Hotspur F.C. (1878)

was an association football club who originally played at Battersea Park in London.

Its membership was restricted to "gentlemen in the service of the London School Board".

The club was given no chance against the Ashburton Rovers, which was essentially the Old Westminsters under another name,[6] in the final at the Oval, but the club only lost 2–1, despite being pressed all match; the credit being given to goalkeeper Charles Crisp, full-back Gaymer, and the "careless kicking at goal" by Bain - Wagstaffe scoring the Hotspur goal on a breakaway.

[7] The club consistently entered the Cup until 1887–88, its last tie being a second round defeat to Dulwich.

The club originally played at The Cricketers, Battersea Park[10] In 1884 it moved to Merton Hall Farm in Wimbledon.