Full name | Oswaldtwistle Rovers Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Rovers, Ossy, The Whistlers | |
Founded | 1879 | |
Dissolved | 1910 | |
Ground | Rhoden Ground | |
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Oswaldtwistle Rovers Football Club were a team based in the town of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. They first entered the FA Cup in 1884 and, in 1885, reached the second round. Rovers were one of the founder members of the Lancashire League in 1889, but predominantly competed in the Lancashire Combination between 1894 and 1909. In 1909, after leaving the second division of the Combination, they played their final game in the FA Cup.