association football
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club from
Cumnock
Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cumnag'') is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie j ...
,
Ayrshire
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, Scotland.
History
The club was formed in 1875; its first season consisted of 7 matches, with 1 win, 3 draws, and 3 defeats. The club's first secretary, Archibald Campbell, worked at the
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in town.
Cumnock entered the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1876–77 season until 1886–87. The furthest it reached was the third round, which it managed on two occasions. The first time (in 1879–80) was without winning a tie; in the first round, the club was drawn at
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, but arrived 2 hours late because of a railway accident. The
Scottish Football Association
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ordered a replay on the following Saturday, a coin toss giving Cumnock home advantage, but Irvine refused to comply, and the SFA therefore awarded the tie to Cumnock. Cumnock then had a second round bye, but lost at
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 ...
in the third round. The club did not win a tie until 1880–81, beating Auchinleck Boswell 7–1 away in the first round, but losing again at Hurlford in the second.
The second time the club reached the third round was in 1883–84, having beaten
Maybole
Maybole (, ) is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of in . It is situated south of Ayr and southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. The town is ...
4–0 and enjoying a bye, then losing 4–1 at Cartvale. This match was the only time the club played a tie against a club not from Ayrshire.
Cumnock had a similar lack of success in the
Ayrshire Cup
The Ayrshire Cup was an annual association football regional competition in Scotland. The cup competition was a knockout tournament between football clubs in the historic county of Ayrshire. The Ayrshire Cup was first held in 1877–78, the tr ...
, a competition which it entered from its first instalment in 1877–78 until 1886–87. In 1878–79 the club reached the third round for the only time and lost 8–0 at Kilmarnock Athletic, which went on to win the competition.
The 1885–86 season was the last in which the club played competitive matches. In the national and county cups it was eliminated by Hurlford by heavy scores; in the first round of the Scottish by 5 goals to 1, and in the second round of the Ayrshire by 8 goals to 2.
The club remained theoretically active in 1886–87, but it had to cede its first round tie against
Kilmarnock
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in the Scottish Cup as being unable to raise a team. The club was scheduled to face the obscure Ballochmyle club - a side which only existed for one season - in the first round of the Ayrshire Cup before 25 September, but Cumnock scratched from that fixture too. The only reported match the club may have played in the season was a friendly defeat at Thornhill, the losing club being named as Old Cumnock.
Colours
The club wore maroon shirts and white shorts. The club was known as the Reds, even though one report naming them as such confirms the shirt colour to have been maroon.
Ground
The club originally played at Greenmill Holm on the Ayr Road. In 1879 the club moved to a ground near the new railway station, prosaically named New Station Field.
External links
Scottish Cup results (NB: results in the 21st century refer to the current Cumnock Juniors club)