association football
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club based in the town of
Lenzie
Lenzie () is a small affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At ...
, in
Dunbartonshire
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.
History
The club was founded in 1874. Its earliest reported match was from the 1875–76 season; a 4–0 win over the "Alert" club (possibly a misprint for Albert) in January, with a hat-trick for Kirkland.
Lenzie entered the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1876–77 until 1883–84, but with a pronounced lack of success. The club only ever won two Cup ties; the first against Ailsa in 1877–78, and the second by 3–0 at home to Thistle Athletic of
Milngavie
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in 1878–79, with the visitors disputing one of the goals.
Nevertheless, in 1879, the club took part in a demonstration game at the Ulster Cricket Ground against a
scratch team
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The earliest instance of the term ...
of local players in one of the earliest competitive football matches held in Northern Ireland. The club also played a friendly against
Cliftonville
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the same year, and returned to play the same team in 1881.
In 1880–81, the club reached the third round, thanks to the luck of the draw; twice the club was awarded byes. In the third round, Central beat the club 6–1.
The club existed "in name only" from 1883 to 1885, albeit retaining membership of the
Scottish Football Association
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, and there still being "some funds to the credit of the club", which sparked an attempt was made to revive the side in 1885. The revived club entered the
1885–86 Scottish Cup
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Arbroath set a wor ...
, drawing 1–1 with
Bonhill
Bonhill (; ) is a town in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria, Scotland, Alexandria.
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in the first round, but losing 6–0 in the replay. The club also entered the
Dumbartonshire Cup
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for the only time but withdrew when drawn to face Dumbarton Athletic.
In the
1886–87 Scottish Cup
The 1886–87 Scottish Cup was the 14th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Hibernian won the competition for the first time after they beat Dumbarton 2–1 in the final.
Calendar
*Two teams qualified for th ...
, the withdrawal of first round opponents Dunbritton put the club into the second round, but a 13–0 defeat at home to
Vale of Leven
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persuaded the club to step back from front-level football, and it closed out its career with a match against Chryston Athletic in the 1889–90 season. The name was later taken up by Lenzie Juniors, a
Junior
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Aircraft
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side which took the simpler name in 1890.
Colours
The club's colours were white jerseys (with a badge added in 1880) and knickerbockers, and navy blue hose.
Ground
The club originally played at a ground at Muntin Park, simply known as the Lenzie Football Field, a five-minute walk south from the station, opposite the Convalescent Home (later to become Lenzie Hospital), and later part of a golf course.
After protesting a defeat by
Milton of Campsie
Milton of Campsie is a village formerly in the county of Stirlingshire, but now in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland roughly north of Glasgow. Nestling at the foot of the Campsie Fells, it is neighboured by Kirkintilloch and Lennoxtown.
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in the second round of the
1881–82 Scottish Cup
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, the club had the right to host a re-play, but was unable to use its home ground, so got permission from Thomas Allan, owner of Kincaid House in Milton of Campsie, to host the match on a field near the house, which had formerly been a bowling green.
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Lenzie
Lenzie () is a small affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At ...