Croydon Common Athletic Ground railway workers football club. During the time that Crystal Palace played League football at The Nest, it was common for many spectators to purchase a platform ticket at the adjoining Selhurst Station, and watch matches from Platform 1, as this was cheaper than the match admission price and afforded an elevated clear view of all of the ground. The site of The Nest is now a train depot for the rail company Southern. The only confirmed remaining trace of the ground is the front boundary wall along Selhurst Road, opposite the railway station. There is some conjecture amongst historians regarding
Windsor Home Park F.C. Marlow F.C.. In 1872-3 and 1874-5, it entered the FA Cup. In September 1882, the club amalgamated with local rivals Grosvenor Football Club to form Windsor Football Club. Windsor Home Park F.C. Windsor Home Park F.C. were an amateur football club who featured in the early years of the FA Cup. A cricket ground opened in Windsor Home Park in the summer of 1850, and Windsor Home Park Cricket Club started playing matches in that year.. While there is some evidence of a "Home Park Football Club" existing in Windsor as early as 1854, a later newspaper article definitively states