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Islington Corinthians F. C.

Birth/Start: 1932-00-00, Death/End: 1940-00-00, Gender/Group: n/a

AGENT INFORMATION

Name	Name Pinyin	Name Type	Language
Islington Corinthians F. C.		Given Name (名)	English
依士林頓﹒考令咸斯業餘足球隊	Yishilindun Kaolingxiansi ye yu zu qiu dui	Other Name, Variants, incl. Married Name (其他名，包括：字、婚後名)	Chinese
依士林頓足球隊	Yishilindun zu qiu dui	Other Name, Variants, incl. Married Name (其他名，包括：字、婚後名)	Chinese

Birth/Start	Death/End	Gender/Group
1932-00-00	1940-00-00	n/a

Notes:	Islington Corinthians F.C. was an amateur football club based in the London neighborhood Islington.(1) The club was founded in 1932 by Thomas Smith (ECPO Agents ID: 9690), a member of the local Rotary Club, and competed in the Metropolitan Midweek League.(1, 2) (The club should not be confused with Corinthian F.C. who were similarly named, equally based in London and also composed of amateurs. 3) In 1936, the club played a match against the visiting Chinese Olympic football team at Highbury.(1) A selection of 19 unmarried Islington players was then sent on a world tour to continue competing in friendly matches against foreign teams.(1, 2) Among their stations in East Asia were Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. (4, 5) More detailed summaries of their world tour, its stations, match results and notable team members can be found online. (6, 7) The Wikipedia entry for the Islington Corinthians includes a list of the club's "notable players" and the other clubs with which they were affiliated (8): - Leonard Bradbury (Moor Green), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9927) - Jack Braithwaite (Barnet), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9744) - Alec Buchanan (Barnet), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9744) - Pat Clark (Leyton, Sutton United), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9692) - George Dance (Moor Green), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9925) - Cyril Longman (Kingstonian), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9735) - Harry Lowe (Tottenham), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9691) - Richard Manning (Clacton Town), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9923) - Albert (Eddie) Martin (Tunbridge Wells Rangers, FC Antibes), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9707) - John Miller (Tufnell Park, Dulwich Hamlet, Margate), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9779) - William Miller (Dulwich Hamlet), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9746) - George Pearce (Hoxton Manor), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9926) - Bert Read (Nunhead), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9743) - Johnny Sherwood (Reading, Maidenhead United, Crystal Palace, Aldershot), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9745) - Dick Tarrant (Sutton United), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9710) - Bill Whittaker (Kingstonian), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9738) - Ted Wingfield (Romford), ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9702) - J.K. Wright (Yorkshire Amateurs, Wimbledon, Dulwich Hamlet) ECPO Agent/Group (ID:9739) - Sonny Avery (Leyton) - L.T. Huddle (Casuals) - Bernard Joy (Arsenal, Corinthians, Casuals) ------------------------------ (1) Ian Cooper, "Forget Arsenal, meet London's first globe-trotting football team", Islington Gazette, October 19, 2011, https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/sport/football/forget-arsenal-meet-london-s-first-globe-trotting-football-team-1-1103373. (Archived in DACHS.) (2) Pete Green, "Around the World in 95 Games", review of Around the World in 95 Games: The Amazing Story of the Islington Corinthians 1937-38 World Tour, by Rob Cavallini with Colin Duncan, WSC 267 (May 2009), https://www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/59-Clubs/3405-around-the-world-in-95-games. (Archived in DACHS.) (3) "Corinthian F.C.", Wikipedia, last modified December 26, 2018, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_F.C. (Archived in DACHS.) (4) "Islington Corinthians Here Soon: Who's Who In The Team: Eleven Matches To Be Played", The Straits Times, November 28, 1937, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19371128-1.2.117. (Archived in DACHS.) (5) "Islingtonians Lose in China, Japan: Beaten in Shanghai And Tokio: Concede Seven Goals, Fail to Score", The Straits Times, May 8, 1938, http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19380508-1.2.172. (Archived in DACHS.) (6) Somnath Sengupta, "Islington Corinthians on Tour", IBWM, accessed February 6, 2019, http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/6/29/islington-corinthians. (Archived in DACHS.) (7) "Islington Corinthians World Tour 1937-38", 10 Footballs, accessed February 7, 2019, http://10footballs.com/islington-corinthians-world-tour-1937-38. (Archived in DACHS.) (8) "Islington Corinthians F.C.", Wikipedia, last modified April 3, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islington_Corinthians_F.C. (Archived in DACHS.) URL: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19371128-1.2.117 goto... URL: https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/sport/football/forget-arsenal-meet-london-s-first-globe-trotting-football-team-1-1103373 goto... URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian_F.C. goto... URL: https://www.wsc.co.uk/reviews/59-Clubs/3405-around-the-world-in-95-games goto... URL: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19380508-1.2.172 goto... URL: http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/6/29/islington-corinthians goto... URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islington_Corinthians_F.C. goto... URL: http://10footballs.com/islington-corinthians-world-tour-1937-38/ goto...


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ARTICLE 八千球迷大為掃興：依士林頓足球隊昨竟全軍覆沒 - ba qian qiu mi da wei sao xing：Yishilindun zu qiu dui zuo jing quan jun fu mei
晶報 - Jing bao, vol. 1, no. 3486 (04 April 1938), p. 2
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ARTICLE 震旦足球隊向英國挑戰 - Zhendan zu qiu dui xiang Ying guo tiao zhan
晶報 - Jing bao, vol. 1, no. 3490 (08 April 1938), p. 4
mentioned in article

ARTICLE 介紹依士林頓 - jie shao yishilindun　
晶報 - Jing bao, vol. 1, no. 3485 (03 April 1938), p. 1
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