Mavisbank Football Club was a Scottish

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History

The club was founded in 1877, out of a cricket club, with matches reported from the 1878–79 season. After playing at a low-level for four years, the club joined the

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in 1881. It was drawn to play

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in the

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for its competition debut, and lost 3–1 to the older club. The club entered the competition twice more, both times winning in the first round against a more junior club, but losing in the second to a more experienced club. Its 14–2 defeat to Partick Thistle in the second round in 1882–83 was the Jags' biggest competitive for half-a-century; Mavisbank had been drawn at home, but switched the tie for a bigger gate, and found itself 10–0 down at half-time. Mavisbank's last win in the competition, over Dean Park in 1883–84, drew a protest from the losing side, on the basis that the referee was a member of the Mavisbank club; the protest was dismissed, but, unusually, "under the circumstances", the Scottish FA returned the deposit to Dean Park. The club's final tie was a 6–2 defeat at neighbours Pollokshields Athletic, the half-time score being 2–2, but Mavisbank not having taken advantage of having the wind behind it in the first half. Despite having 65 members in 1883–84, which made it a mid-sized club in Glasgow, the club ceased playing soon after the Athletic defeat, and was struck from the membership roll in August 1884.

Colours

The club wore navy blue jerseys and white knickers.

Grounds

The club played at Lorne Park, which had been the hone of

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until 1877 and Pollokshields Athletic until 1878, and would become the home ground of Pollokshields/St Andrew's.

References

{{Defunct Scottish football clubs, state=collapsed Mavisbank Pollokshields Football clubs in Glasgow Association football clubs established in 1877 Association football clubs disestablished in 1884 1877 establishments in Scotland 1884 disestablishments in Scotland