Rovers Football Club was a Mexican
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
club based in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
, that played in the
Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association from 1912 to 1914.
History
The club was founded in 1912 by Percy Clifford and former members of the
British Club. However, the team was disbanded in 1916 as a result of World War One since most of the players were British and returned to Europe to fight the war.
Honours
Amateur
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Copa Tower: 1915–16
References
See also
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Football in Mexico
The most popular sport in Mexico is association football, known as wikt:fútbol, fútbol in Mexico. The top professional leagues in Mexico are Liga MX for men and Liga MX Femenil for women.
In Mexico, football became a professional men's spo ...
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Reforma Athletic Club
Reforma Athletic Club is a Mexican sports club based in Mexico City. The club is mostly known for its football team that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association from 1902 to 1915, prior to the creation of the first professio ...
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Albinegros de Orizaba
Club Deportivo Albinegros de Orizaba was a association football, football club of the city of Orizaba, in the state of Veracruz. Founded in 1898 as "Orizaba Athletic Club", it was founded by Scottish migrant Duncan Mac Comish Mac Donald who owned ...
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Mexico Cricket Club
México Cricket Club was a Mexican cricket and football club that played in the Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association from 1902 to 1908.
The cricket team was founded in 1827 and later the football team was founded in 1901 in Mexico City. ...
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British Club
Defunct football clubs in Mexico City
Association football clubs established in 1912
1912 establishments in Mexico
1916 disestablishments in Mexico
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