Harwich & Parkeston F.C.
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| Full name | Harwich & Parkeston Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Shrimpers |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Ground | Royal Oak, Harwich |
| Chairman | Tony Armstrong |
| Manager | Glenn Eldridge |
| League | Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division |
| 2015–16 | Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division, 9th |
Harwich & Parkeston Football Club is an English football club based in Harwich, Essex. The club are currently members of the Essex & Suffolk Border League Premier Division and play at the Royal Oak ground.
The club was established in 1877, and reached their first cup final in 1891, losing to Clapton in the final of the Essex Senior Cup. In 1898 they moved to the Royal Oak ground and also reached the final of the FA Amateur Cup, losing 1–0 to . However, they did win the Essex Senior Cup, beating Leytonstone. The club were founder members of the South East Anglian League in 1903 and were runners-up in its first season. However, they finished bottom of the league the following season. They played in the league until 1910, but also joined the Essex & Suffolk Border League, which they won in 1908–09, 1913–14, 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1928–29, 1931–32, 1932–33 and 1933–34.
In 1934–35 the club reached the first round of the FA Cup, but lost 3–0 at Bristol Rovers. In 1935 the club became founder members of the Eastern Counties League, and shared the first championship with Lowestoft Town. The following season they reached the FA Cup first round again, losing 5–1 at Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
In 1937 the club left the Eastern Counties League to play in the Essex County League, which they won at the first attempt, but returned after a single season as the league folded. In 1938 a record attendance of 5,649 was set during the Amateur Cup quarter final match against Romford. They reached the final of the Amateur Cup in 1953, but lost 6–0 to Pegasus at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 100,000. The following season they reached the FA Cup first round again, but lost 3-2 at home to Headington United. The first round was reached again in 1961–62 and 1963–64, but the club suffered heavy defeats on both occasions, losing 5–1 at Torquay United and 8–2 at Crystal Palace.
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