Accrington FC

Accrington FC was one of the 12 founding members of the English Football League. The club was founded in 1876 in Accrington.

The best season of the club was that of 1889-90 when she finished 6th. After 5 years was the fairy tale out and degraded them. The club pulled back, however, and did not want to play in the second division. The club still remained outside the Football League to exist until 1896. The club had financial problems that made for the demise, after a 12-0 defeat against Darwen FC kept the club to exist.

It would take until 1921 a new team from Accrington competed in the league: the current league club Accrington Stanley.