Old Castle Swifts Football Club, the first professional football club in Essex, was formed by Scottish shipowner Donald Currie in September 1892 as Castle Swifts Football Club. Old Castle Swifts' demise saw several players join the newly founded Thames Ironworks, the team who later became West Ham United. The Castles' first home ground, located in West Ham was named Dunottar Park, after the Castle Line company's ship Dunottar Castle.