association". Liverpool Daily Post: 7. 8 November 1884.
  3. ^ "Local talent on "The Turf"". Burnley Express: 4. 3 April 1895.
  4. ^ "Football fixtures". Lancashire Evening Post: 4. 11 September 1896.
  5. ^ "Lancashire Junior Cup". Wigan Examiner: 4. 23 September 1896.
  6. ^ "A hard game at Hapton". Burnley Gazette: 4. 10 March 1897.
  7. ^ "Notes on sport". Burnley Express: 6. 13 March 1897.
  8. ^ "Hapton enter the final". Burnley Gazette: 5. 17 March 1897.
  9. ^ "Scored off the referee". Lancashire Evening Post: 2. 12 October 1901.
  10. ^ "Lancashire Junior Cup Final". Lancaster Observer and Morecambe Chronicle: 3. 26 March 1897.
  11. ^ "Football club". Burnley Gazette: 5. 22 May 1897.
  12. ^ "Football Association". Liverpool Echo: 3. 7 August 1897.
  13. ^ "English Cup preliminary round". Lancashire Evening Post: 3. 17 September 1898.
  14. ^ "Exciting Cup tie at Hapton". Burnley Express: 5. 27 September 1899.
  15. ^ "North-east Lancashire Combination". Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer and Clitheroe Division News: 6. 20 April 1900.
  16. ^ "Football". Burnley Express: 4. 9 January 1901.
  17. ^ "Lancashire Cup - first qualifying round". Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer and Clitheroe Division News: 6. 12 September 1902.
  18. ^ "Lancashire Junior Cup - final tie". Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser: 2. 26 March 1897.
  19. ^ "Hapton v Nelson 2nd". Burnley Express: 4. 10 October 1894.
  20. ^ Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club 1882–2007. p. 69.