Ayr Eglinton Football Club was a short-lived

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, Scotland. The club was one of the ancestral clubs to the current

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History

The club was formed in 1875. Its first reported association match was in the

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. The club turned up without its full complement of players, and was beaten 8–0. The club finished its first season with 5 wins, 8 draws, and 6 defeats. The club was drawn at St Andrew's of Kilmarnock in the first round of the

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, on the latter's new Grange Park ground, and Eglinton earned a replay with a 1–1 draw. Only 2 of the players from the 1875 tie played in the 1876 tie, and four of the new players came from the Highet family, including a father and son. The side included at least 5 players who had played for Ayr Academy F.C. in friendlies the previous season, 4 of whom had played in the academy side which beat Eglinton 2–0 in November 1875. The replay was played on 7 October at the neutral Robbsland Park (the ground of Ayr Thistle F.C.) and lasted only an hour, St Andrew's winning 1–0. The following weekend, in a meeting at the Ayr Assembly Rooms that weekend, it was "unanimously agreed" to merge the academy and Eglinton clubs, to form a new club, Ayr Academicals.

Colours

The club wore scarlet and black hoops, with blue (serge) knickers.

Ground

The club played at Eglinton Park, from which the club took its name. The club used the Athole Hotel in Alloway Street to provide changing facilities.

References

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