# Croydon Common F.C.
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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Croydon Common
| fullname = Croydon Common Football Club
| nickname = The Robins[{{cite book |last= Twydell |first= Dave |title= Football League Grounds For A Change |year= 1991 |isbn= 0-9513321-4-7 |page=121}}]
| founded = 1897
| dissolved = 1917
| ground = [Croydon Common Athletic Ground](/source/Croydon_Common_Athletic_Ground), [London](/source/London)
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'''Croydon Common Football Club''' was an [amateur](/source/Amateur_sports) and, later on, [professional](/source/Professional_sports) [football](/source/association_football) [club](/source/Football_team) based in [Croydon](/source/Croydon).
==History==
The team formed in [1897](/source/1897_in_association_football) as an amateur church team competing in local leagues. They turned professional in 1907, joining the [Southern League Second Division](/source/Southern_Football_League). A final place of third was achieved despite the stand at the Crescent being burnt down.
A move was made to the Nest (future home of [Crystal Palace](/source/Crystal_Palace_F.C.)) in 1908 where promotion to the [Southern League First Division](/source/Southern_Football_League) was achieved. In the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup), [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) members [Bradford Park Avenue](/source/Bradford_Park_Avenue_A.F.C.) were beaten and [Woolwich Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) taken to a replay before final defeat.
An immediate return was made to the Second Division after finishing second from bottom. At the new ground another main stand was damaged; the roof being removed in a gale.
Seasons of mid to high table finishes then followed until the [1913–14 season](/source/1913-14_in_English_football) when the championship was achieved again with only two defeats.
Again, Common's stay in the First Division resulted in a second from bottom placing. Relegation was not experienced due to the suspension of the League during [World War I](/source/World_War_I). In 1917 the club was finally wound up, the only First Division club not to return to action after the War.
==Players==
*[Dick Allman](/source/Dick_Allman): [Reading](/source/Reading_F.C.), [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.), [Plymouth Argyle](/source/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C.), [Stoke](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.), [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.), [Burslem Port Vale](/source/Port_Vale_F.C.), [Leicester Fosse](/source/Leicester_City_F.C.) and [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.)
*[Arthur Box](/source/Arthur_Box): [Birmingham City](/source/Birmingham_City_F.C.), Stoke and Burslem Port Vale goalkeeper
*[William Balmer](/source/William_Balmer): [England](/source/England_national_football_team) and [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.)
*[Harold Dawson](/source/Harry_Dawson_(association_footballer)): [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) and [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool_F.C.)
*[Bob Evans](/source/Bob_Evans_(footballer_born_1881)): [Wales](/source/Wales_national_football_team) and [Blackburn Rovers](/source/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C.)
*[Dave Gardner](/source/Dave_Gardner_(footballer)): [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team), [West Ham United](/source/West_Ham_United_F.C.)
*[Harry Hadley](/source/Harry_Hadley): England and [Aston Villa](/source/Aston_Villa_F.C.)
*[Jack Harrow](/source/Jack_Harrow): England and [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.)
* [Ted Price](/source/Ted_Price_(footballer)): [Stockport County](/source/Stockport_County_F.C.) and [Queens Park Rangers](/source/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C.) goalkeeper
*[Sandy Tait](/source/Sandy_Tait): [1901 FA Cup Final](/source/1901_FA_Cup_Final) winner with [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.)
*[Ernie Williamson](/source/Ernest_Williamson): England and Arsenal
*[Sam Wolstenhome](/source/Sam_Wolstenholme_(footballer)): England, Everton and Blackburn Rovers
==Records==
*Most appearances: [Percy Barnfather](/source/Percy_Barnfather), 286[{{cite book|title=When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War|first=Andrew|last=Riddoch|author2=Kemp, John|publisher=Haynes Publishing|page=327|isbn=978-0-85733-103-8|year=2011}}]
*Most goals: [Percy Barnfather](/source/Percy_Barnfather), 88