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'''Hyde Football Club''' was
==History==
The club was formed in 1885.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Alcock |first1=Charles |title=Football Annual |date=1890 |publisher=Wright & Co |location=London |page=167}}</ref> They entered the [[1887–88 FA Cup]] and were drawn against [[Preston North End]] in the first round. Preston fielded a full-strength side, and Hyde were reduced to 10 men when 3–0 down, the North Enders taking pity and allowing a substitute to come on when they had reached 12.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Preston North End v Hyde |journal=Preston Herald |date=19 October 1887 |page=3}}</ref> The final score - 26–0 - remains a record score for an English first-class match.
The club rebounded from this disaster quickly, and the 1888–89 season saw
▲The club rebounded from this disaster quickly, and the 1888–89 season saw the club play 44 matches and win 27, its victims including high-profile clubs such as [[Druids F.C.|Druids]], [[Walsall F.C.|Walsall Town Swifts]], and even [[Bolton Wanderers]]. However that season came at a financial cost - the club's gate income was just over £900 but it had to pay half of that to professional players, and the overall annual loss was £150.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Hyde and district notes |journal=Stalybridge Reporter |date=22 June 1889 |page=6}}</ref>
===Local leagues===
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The club found it too difficult to compete at that level, problems being exacerbated by a cotton trade crisis that saw many of the district's factories idle,<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Cotton Trade Crisis |journal=Manchester Courier |date=7 November 1892 |page=8}}</ref> and dropped into more local football; in 1892 it was one of the 12 founder members of the Football Federation, a competition for clubs in and around [[Manchester]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Football Federation |journal=Stalybridge Reporter |date=4 June 1892 |page=7}}</ref>
The club was in such financial difficulties that, during the 1892–93 season, it was suspended twice for not paying expenses, once to [[Fairfield F.C.|Fairfield]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Notes on sport |journal=Stalybridge Reporter |date=4 March 1893 |page=7}}</ref> and once to [[Bury F.C.|Bury]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sporting intelligence |journal=Manchester Courier |date=6 April 1893 |page=3}}</ref> In May 1893 the limited company was dissolved;<ref>{{cite journal |title=Winding-up notices |journal=Liverpool Mercury |date=11 May 1893 |page=8}}</ref> despite this, the club finished third in the initial Federation table, its 21 points from
===Collapse and revival===
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