OptimistAlexander LitvinenkoRoyal Biscuitman Preston North End 18-0 Reading, our biggest defeat.
Why was that embarrassing?
We were a team of amateurs who played for fun, Preston North End were professionals and founder members of the Football League, in which they'd finished first, first, second and second in the previous 4 seasons.
Nothing to be embarrassed about in such a mis-match there.
It was embarrasing, because it was only 1-0 at half-time, then a downpour came in the second half, and Preston literally ran away with it cos they had studs on their boots, Reading didn't, so we were sliding around everywhere as THEY SCORED 17 IN 45 MINUTES!!!
well at least we did better than Hyde FC whom Preston beat 26-0 a few years before putting 18 past Reading.