following season, with a 6–2 win, albeit by this time Kennishead had been denuded by the more established
Thornliebank
Thornliebank ( Scots: ''Thonliebank'', Scottish Gaelic: ''Bruach nan Dealgan'') is a suburban area in East Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation, it is located on the Auldhouse Burn about ...
side which had taken most of its forward line. Cartside had the benefit of a bye in the second round and hosted
Yoker
Yoker () is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located on the northern bank of the Clyde east of Clydebank, west of the city centre. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic ''Eochair'' meaning a river bank.
From the fourteenth centur ...
in the third round, coming from 3–0 down to take an apparent 4–3 victory, but the tie was declared a draw after a Yoker protest, and Cartside's replay win put the club into the final 21 clubs. At that stage the club lost 3–1 at home to
Hurlford
Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated on the outskirts of Kilmarnock, the largest and administrative centre of East Ayrshire and East Ayrshire Council. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlfor ...
.
Cartside was always by far the smallest senior side in Johnstone. By 1880 the three other clubs had 350 members between them; Cartside had just 30. By 1881 it still only had 36 and the next smallest in the town (Johnstone) had 100; even the newly founded
Kilbarchan
Kilbarchan (; ) is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is almost contiguous with Johnstone, about 5 miles or 8 km west of the centre of Paisley. The village's name means "cell (chape ...
had 54.
Cartside had also played the fewest matches of any of the sides in the town in 1880–81, with 5 wins from its 10 matches. It did not even enter the
Renfrewshire Cup
The Renfrewshire Cup was an annual association football competition between teams in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The final was generally a Renfrewshire derby contested between the two largest team ...
. It did however enter the Johnstone & District Cup in 1879–80 and 1880–81, winning one tie, a 6–2 home win over Kilbarchan in 1880–81.
The size gap was too big for Cartside to catch up, and, although it entered the
1881–82 Scottish Cup
The 1881–82 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the ninth season of Scotland's most prestigious Association football, football knockout competition. A total of 147 teams entered the competition, f ...
and was drawn to face
Pollok
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in the first round, it had dissolved before it could play the tie.
Colours
The club wore red and black hooped jerseys and hose, and white knickers.
Ground
The club's ground was Over Johnstone Park, a 3-minute walk from Millikenpark railway station. Kilbarchan moved into the ground briefly in 1890.
References
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