Linwood Football Club was a Scottish

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team from the town of

Linwood, Renfrewshire Linwood () is a town in Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, west of Glasgow. It is about northeast of Johnstone and west of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley close to the Black Cart Water and the A737 road. Etymology Linwood ...

History

The club was founded in 1882, at the same time as the Clippens club in the same town. The club won 6 out of 8 matches in its first half-season. One of the defeats was at Johnstone Rovers in the Johnstone & District Cup - the club's first competitive match. Whereas Clippens joined the

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almost immediately, Linwood waited until 1883 to do so. Although Linwood joined the association in time to play in the

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, it was too late to play in the first round of the

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. However, the club was allowed to join the county competition in the second round, where it lost 5–1 at Paisley Athletic. By the time the tie was played, Linwood was already out of the

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. The last appearance of the club was a losing effort in the 4-a-side tournament at the Johnstone F.C. athletic games in June 1884. Before the 1884–85 season, Linwood was taken over by Clippens. Clippens did not survive the season, and in February 1886 there was an attempt to revive the Linwood club, although the attempt did not take hold.

Colours

The club played in all white - the same outfit as Clippens.

Ground

The club's ground was Craig Park, 1 mile from Elderslie railway station.

References

{{Defunct Scottish football clubs, state=collapsed Defunct football clubs in Scotland Football in Renfrewshire Association football clubs established in 1882 Association football clubs disestablished in 1884 1882 establishments in Scotland 1884 disestablishments in Scotland