Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C.

Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C. was a football club based in Shrewbury, England. The club are recorded as playing their home games at the Racecourse at Monkmoor.

History
Castle Blues were formed around 1877 by grammar school old boys, and initially played at Sutton Lane. In 1881 the Shrewsbury Engineers were amalgamated into the club.

The club entered the Welsh Cup in 1881–82, and again in 1884–85, and 1885–86.

The club were a very rough team and were forced to disband by the Birmingham FA in April 1886. The club ceased to exist in that month and was absorbed into Shrewsbury Town when they were reformed in May 1886.

On 27 September 1884, a match versus Aston Villa was abandoned 1–1 after all the match balls were burst possibly on purpose by the home team players and home supporters.

Cups

 * Shropshire Senior Cup
 * Winners (1): 1885
 * Runner Up (2): 1883, 1884

Notable players

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Clopton Lloyd-Jones - 1880 FA Cup winner with Clapham Rovers