Shrewsbury Castle Blues F.C.

The club are recorded as playing their home games at the Racecourse at Monkmoor.

[1] Castle Blues were formed around 1877 by grammar school old boys, and initially played at Sutton Lane.

[5] The club were a very rough team and were forced to disband by the Birmingham FA in April 1886.

[3] The club ceased to exist in that month and was absorbed into Shrewsbury Town when they were reformed in May 1886.

[6][7] 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.