# Alexander F.C.

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dissolved = 1884|
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chrtitle = Secretary |
  chairman =  George Given<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alexander Football Club (Irish Association rules) |journal=Belfast News-Letter |date=15 September 1881 |page=5}}</ref>|
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'''Alexander Football Club''' is a former Irish [football](/source/Association_football) club from [Limavady](/source/Limavady), [County Londonderry](/source/County_Londonderry). 

==History==

It was founded in 1880 by members of the Alexander Cricket Club,<ref>''Belfast Newsletter'', 12 October 1880</ref> and was the first club to play in the town.  Its earliest demonstration of the game to the public was between XIs chosen by the captain and secretary.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alexander Football Club (Scottish Association rules) |journal=Londonderry Sentinel |date=21 October 1880 |page=2}}</ref>

It was a founding member of the [Irish Football Association](/source/Irish_Football_Association), contributing to the purchase of the original [Irish Cup](/source/Irish_Cup).<ref>''Northern Whig'', 8 December 1884; ''Belfast Newsletter'', 12 October 1880</ref><ref>Malcolm Brodie (1980), ''100 Years of Irish Football'', Belfast: Blackstaff Press,</ref><ref>M. Brodie (1980) ''100 Years of Irish Football''. Belfast:Blackstaff Press</ref> The club played in the early years of the [Irish Cup](/source/Irish_Cup), its best run being to the semi-final in [1882–83](/source/1882%E2%80%9383_Irish_Cup), where the club was heavily beaten by [Cliftonville](/source/Cliftonville_F.C.).  Alexander was not helped by goalkeeper Rankin being injured trying to keep out the first goal after "some of his opponents leaped on him".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alexander (Limavady) v Cliftonville (Belfast) |journal=Derry Journal |date=2 May 1883 |page=5}}</ref>

After a contentious defeat to [Moyola Park](/source/Moyola_Park_F.C.) in the quarter-final of the [1883–84 Irish Cup](/source/1883%E2%80%9384_Irish_Cup), the club withdrew in protest from the association.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alexander Football Club |journal=Derry Journal |date=13 October 1884 |page=2}}</ref>  The withdrawal did not have any long-term effect, as, after the end of the season, Alexander merged with the [Limavady Wanderers](/source/Limavady_Wanderers_F.C.) club to form [Limavady F.C.](/source/Limavady_F.C.)<ref>''Northern Whig'', 8 December 1884</ref>

==Colours==

The club wore blue and white.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Belfast v Alexander (Irish association rules) |journal=Belfast News-Letter |date=18 October 1881 |page=8}}</ref>

==Ground==

The club played at Scroggy Park, later used by the merged club.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alexander Football Club (Scottish Association rules) |journal=Londonderry Sentinel |date=21 October 1880 |page=2}}</ref>

==Notable players==

Goalkeeper [James Rankin](/source/James_Rankin_(Irish_footballer)) earned an international cap while at the club.  Two others - [Orr Devine](/source/Oliver_Devine) and [Tom McLean](/source/Tom_McLean_(Irish_footballer)) - did so after the merger with the Wanderers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Limavady |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/club/11821/1883_1/Alexander_Limavady.html |website=National Football Teams |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Association football clubs established in 1880
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1884
Category:Defunct association football clubs in Northern Ireland
Category:Association football clubs in County Londonderry
Category:1880 establishments in Ireland
Category:1884 disestablishments in Ireland
Category:Founding members of the Irish Football Association
Category:Limavady

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