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 | | The Royal Engineers AFC was founded in 1863 by members of the army commonly known as the Sappers, the Corps of Royal Engineers, and was a team entirely of soldiers. |
 | | The Royal Engineers team consisted of two captains and nine lieutenants and was captained, appropriately, by Captain Francis Marindin, the club's founder who would later become president of the FA and would referee several FA Cup finals. |
 | | With no substitutes available in those days, the Royal Engineers were forced to play with ten men as he received lengthy treatment but then played on in severe pain. |
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