Cartside Football Club was a football club based in
Kilbarchan
Kilbarchan ( gd, Cill Bhearchain) is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The village's name means "cell (chapel) of St. Barchan". It is known for its former weaving industry.
History
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, near
Johnstone
Johnstone ( sco, Johnstoun, gd, Baile Iain) is a town ...
,
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Re ...
, in Scotland.
History
The club was one of four senior clubs in the area formed in 1878, along with
Johnstone F.C.
Johnstone Football Club was a football club based at Newfield Park in Johnstone, Renfrewshire in Scotland. The club was a member of the Scottish Football League in two spells between 1912 and 1926.
History
The club was formed in 1878 and init ...
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1879–80, losing 5–0 in the second round to
Kennishead
Kennishead ( sco, Kennisheid, gd, Ceann Ceanais) is a ...
after a first round bye. Cartside gained a revenge the 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 so ...
side which had taken most of its forward line. Cartside had the benefit of a bye in the second round and hosted
Yoker
Yoker ( gd, An Eochair) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, on the northern bank of the Clyde east of Clydebank, west of the city centre. From the fourteenth century, the Renfrew Ferry has linked Yoker with Renfrew on the south bank. Althou ...
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 (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile Àtha Cliath'') is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. The village was named Whirlford as a result of a ford crossing ...
.
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 ( gd, Cill Bhearchain) is a village and civil parish in central Renfrewshire, in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The village's name means "cell (chapel) of St. Barchan". It is known for its former weaving industry.
History
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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 teams ...
. 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 football knockout competition. A total of 147 teams entered the competition, five more than the previ ...
and was drawn to face
Pollok
Pollok ( gd, Pollag, lit=a pool, sco, Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,0 ...
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
Milliken railway station
Milliken GO Station is a GO Transit train station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the neighbourhood of Milliken which is on the city's northern border with Markham, Ontario.
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The station is located south of Steeles Aven ...
. Kilbarchan moved into the ground briefly in 1890.