Clay Cross Town F.C. was the name of an English football club based in

Clay Cross Clay Cross is a town and a civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. It is a former industrial and mining town, about south of Chesterfield. It is directly on the A61. Surrounding settlements include North W ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the no ...

History

The club was formed in the 1870s and competed in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competit ...

on three occasions in the 1890s before folding. They were the first of three prominent clubs to take the name of Clay Cross Town,

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was formed in 1909, and

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in 2010.

Records

** 2nd qualifying round – 1893–94

References

Defunct football clubs in Derbyshire Defunct football clubs in England Association football clubs established in 1874 Association football clubs disestablished in 1896 {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub