The origins of the Corinthian-Casuals Football Club can be traced back well over a century
to the early days of the Association game before professionalism was legalised. The
famous Corinthian and Casuals sides, founded in 1882 and 1883 respectively, joined
forces in 1939 and the combined club is now the last of the great pioneer teams still
playing as amateurs in senior non-league football.

Corinthian-Casuals’ first league season ended dramatically after only one match with the
suspension of all football on the outbreak of war. Since then, the clubs’ eventful history
has included an appearance in the F.A. Amateur Cup Final of 1956, when 80,000
spectators were present, two matches against Football League opposition in the First
Round Proper of the F.A. Cup, and a unique 125th Anniversary game at the new Wembley
Stadium.

This is the most detailed account of Corinthian-Casuals ever published and it includes a
season by season review of the team’s progress, all final league tables, and numerous
photographs and press reports from the past 70 years. Football fans will be fascinated by
the story of a club which has come to symbolise the Golden Age of the amateur player
and which continues to foster the Corinthian Spirit in today’s increasingly commercialized
game.