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105th Regiment Football Club (also known as the 103rd Light Infantry) was an English
association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
club in the 19th century, whose home ground was the regimental barracks wherever the regiment was stationed. The club's first match was in 1874 under the
Sheffield rules The Sheffield Rules was a code of football devised and played in the English city of Sheffield between 1858 and 1877. The rules were initially created and revised by Sheffield Football Club, with responsibility for the laws passing to the S ...
as the regiment was stationed in
Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...
at the time. After the 1874–75 season the regiment was moved to
Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alde ...
and the club adopted
Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
. It competed in some of the first stagings of the Football Association Challenge Cup, entering the competition between 1875 and 1878.


Seasons


1875–76


1876–77


1877–78


1878–79


References

{{Reflist Defunct football clubs in England Military football clubs in England Association football clubs established in 1874