Hotspur F.C. (1878)

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

It beat the Argonauts in the first round, following a replay, and lost to West End in the second.

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.