Surbiton F.C.

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rdf:langString Surbiton Football Club was a short-lived English association football club based in the London suburb of Surbiton, founded by members of Kingston Rowing Club. It was a founder member of the Football Association. Surbiton F.C. was represented by Theodore Bell (1840–1923), formerly captain of football at Uppingham School, at the 'Meeting of the Captains' at the Freemasons' Tavern on 26 October 1863 (Bell may also have 'doubled up' and represented both Surbiton and Dingley Dell F.C.). The club's first recorded football match against external opposition was a 0-0 draw at home to Dingley Dell on 15 February 1862. As this match pre-dated the foundation of the Football Association, it was played with ten men per side to the rules set out by the Dingley Dell club, which banned the carrying of the ball, and in which goals were scored by kicking the ball under a tape. At the end of the 1861–62 season, the club changed its name Kingston F.C., but appears to have played only one external match under that name, a 1–0 win against Dingley Dell in November 1862. By the time the club was a founder member of the FA, it had changed its name back to Surbiton, but does not seem to have played a match under the FA laws.