C. W. Alcock
C. W. Alcock (an haife shi a shekara ta 1842 - ya mutu a shekara ta 1907) shi ne ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Ingila.shugaba, marubuci kuma edita. Ya kasance babban mai tada hankali wajen bunkasa wasan kwallon kafa na kasa da kasa da kuma wasan kurket, da kuma kasancewarsa mahaliccin gasar cin kofin FA

Rayuwar farko da aiki 

An haifi Alcock a Sunderland a ranar 2 ga Disamba 1842, ɗa na biyu ga dattijo Charles Alcock, maginin jirgi kuma mai shi, da matarsa Elizabeth. .Daga 1853 zuwa 1859, Alcock ya halarci Makarantar Harrow .  A lokacin matashi Charles ya bar Harrow, danginsa sun ƙaura daga Sunderland zuwa Chingford, Essex. Babban jami'in Charles daga baya ya kafa kasuwancin inshora na ruwa a cikin birnin London.

Dan wasan kwallon kafa 
A cikin 1859, Charles, tare da ɗan'uwansa John Forster Alcock, sun kasance wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Forest, wanda ke Leytonstone, Essex. Kamar yadda Charles Alcock zai rubuta daga baya:

A cikin Maris 1862, 'yan'uwa biyu sun buga wa Forest a cikin gida 1-0 nasara a kan Crystal Palace FC . 

Charles ya kasance babban mai motsi a cikin 1863 tushe na Forest's more famous magaji, Wanderers FC, waɗanda suka kasance a farkon Old Harrovia. Alcock ya zama kyaftin din Wanderers don cin nasara a wasan karshe na cin Kofin FA, a 1872. A wannan wasan, ya sanya kwallo a ragar abokan hamayyar, amma an hana cin kwallo saboda kwallon hannu da aka yi a baya. 

Don tasirinsu akan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa an ɗauki Wanderers tun farkon 1870 a matsayin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).  Alcock kuma ya juya zuwa Upton Park a lokacin aikinsa  da Crystal Palace na farko.

Manazarta . 
'Yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Ingila