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His first known appearance was on 14 October 1878 in a friendly against [[Stoke City|Stoke]] and made his competitive debut in Forest’s first-ever [[FA Cup]] 1st Round against [[Notts County]].<ref name =”Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History” />

His first known appearance was on 14 October 1878 in a friendly against [[Stoke City|Stoke]] and made his competitive debut in Forest’s first-ever [[FA Cup]] 1st Round against [[Notts County]].<ref name =”Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History” />

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 FC|Queens Park]] in [[Edinburgh]] in the 1885.<ref name =”Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History” />

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 FC|Queens Park]] in [[Edinburgh]] in the 1885.<ref name =”Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History” />

== References ==

== References ==


Latest revision as of 19:13, 24 October 2025

English footballer

Charles Caborn
Full name Charles John Caborn
Date of birth 25 October 1856 (1856-10-25)
Place of birth Nottingham
Position Back
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Nottingham Castle
1878-1888 Nottingham Forest
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles John Caborn (born 1856) was an English footballer who played for Nottingham Forest.[1] He was educated at Nottingham High School.[2]

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 year 1885.[1]

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

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