Aston Shakespeare F.C.

The club's original playing fields near Aston Cross were built by Edwin Samson Moore, who had set up the Midland Vinegar Company in 1874, and later bought the rights to HP Sauce.

[10] Rather than return to Aston Cross, the Wanderers scratched from the competition, and played a more lucrative friendly against Derby St Luke's instead.

[12] In the second round, the club was drawn away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, and despite the Wolves being reduced to 10 men for the second half, Shakespeare went out by three goals to nil.

[13] The club also had its best run in the Birmingham Senior Cup that season, reaching the third round (last 16), where it lost 3–0 at West Bromwich Albion.

[18] The club had also never been able to capture the popular imagination, only 300 attending a match against Willenhall Pickwick just before the FA Cup tie with Burton.