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Clydebank F.C. (Rutherglen)
Clydebank Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Rutherglen, Scotland. History The club was formed in 1874, as a winter activity for the Clydebank Cricket Club. It was the first football club to use the Clydebank name and the only one not to come from the town of Clydebank located to the north-west of Glasgow; instead their home was south-east of the city centre, on the left bank of the River Clyde. The earliest matches recorded for the club are from the 1875–76 season. Although the club was active in its early years, including fixtures against well-regarded clubs such as Cambuslang and Caledonian, it did not join the Scottish Football Association until the 1879–80 season. This enabled it to enter the Scottish Cup for the first time, although the club lost 2–1 at Airdrie Excelsior in the first round. In the same season, it was one of the founder members of the Lanarkshire Football Association. It played in the first Lanarkshire Cup, losing 4–2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanarkshire Cup
The Lanarkshire Cup was an annual competition open to football teams in the Lanarkshire area. The competition is now defunct. The Lanarkshire FA was dissolved in June 1999 when it was merged with the Ayrshire and Renfrewshire FAs to form the West of Scotland FA. This was because the memberships of these associations had fallen below the 7-club threshold placed on them by the Scottish FA. List of winners 1879–80 - Stonelaw 1880–81 - Thistle 1881–82 - Hamilton Academical 1882–83 - West Benhar 1883–84 - Cambuslang 1884–85 - Cambuslang 1885–86 - Airdrieonians 1886–87 - Airdrieonians 1887–88 - Airdrieonians 1888–89 - Royal Albert 1889–90 - Royal Albert 1890–91 - Airdrieonians 1891–92 - Airdrieonians 1892–93 - Wishaw Thistle 1893–94 - Royal Albert 1894–95 - Motherwell 1895–96 - Royal Albert 1896–97 - Airdrieonians 1897–98 - Airdrieonians 1898–99 - Motherwell 1899–1900 - Albion Rovers 1900–01 - Motherwell 1901–02 - Hamilton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 Establishments In Scotland
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Association Football Clubs Disestablished In 1886
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Defunct Football Clubs In Scotland
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Dalmarnock
Dalmarnock (, ) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated east of the city centre, directly north of the River Clyde opposite the town of Rutherglen. It is also bounded by the Glasgow neighbourhoods of Parkhead to the north-east and Bridgeton to the north-west. History The area was once heavily industrialised.OS National Grid Maps, 1944-1967 Explore georeferenced maps () Sir William Arrol & Co. had its extensive engineering works at Dunn Street and Baltic Street from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow Green
Glasgow Green is a park in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde. Established in the 15th century, it is the oldest park in the city. It connects to the south via the St Andrew's Suspension Bridge. History In 1450, James II of Scotland, King James II granted the parkland to William Turnbull (bishop), Bishop William Turnbull and the people of Glasgow. The Green then looked quite different from the Green today. It was an uneven, swampy area made up of several distinct "greens" (separated by the Camlachie and Molendinar Burns): the High Green; the Low Green; the Calton Green; and the Gallowgate Green. In the centuries that followed, the parkland was used for grazing, washing and bleaching linen, drying fishing nets, and recreational activities like swimming. In 1732, Glasgow's first ''steamie'', called ''the Washhouse'', opened on the banks of the Camlachie Burn. From 25 December 1745 to 3 January 1746, Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shotts F
Shotts is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow () and Edinburgh (). The town has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon ("steep slopes") as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships. Industrial history Until 1457 Shotts was part of the Lanarkshire parish of Bothwell under the designation of "Bothwell-muir". Groome related that the pre-reformation church of Bertramshotts is mentioned in a papal bull in 1476. The parish, one of the largest in Lowland Scotland at 10 miles long and 8 miles wide, was sometimes called Shotts but officially it was known as Bertram Shotts. In 1830s the principal owners of the land were the Duke of Hamilton, Sir Thomas Inglis Cochrane of Murdoston MP, the Right H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
