Charles Caborn

Charles John Caborn (born 1856) was a football player who played for Nottingham Forest.[1] He was educated at Nottingham High School.[2]

Charles Caborn
Personal information
Full name Charles John Caborn
Date of birth 25 October 1856
Place of birth Nottingham
Position(s) Back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Nottingham Castle
1878-1888 Nottingham Forest
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Caborn played for Nottingham Castle FC and captained them from 1876. He moved to Forest when the Castle club disbanded in 1878.[2]

Caborn was a Back for Nottingham Forest and made 32 FA Cup appearances as well as in many friendly games.[1] There was no league in these seasons. He appeared in the first known photograph of Nottingham Forest for the season 1878-79.[1]

His first known appearance was on 14 October 1878 in a friendly against Stoke and made his competitive debut in Forest's first-ever FA Cup 1st Round against Notts County.[1]

He played in the Nottingham Forest side that are the only English team to play an FA Cup Semi-Final in Scotland when they played Queens Park in Edinburgh in the 1885.[1]

References
  1. Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.
  2. Wright, Don (2015). Forever Forest: The Official 150th Anniversary History of the Original Reds. Amberley Publishing Limited.


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