Netherlee Football Club was a Scottish football team located in the town of
Cathcart
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,
Renfrewshire
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Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Re ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1878, although an earlier Netherlee club was active in 1875 and 1876. Netherlee was one of the smallest clubs in Renfrewshire; in 1881, its 28-strong membership made it the smallest senior club in the county.
Unsurprisingly the club was entirely unsuccessful. It entered the
Renfrewshire Cup
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twice, in 1879–80 and 1880–81, and lost both of its first round ties; 3–1 to
Kennishead
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in 1879–80 and 5–3 to
Pollok
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in 1880–81.
The club also never won a tie in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1879–80, it drew 0–0 with
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, a club with twice the membership, although Morton won the replay 7–4.
In 1880–81, Netherlee reached the second round, albeit only because opponents Oakfield had dissolved before the tie took place. Netherlee lost 2–0 to
Yoker
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in the second round, and the following year the club lost at
Wellington Park
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Protection
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, the only victory for the
Greenock
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club in the competition.
The club nearly gave up the unequal struggle in 1882, not paying its subscription to the
Scottish Football Association
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, and therefore being unable to enter the cup competitions that year. The club however kept playing junior football, and re-joined the Association in August 1883, which entitled it to one last entry in the
1883–84 Scottish Cup
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. The club lost again in the first round, 5–2 at Greenock Southern. The club once more dropped off the SFA roll at the end of the season, this time never to return.
Colours
The club wore white jerseys, navy knickers, and scarlet hose. In 1883 it changed its jerseys to black and white hoops.
Ground
The club played at Netherlee Park, a 10-minute walk from the Cathcart omnibus stop, or from the
Clarkston railway station
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