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{{short description| British Army officer}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= William Francis Howard Stafford
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1854|12|19|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Hansi]], India
|death_date= {{death date and age|1942|08|08|1854|12|19|df=yes}}
|death_place= [[Crowthorne]], Berkshire, England
|placeofburial= St. John the Baptist Church, Crowthorne
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= [[British Army]]
|serviceyears= 1873–1911, 1915–1918
|rank= [[Brigadier-General (British Army)|Brigadier-General]]
|unit= [[Royal Engineers]]
|commands= Commanding Royal Engineer, North-Western District Chief Engineer Southern Command Officer Commanding South Irish Coastal Defences
|awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|C.B.]]
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[[Brigadier-General (British Army)|Brigadier-General]] '''William Francis Howard Stafford''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB}} (19 December 1854 – 8 August 1942){{sfn|Warsop|2004|p=126}} was a [[British Army]] officer who served with the [[Royal Engineers]] in various campaigns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Towards the end of his career, he was in command of the South Irish coastal defences.<ref name="Times obituary">{{cite news |title=Brig.-General W.F.H. Stafford: Military Telegraph in the Second Afghan War |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1942-08-12/7/16.html#start%3D1941-12-31%26end%3D1943-01-01%26terms%3DWilliam%20Stafford%26back%3D/tto/archive/find/William+Stafford/w:1941-12-31%7E1943-01-01/1%26prev%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/William+Stafford/w:1941-12-31%7E1943-01-01/2%26next%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/William+Stafford/w:1941-12-31%7E1943-01-01/4 |accessdate=22 June 2020 |work=The Times |date=12 August 1942 |page=7}}</ref>

In his youth, he was a keen amateur sportsman and played [[Rugby union|rugby football]] for [[England national rugby union team|England]] against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in [[1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches|1874]] and [[association football]] for the [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.|Royal Engineers]], being on the winning side in the [[1875 FA Cup Final]].

==Family and education==
Stafford was born at [[Hansi]], in what is now the Indian state of [[Haryana]], on 19 December 1854 into a military family.{{sfn|Warsop|2004|p=126}} His father was William Joseph Fitzmaurice Stafford (c.1820–1887), a major-general in the [[Bengal Staff Corps]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rao |first1=C. Hayavadana |title=Stafford, Brigadier-General William Francis Haward |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_(1915)/Stafford,_Brigadier-General_William_Francis_Howard |website=Wikisource |publisher=[[The Indian Biographical Dictionary]] |accessdate=22 June 2020 |date=1915}}</ref> who was the son of Major-General John Stafford (1785–1846).<ref>{{cite web |title=A fine 'Looshai' expedition C.B. group of four awarded to Major-General William Joseph Fitzmaurice Stafford, Bengal Army |url= https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/lot-archive/results/201802/ |website=www.dnw.co.uk |publisher=[[Dix Noonan Webb]] |accessdate=28 June 2020 |date=5 July 2011}}</ref> John Stafford was the cousin of [[Berkeley Buckingham Stafford]] (1797–1847) ([[High Sheriff of Louth]] in 1828), the father of Sir [[Edward Stafford (politician)|Edward Stafford]] (1819–1901), who served three terms as the [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]].<ref name =genealogy/>

Stafford's mother, Emily Mary (c.1832–1909) was the daughter of Major Gavin Young, [[Judge Advocate General (India)|Judge Advocate General]] with the [[East India Company]].<ref name =genealogy>{{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=Bernard |first2=Arthur Charles|last2=Fox-Davies |title=A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland |date=1 Jan 1912 |page=656 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=diHHDwAAQBAJ&q=Gavin+Young&pg=PA656}}</ref>

William's two brothers also joined the Royal Engineers. Henry Laurence Caulfeild Howard Stafford (1859–1948) retired in 1909 with the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]]<ref>{{cite web |title=British Army Lists 1918 |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/416526757?xid=1022&xid=1945 |website=fold3.com |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |accessdate=30 June 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref> while their younger brother Edmund Hyde Boyle Whalley Howard Stafford (1868–1940) retired in 1912 as a [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref>{{cite web |title=British Army Lists 1918 |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/416526822?xid=1022&xid=1945|website=fold3.com |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |accessdate=30 June 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Stafford was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] from 1867 to 1871, before enrolling at the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]] in 1872.{{sfn|Warsop|2004|p=126}}

==Sporting career==
Stafford played [[Rugby union|rugby]] at both Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, before joining [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond Rugby Club]].{{sfn|Warsop|2004|p=126}} On 23 February 1874, aged 19 years 66 days,<ref>{{cite web |title=Youngest appearance |url=http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/player/youngest_appearance.html?id=1;type=team |website=stats.espnscrum.com |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref> he earned his only Rugby cap<ref>{{cite web |title=International Caps – Army players |url=https://www.armyrugbyunion.org.uk/aru-info/history/international-caps/ |publisher=The Army Rugby Union |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref> when he was selected to play for [[England national rugby union team|England]] against [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in [[1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches|the international match]] at [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]], which ended in a 1–0 victory for England.<ref>{{cite web |title=William Stafford |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/330.html |publisher=ESPN Rugby Union |accessdate=22 June 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Royal engineers 1875.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The Royal Engineers team of 1875. Stafford is third from the left in the back row.]]
On joining the Royal Engineers in 1873, Stafford commenced playing [[association football]], becoming a "resolute forward, working to the very last", although he was "a little too fond of a charge".{{sfn|Warsop|2004|p=126}} At this time, the [[Royal Engineers A.F.C.|Royal Engineers]] were among the top football teams in England, having reached the final of the [[1871–72 FA Cup|first FA Cup tournament]] in [[1872 FA Cup Final|1872]] and again [[1874 FA Cup Final|two years later]], finishing on both occasions as runners-up.{{sfn|Collett|2003|pp=527–528}} In the run to the [[1875 FA Cup Final|1875 final]], Stafford scored twice in the [[1874–75 FA Cup|early rounds]] in a 5–0 victory over [[Cambridge University A.F.C.|Cambridge University]] and in the next match, a 3–2 victory over [[Clapham Rovers F.C.|Clapham Rovers]]. This set up a hard-fought semi-final against [[Oxford University]] in which the Engineers emerged victorious with a 1–1 draw followed by a 1–0 victory in the replay,{{Sfn|Collett|2003|pages=527–528}} thus reaching the FA Cup Final for the third time in four years.{{sfn|Collett|2003|pp=527–528}}

In [[1875 FA Cup Final|the final]], played on 13 March 1875 at [[The Oval|Kennington Oval]], the Engineers met the [[Old Etonians F.C.|Old Etonians]]. The match was played in a strong gale and the Engineers spent most of the match against the gale, with the rules requiring ends to be changed after each goal. [[Alexander Bonsor]] scored for the Old Boys after 30 minutes followed by an equaliser from Capt [[Henry Renny-Tailyour|Renny-Tailyour]] within five minutes. Shortly after the equaliser, [[Richard Ruck|Lt. Ruck]] collided with [[Cuthbert Ottaway]] who was forced to leave the field with a serious ankle injury; in his absence, the Old Boys were regarded as fortunate to have held on for a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{cite web |title=FA Cup Final: 1875 |url=https://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1875.html |website=www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Warsop|2004|page=43}}

The replay was three days later; although the Engineers were able to field the same eleven as in the first match, the Etonians had to make four changes, losing the match 2–0, with both the Engineers' goals scored by Capt Renny-Tailyour.{{Sfn|Warsop|2004|pages=32–33}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The English Association Football Challenge Cup |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001421/18750319/052/0004?browse=False |accessdate=1 July 2020 |work=Montrose, Arbroath and Brechin Review |date=19 March 1875 |page=4}}</ref>{{ref|A|a}} At the third attempt, the Royal Engineers won their first, and only, FA Cup Final.{{sfn|Gibbons|2001|pages=44–45}}

Stafford was also a keen [[cricket]]er and played for the Royal Military Academy in 1873<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Military Academy Woolwich v I Zingari |url=http://cricket.data4sports.com/scorecard/759414.html |website=data4sports |accessdate=1 July 2020 |date=24 May 1873}}</ref> and for [[Norfolk County Cricket Club|Norfolk]] in 1889,{{sfn|Warsop|2004|p=126}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Norfolk County Cricket Club |url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/1202 |website=Lives of the First World war |publisher=Imperial War Museum |accessdate=1 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Norfolk v Marylebone Cricket Club |url=http://cricket.data4sports.com/scorecard/535109.html |publisher=data4sports |accessdate=1 July 2020 |date=29 August 1889}}</ref> as well as for the [[Royal Engineers Cricket Club|Royal Engineers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Free Foresters v. Royal Engineers |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1884/239/#zoom=z |accessdate=1 July 2020 |work=Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game |date=19 June 1884 |page=221}}</ref>

==Military career==
Stafford graduated from the Royal Military Academy after a year, when he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers from 29 April 1873.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 24029|date=28 October 1873|page=4734}} {{London Gazette|issue= 24355|date=18 August 1876|page=4596}}</ref> Stafford spent the first two years of his military service at [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]] before being sent to [[Roorkee]] in India in February 1876, to join the [[Bengal Sappers & Miners]].<ref name="Service records">{{cite web |title=WWO 25/3915 – Records of Service – Officers (Royal Engineers) |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4400778 |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |accessdate=2 July 2020}} (See Section 01, pages 45&46)</ref>

From late 1878, he served in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] when he was in command of the 6th (Field Telegraph) Company, Bengal Sappers & Miners with the 1st Division [[Peshawar Valley Field Force]], under Lieut.-General Sir [[Sam Browne|Samuel Browne]], until the end of the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War#First phase|first campaign]] in February 1879, during which he accompanied the expeditions to [[Maidanak, Afghanistan|Maidanak]] and the [[Lughman]] valley.<ref name="Shadbolt">{{cite book |last1=Shadbolt |first1=Sidney H. |title=Afghan Campaigns of 1878, 1880: Historical Division |date=23 Oct 2012 |publisher=Andrews UK |page=188 |isbn=9781781517390 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4K-BAAAQBAJ&q=Stafford&pg=PA188}}</ref> His company was responsible for laying field telegraphs, road making and fortifying posts on the lines of communication,<ref name="Shadbolt"/> including laying the first telegraph cables to [[Gandamak]] ahead of the advanced guard.<ref name="Times obituary" /> During the second campaign, he was assistant field engineer with the Khyber Line Force under Brigadier-General [[Charles George Arbuthnot|Charles Arbuthnot]],<ref name="Service records" /> when he took part in the advance to Kata Sang in late 1879, and in December was present at Pezwan during the disturbances there, before accompanying the [[Hesarak, Nangarhar|Hissarak valley]] expedition in April 1880.<ref name="Shadbolt"/> For his services in the Afghan War, Stafford was awarded the [[Afghanistan Medal (United Kingdom)|Afghanistan Medal]] and [[mentioned in dispatches]].<ref name="Service records" />

Stafford returned to Afghanistan with the Bengal Sappers & Miners in April 1881, as part of the Second Column of the [[Mahsud-Waziri Expedition (1881)|Mahsud-Waziri Expeditionary Force]] under the command of Brigadier-General [[John James Hood Gordon]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=J. |title=The Mahsud Waziri Expedition of 1881 |date=1884 |publisher=Government Central Branch Press |location=Simla |pages=80–81 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284401/page/n83/mode/2up}}</ref> This was an attempt to subdue the Waziri tribesman who had frequently attacked the British settlement at [[Tank, Pakistan|Tank]] close to the Indian border with Afghanistan, the "[[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North-West Frontier]]". For his services on the expedition, Stafford was again mentioned in despatches.<ref name="Service records" />

In October 1882, Stafford returned to England,<ref name="Service records" /> taking up the post of Assistant Instructor in Survey at the [[School of Military Engineering at Chatham]] in March 1883, despite still being a [[Subaltern (military)|subaltern]].<ref name="Times obituary" /> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 8 January 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 25431|date=9 January 1885|page=122}}</ref> He remained at the School of Military Engineering until March 1888, when he was posted to [[Colchester Garrison|Colchester]] for two years.<ref name="Service records" />

In April 1890, Stafford was posted to [[History of Egypt under the British#Veiled Protectorate (1882–1913)|Egypt]], remaining there until November 1894,<ref name="Service records" /> having been promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 13 November 1892,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 26347|date=22 November 1892|page=6583}}</ref> before a brief posting to Malta, returning to Chatham in March 1895. Over the next four years, he was posted to various bases across the British Isles, including serving at [[Curragh Camp|The Curragh]] in Ireland from October 1886 to January 1899.<ref name="Service records" />

Stafford was posted to South Africa in October 1899 to serve in the [[Second Boer War]], in command of the 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers,<ref name="Service records" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Watson |first1=Charles M. |title=History of the Corps of Royal Engineers |date=1934 |publisher=The Institute of Royal Engineers |page=80 |url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Corps-History-Vol-03.pdf |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref> where he participated in the advance on the Boer capital at [[Bloemfontein]], including the engagements at [[Battle of Poplar Grove|Poplar Grove]] and Karee Siding in March 1900,<ref name="Times obituary" /> after which he was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] from 14 April 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 27207|date=3 July 1900 |page=4123}} {{London Gazette|issue= 27224|date=28 August 1900 |page=5321}} {{London Gazette|issue= 27241|date=26 October 1900 |page=6548}}</ref> remaining in [[Transvaal Colony|the Transvaal]] until August 1902.<ref name="Service records" /> For his services during the operations in South Africa, Stafford was mentioned in despatches and received the [[Queen's South Africa Medal]] with three clasps, and the [[King's South Africa Medal]] with two clasps,<ref name="Service records" /><ref>{{cite web |title=A Boer War C.B. group of four awarded to Brigadier-General William Francis Howard Stafford, Royal Engineers |url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/past-catalogues/lot.php?auction_id=225&lot_uid=201804 |website=www.dnw.co.uk |publisher=Dix Noonan Webb |accessdate=4 July 2020 |date=5 July 2011}} {{cite web |title=A mounted group of four miniature dress medals attributed to Brigadier-General William Francis Howard, Royal Engineers |url=https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/past-catalogues/lot.php?auction_id=225&lot_uid=201805|website=www.dnw.co.uk |publisher=Dix Noonan Webb |accessdate=4 July 2020 |date=5 July 2011}}</ref> before being appointed a [[Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath]] (C.B.) on 26 June 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 11421|date=27 June 1902|page=649|city=Edinburgh}}</ref>

On his return to the UK, Stafford spent time in command of the Royal Engineers at [[Victoria Barracks, Cork]] from October 1902 to January 1903, and [[Chester]], as Commanding Royal Engineer, North-Western District<ref>{{cite news |title=War Department Contracts for Works, Repairs & Materials |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3605967 |accessdate=4 July 2020 |work=Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald |date=20 February 1903}}</ref> from January 1903 to April 1905,<ref name="Service records" /> receiving promotion to [[Brevet (military)|brevet-colonel]] on 10 February 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 27655|date=8 March 1904 |page=1543}}</ref> In April 1905, on completion of five years' service as a regimental Lieutenant-Colonel, Stafford was placed on half-pay.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 27788|date=28 April 1905 |page=3103}}</ref> He was restored to full pay on 8 August 1906, when he was appointed Chief Engineer for the [[Southern Command (United Kingdom)|Southern Command]] based at [[Salisbury]], gaining the temporary rank of [[Brigadier-General (British Army)|Brigadier-General]] on 5 October 1907.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 28066|date=4 October 1907 |page=6668}}</ref>

On 19 December 1911, Stafford retired<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 28563|date=19 December 1911 |page=9564}}</ref> and was awarded the honorary rank of brigadier-general on 5 October 1912 .<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 28650|date=4 October 1912 |page=7295}}</ref>

===First World War service===
Following the outbreak of the First World War, Stafford offered his services to the army, and on 6 June 1915, he was appointed Officer Commanding South Irish Coastal Defences, based at [[Victoria Barracks, Cork]], with the rank of brigadier-general.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 29221|date=6 July 1915 |page=6670|supp= y}}</ref> In April 1916, at the outset of the [[Easter Rising]]. Stafford was involved in an incident concerning [[Tomás Mac Curtain]], the commander of the [[Irish Volunteers]] in Cork, who had occupied the volunteer hall, which had been surrounded by British troops. Stafford appointed his aide-de-camp, Captain [[Wallace Dickie|F. W. Dickie]], to negotiate terms with Mac Curtain for the temporary surrender of his forces' weapons to enable the hall to be vacated. In the event, the arms were not returned but Mac Curtain was arrested and imprisoned.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Gerry |last2= O’Shea |first2=Brendan |title=Easter 1916 in Cork – Order, Counter-Order, and Disorder |journal=Defence Forces Review |date=2007 |pages=63–64 |url=https://www.military.ie/en/public-information/publications/defence-forces-review/defence-forces-review-2007.pdf |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=White |first1=Gerry |title=The standoff on Sheares St: Cork's 'Pain of Easter Week' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/analysis/the-standoff-on-sheares-st-corks-pain-of-easter-week-388505.html |work=Irish Examiner |accessdate=4 July 2020 |date=21 March 2016}}</ref>

On 26 July 1917, Stafford was graded for purposes of pay as a [[staff captain]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 30203|date=24 July 1917 |page=7593|supp= y}}</ref> and retired finally on 11 April 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 30661|date=30 April 1918 |page=5269|supp= y}}</ref>

==Marriage and children==
On 9 February 1884, at [[Holy Trinity Brompton|Holy Trinity Church, Brompton]], 29-year old William Stafford married 24-year old Edith Mary Culling Carr (1859–1931), the daughter of Francis Culling Carr-Gomm and his late wife, Jeanie.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marriages: Stafford-Carr |work=Homeward Mail from India, China and the East |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001712/18840214/083/0021?browse=False |accessdate=5 July 2020 |date=14 February 1884|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Edith's half-brother was [[Hubert Carr-Gomm]], who became [[Member of parliament|M.P.]] for [[Rotherhithe (UK Parliament constituency)|Rotherhithe]] in 1906.

The couple had four children:<ref name="genealogy" />
*Janet Elsie Howard (1885–1980)
*Lucy Edith Howard (1886–1966)
*Ursula Howard (1888–1982)
*John Howard (1890–1976)

John followed his father into the Royal Engineers, retiring with the rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/archive/frame/article/1976-07-27/24/4.html |accessdate=5 July 2020 |work=The Times |date=27 July 1976}}</ref> He was appointed [[O.B.E.]] in the [[1945 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37119 |date=14 June 1945 |supp=y |page=2942}}</ref>

==Death==
Stafford died at his home, "Thornbury" in [[Crowthorne]], Berkshire on 8 August 1942.<ref name="Times obituary" /> He was buried at St. John the Baptist Church, Crowthorne alongside his wife, Edith, who had died 11 years earlier.

==Notes==
*{{note|A|a}}Several modern sources claim that Stafford scored the second goal in the replay,{{sfn|Gibbons|2001|page=45}}{{sfn|Collett|2003|p=528}}<ref>{{cite web |title=History & Statistics: The English FA Cup |url=https://iffhs.de/posts/559 |publisher=[[IFFHS]] |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref> but no contemporaneous reports support this, most of which report that the ball crossed the line in a goalmouth scramble.{{Sfn|Warsop|2004|pages=32–33}} In his obituary in the ''Royal Engineers' Journal'' published in February 1922, the biographer credits Renny-Tailyour with both goals in the replay.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Memoirs: Col. H.W. Renny-Tailyour |journal=The Royal Engineers Journal |date=September 1920 |volume=XXXII |pages=123–125 |url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1920-September.pdf |accessdate=30 June 2020}} {{cite journal |title=The late Colonel H. W. Renny-Tailyour. |journal=The Royal Engineers Journal |date=February 1922 |volume=XXXIV |page=103 |url=https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/1922-February.pdf |accessdate=30 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |title= The Complete Record of the FA Cup|last= Collett|first= Mike |year= 2003|publisher= Sports Books|isbn=1-899807-19-5}}
*{{cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|title= Association Football in Victorian England – A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing|isbn= 1-84426-035-6}}
*{{cite book |last1=Warsop |first1=Keith |title=The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs |date=30 November 2004 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |isbn=978-1899468782 }}

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