Lancelot Football Club was a Scottish football club based in the city of
Glasgow
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History
The club was formed in 1874 out of a cricket club, which dated back to 1869 and played on
Glasgow Green
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History
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, with bowler John Haddow being noted as a strong forward, and batsman Flett also praised for his play. The is at least one reference to the club under the name Launcelot.
Its first reported matches took place in November 1874. The club's earliest recorded win was a 1–0 triumph against fellow Glaswegian club Rovers, who were
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1875–76. In the first round, the club was drawn away to Towerhill, and lost 2–0, with a third goal disputed, in a poor performance which saw the club only draw one save out of the opposing goalkeeper. The following week the club played
Thornliebank
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in one of the latter's first fixtures. Later in the season the club beat the young
Hamilton Academical
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2–0.
The club's friendly match with
Crosshill Cross Hill or Crosshill may refer to:
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in November 1875 may have seen the first use of a substitute in a match; one of the Lancelot players was injured and Crosshill "allow dthem to put a fresh man in his place".
The club remained comparatively active until 1878, although it did not enter the Scottish Cup again, as in 1877 the
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (also known as the SFA and the Scottish FA; sco, Scots Fitba Association; Scottish Gaelic: ''Comann Ball-coise na h-Alba'') is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility fo ...
turned down membership requests from clubs which did not have private grounds. The club therefore joined a new organization for these clubs - the West of Scotland Football Association - and entered the
West of Scotland Cup
The West of Scotland Cup was an association football cup competition for clubs in Scotland which were barred from the Scottish Football Association which was played in 1877–78 and 1878–79.
Format
The competition was a single-elimination tou ...
, a competition for the clubs excluded by the Scottish FA. The club's only match in the competition was a 2–0 defeat to the Camden club of Glasgow.
At the start of the 1877–78 season Lancelot was one of the
Cowlairs
Cowlairs is an area in the Scottish city of Glasgow, part of the wider Springburn district of the city. It is situated north of the River Clyde, between central Springburn to the east and Possilpark to the west.
Administratively, in the 21st cen ...
club's first opponents, playing out a 1–1 draw. The club was still able to run two XIs during the season, but the final record of any Lancelot matches is for the second XI against Clutha Rangers at the end of the season; the records for the cricket club end in 1875. There is a one-off defeat to the obscure Maybank F.C. in 1885 but this presumably refers to a separate club for which there are no other records.
Ground
In common with a number of other Glasgow clubs, the club used the Glasgow Green whenever hosting matches.