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The club had hoped to fly a championship flag (as was normal for champions of other competitions at the time) but, given the circumstances, the league did not arrange for one to be made. Worse for the Villa was that the club's latest ground move had proved cripplingly expensive, and the club had to
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Lancashire League once more in June 1893, as Fairfield was one of the clubs having to apply for re-election; Fairfield was voted back in, and the Villa was left out. This was the final blow for the club. In August 1893, the nine members of
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the club committee voted to dissolve the club, with the personal debts of £21 each incurred being defrayed thanks to
Fairfield agreeing to stage a friendly. The Villa support duly decanted to Ardwick and Fairfield in the wake of the club's dissolution.
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The expense however was significant and after just one season the club moved to a ground at
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The club gave its colours as black, white, and blue; in context this refers to black and white shirts and blue knickers.
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in 1886–87. When the fixtures were completed, the club was top of the table, with 24 points from 17 games, one clear of
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in 1890–91, in a major step-up, given the club's most notable achievement hitherto was reaching the quarter-final of the
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undertake another move. At the end of the season, the club applied to join the
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becoming the star attraction, was shown by a 10–0 defeat to a weakened
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in the 1891–92 1st qualifying round, Athletic News, 5 October 1891
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which was a member of one of the early football leagues,
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603:"Exit Gorton Villa".
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408:"Gorton Villa F.C.".
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725:"Records"
353:: 1890–91
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86:Secretary
54:Dissolved
30:Full name
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351:Champion
381:in 1889
379:Everton
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300:Chirk
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