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club which existed before World War 2, from the town of
Kilwinning
Kilwinning (, ; ) is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the banks of the River Garnock in Ayrshire, west/central Scotland, about southwest of Glasgow. Kilwinning's neighbours are the coastal towns of Stevenston to the west an ...
,
Ayrshire
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, Scotland.
History
There is one record of an Eglinton club from Kilwinning dating from 1884, but the first evidence for the Kilwinning Eglinton club is from 1893. The club's secretary worked at the Eglinton Iron Works and the ground was built by the ironworks owner William Baird & Company.
The Furnacemen scratched from its first
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 ...
entry in 1893–94, and finished 6th out of 9 in the short-lived Ayrshire League in the same season. The club also lost to
Galston F.C.
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History
Formed in 1891 to play in the new Ayrshire Football Lea ...
in the first preliminary round of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,North Ayrshire Cup in 1897–98 and 1899–1900. In 1900–01, the club won the Ayrshire Consolation Cup (for clubs eliminated from the Ayrshire Cup before the final), and also reached the first round proper of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Ayr Parkhouse F.C. en route to the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup; in the main draw the club lost 10–0 at St Mirren.
In 1901–02, the club scored a remarkable triple; retaining the Consolation Cup and winning the North Ayrshire Cup, and enjoying its best Scottish Cup run, by reaching the fifth round of the Qualifying Cup. The club beat Ayr F.C. 3–1 in the first round of the Qualifying and lost 1–0 at Maxwelltown Volunteers F.C. in the fifth. In the Cup itself, the club ran
Arbroath
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close, taking the lead after ten minutes before conceding a penalty, and only losing 3–2.
The last time the club made the first round proper was in 1903–04, again via reaching the fourth round of the Qualifying Cup. In the first round of the Cup the club lost 2–1 at
Albion Rovers
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Founded in October 1882, the club joined the Scottish Foot ...
, after selling the right to home advantage.
The club entered the Ayrshire and Renfrewshire Football League in the 1903–04 and 1904–05 seasons, but did not take part in the first season, and the second season was abandoned as incomplete.
In the 1907–08 season, the club became a
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club, and moved to the Irvine & District League; the club's loss of senior status meant it had to abandon its entries to the Scottish and Ayrshire Cups for 1908–09. The last records of the club playing date from May 1936.
Colours
The club's colours were as follows:
*1893–95: blue
*1895–97: black and yellow stripes
*1897 Aug-Nov: maroon
*1897 Nov–1901: green and white hoops
*1901–06: blue and white stripes
*1906-07: blue
*1907–36: black & amber
Grounds
The club played at Blacklands Park.
Nickname
The club was nicknamed the Furnacemen, after its proximity to the ironworks in Kilwinning.
Notable players
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Bob Currie
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Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...