Here are some of the great players who donned the Darwen FC Jersey
between the years 1875 -- 1939

Joseph Marsden
Sam Wadsworth
Joseph Smith
Patrick Quigley
James Forrest
Daniel Cooper
John Lewis
Reg Preedy
Thomas Prest
John Reynolds
John Williamson
Thurston Rostron
William Townley
Thomas Johnson
Jonathan Entwistle
Maurice Reeday
Thomas Marshall
Jack Whitley
Fergus Suter
Henry Hamilton
Thomas Brindle
Alex Finney
Fergus Hunt John Ralph Leach
Albert HornbyMore great players........... 


Famous local Football Pioneers:
Daniel Burley Woolfall
John Lewis
John Bentley
Thomas Hindle
Charles Sutcliffe

 

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
But the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Mark Twain

Acknowledgements for the history and images in this section are made to : Paul Breeze -- Posh up North publishing, Darwen Football Club, Dave Twydell -- Yare Publications, Stewart Fells, Lancashire Evening Telegraph, Blackburn Rovers, Burnley FC, League Football and the men who made it -- Simon Inglis, The Guinness record of the FA Cup -- Mike Collett, Richard Rundle -- The Football club History database, Nora Thompson, Marjorie Bibby, Bert Pross,, Blackburn with Darwen Library. the England Football Online website: www.englandfootballonline.com