Arthurlie Football Club is a Scottish

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club from

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. Based at

Dunterlie Park Dunterlie Park is a football ground in Barrhead, Scotland. The third stadium to bear the name, it is the home ground of Arthurlie. History Arthurlie moved to Dunterlie Park in 1919, naming it after their former ground, where they had been ...

, they play in the . The club played in the

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in two spells, 1901 to 1915 and 1923 to 1929.

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(1990) ''The First 100 Years'',

, p291 They have won the

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twice, in 1937 and 1998.

History

Arthurlie was founded in 1874 and played as a senior side until 1929. The club reached the quarter-finals of the

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1880–81, with their

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tie with Kilmarnock Athletic taking four games to settle. A notable early result was a 4–2 defeat of

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in the first round of the

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. Celtic avenged this defeat with a 7–0 victory in Barrhead at the same stage the following season and the two clubs met again in Arthurlie's last Scottish Cup tie to date in 1929, with the Glasgow side winning 5–1 at

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. With regard to league football, the club became a founder member of the

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in 1891, winning that competition in its first year before joining the

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in 1893. Arthurlie obtained membership of the

in 1901 and achieved modest results in the Second Division, with a highest finish of joint second in 1906–07. That division ceased operations in 1915, during the

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, but Arthurlie did not immediately rejoin the league after the war ended. They instead waited until 1923 to apply for membership of the newly created Third Division.Crampsey, p292 Arthurlie immediately won the Third Division championship, and four reasonably successful seasons in the Second Division followed. Financial problems forced the club to resign its membership of the league with six games of the 1928–29 season to play. As the club had played all the promotion-chasing clubs, their results were allowed to stand.Crampsey, p85 A club of the same name joined the

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grade during the early 1930s. They found success quickly with a

win in 1937 – defeating Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 5–1 in the final in front of a crowd of 23,000 at

. Two unsuccessful final appearances followed, against Fauldhouse United in 1946, then derby rivals

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in 1981, before they lifted the trophy again in 1998, taking revenge on Pollok with a 4–0 victory in the final at Fir Park with strikes from

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, Johnny Millar, Steven Convery and Steven Nugent. In the Junior Super League era, the club were the first ever winners of the second tier

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in 2003 and enjoyed an unbroken 15 seasons in the

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until relegation to the newly configured

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in 2018. The club's most recent trophy success was in the 2015 West of Scotland Cup final, defeating

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4–2 at Newlandsfield Park, with goals from Gary Smith (3), and Ryan McGregor. It was Arthurlie's sixth victory in the West of Scotland Cup, a feat equalled by Pollok in 2017 and only Auchinleck Talbot (12) and Irvine Meadow (9), have won the tournament more often. The team are managed by former Scotland Junior international defender, Duncan Sinclair, who joined the club from Larkhall Thistle in June 2018. Sinclair has also previously managed Shotts Bon Accord,

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and

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. He is Arthurlie's ninth manager since 2010. On 15 April 2020, Andy McFadyen become the club's new manager. On 18 July 2022, Craig Palmer was appointed as new manager.

Scottish Junior Cup finals record

Ground

In 1882 Arthurlie moved to the first Dunterlie Park from their Arthurlie Cross ground. They moved to the second Dunterlie Park in 1906, and the current

in 1919.Paul Smith & Shirley Smith (2005) The Ultimate Directory of English & Scottish Football League Grounds Second Edition 1888–2005, Yore Publications, pp172–173

Honours

League

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champions 1923–24 * Scottish Federation **Champions 1891–92 *Scottish Combination **Champions 1900–01 *

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** Division One champions 2002–03 * Central Junior League **Premier Division champions 1987–88, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2000–01 **Western Division champions 1936–37 **Division B champions 1942–43 * West of Scotland League **Conference A winners: 2021–22 **First Division winners: 2024–25

Cup

**Winners: 1936–37, 1997–98 **''Runners-up:'' 1945–46, 1980–81, 2023–24 *Scottish Consolation Cup **Winners 1910 * Western League **League Cup winners 1924 * Renfrewshire FA Challenge Cup **Winners 1881, 1882 *Renfrewshire Junior FA Challenge Cup **Winners – 1934, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957 * West of Scotland Challenge Cup **Winners 1943, 1976, 1978, 1997, 2011, 2015 *Renfrewshire & Dumbartonshire Cup **Winners 1934, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1960 *Evening Times Trophy **Winners 1937, 1946 *Evening Times Cup Winners Trophy **Winners 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2011 * Central Junior League **League Cup winners 1939, 1987, 1991, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2008 **Sectional League Cup winners 1979, 1987, 2009, 2010 *JC Alan Challenge Cup: **Winners 2012 **Champions League winners 1972, 1985

References

External links

* {{Authority control Association football clubs established in 1874 Football clubs in Scotland Scottish Junior Football Association clubs Football in East Renfrewshire Scottish Football League teams 1874 establishments in Scotland Barrhead West of Scotland Football League teams