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Falkirk Amateurs Football Club was a football club from
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in
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that reached the first round of the
Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Camelon's second eleven 4–2. Eight of the starting Amateurs would play for
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in the future. The club entered the Scottish Cup for the first time, in 1897, losing 7–0 at
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in the first qualifying round. The club continued to enter until
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. The club was also a regular entrant in the
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, but only ever won two ties in 32 years; it did however win the Consolation Cup (for clubs knocked out in the early rounds) in 1898–99, and retained the trophy the following year as none of the clubs entitled to enter the competition wanted to do so. The club also played in the Falkirk District League in the three years of its existence, finishing bottom every time. The club's greatest honour was winning the
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in 1922–23, beating Moorpark F.C. in the final at Forthbank, the ground of King's Park F.C. In 1929–30, the club reached the first round of the national cup for the first time. It did so again the following season and again in 1932–33, the last of those after the club got to the final of the
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(South) for the only time, losing 4–2 against Beith F.C. at
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in the final and at fellow amateurs
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in the first round of the competition proper, conceding three goals in seven first-half minutes before going out 4–0. The club's fourth and final appearance in the proper rounds was in 1938–39; on none of these occasions did the club win through to the second round. The club struggled to re-start after the war, being unable to take part in the
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in 1945, and after an 11–1 defeat at
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in the 1947–48 edition it does not seem to have continued.


Colours

The club's colours were originally blue shirts and white shorts, but from 1903 the club played in all white, apart from wearing blue and white stripes in the early 1920s.


Ground

The club originally played at Comely Park, off Burnhead Lane; the ground was also known as Tannery Park. The club occasionally played at
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's
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ground for important fixtures. In 1926, the club was gifted a new ground at Summerford in
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, which it called Watling Park, after the
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club Watling Juniors, which had used the ground before the war. The ground hosted a
Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Larbert Amateurs did not have a suitable ground.


Honours

Scottish Amateur Cup *Winners: 1922–23 Scottish Qualifying Cup (South) *Runners-up: 1932–33 Stirlingshire Consolation Cup *Winners: 1898–99 *Runners-up: 1897–98


Notable players

* Clyde Skene *James Callander, architect, amongst whose buildings was the grandstand at Brockville


References

{{reflist Defunct football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 1897 Association football clubs disestablished in 1947 1897 establishments in Scotland 1947 disestablishments in Scotland Falkirk Football in Falkirk (council area)