Lambourn Sports F.C.
association football club in England
Lambourn Sports are a football club based in the village of Lambourn, near Newbury, in Berkshire. The club are currently members of the Swindon & District League Premier Division and play at Lambourn Sports Club.
History
Lambourn football club started playing in 1909, on the site that would become Lambourn Sports Club, and were possibly called The Linnets. The clubs red and white shirts were originally used when the well-known jockey Tommy Robbins, donated the red and white kit to the club.
It was in 1946 that Lambourn football club became known as Lambourn Sports FC. It was in this year that the football club suggested a public meeting for the creation of a Sports Club combining all the existing sporting Clubs, such as Cricket, tennis and Bowls into one, as well as starting other sports if members wished. All the local clubs were in attendance attended and meeting chaired by Mr J C Wing, as he was a member or official of all the Lambourn clubs pre-war, was begun. After the meeting, it was announced, on 24 June 1946 that a Lambourn Sports Club would be created to "promote and encourage all sports and recreation for the enjoyment of its members". After the meeting the club purchased a second hand clubhouse in September 1946. It was erected on land belonging to Mr E T Bracey which was already being used by the football, tennis and Bowls teams. Initially the Club rented the land from Mr E T Bracey but in 1955 was able to purchase it for £700.
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