Rumford Rovers F.C.

This is a list of association football clubs which entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup between 1895 and 1939, which never made it through to the Scottish Cup 2nd battalion; a volunteer battalion from the same regiment had been playing since the 1890s as the Cameronians, and the 2nd Rifles had a team at least by 1895, when the regiment was based in Parkhurst, Isle of Wight.

The club played in the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1905–06, 1906–07, and 1914–15, when based in Glasgow, losing in the first two seasons to Clyde in its only ties, and scratching the final time; after losing to Clyde in the 1906–07 competition, the battalion was deployed to Aldershot, and played in the FA Amateur Cup.

The battalion continued playing football even during the First World War, winning a regimental tournament in France in 1915–16.

Colours

The club wore green and black, probably based on the regimental tartan.

Ground

The club played out of Maryhill Barracks when based in Glasgow.

Allanvale F.C.

History

Allanvale F.C. was from the village of Blackford in Perthshire, and played junior football until joining the Scottish Football Association in May 1911. The club's most notable achievement as a junior club was twice reaching the final of the Perthshire Consolation Cup for clubs eliminated from the Perthshire Cup before the final. In 1906–07 (the club's first season in both competitions) it lost to Tulloch 2–0 in a replay, after drawing the original final at Crieff – a plan to play extra-time was scuppered by the Allanvale side needing to catch trains back to Blackford. It also lost 2–1 to Stanley in the final in 1909–10, played at Perth, having taken the lead after M'Feat scored from a corner, but conceded twice in the second half.

The club played twice in the Scottish Qualifying Cup, losing 6–1 to Crieff Morrisonians in the first round in 1911–12, and 3–2 at home to Huntingtower in the first round in 1912–13. The club also entered the West Perthshire League in 1911–12, but the competition was never finished – fortunately for Allanvale as it had lost all of its four matches.

The club appears to have ceased operations before the First World War, resigning its Scottish FA membership in August 1913, but the name continued as a juvenile football club in the 1920s, winning the Crieff and District Juvenile Cup in 1921.

Colours

The club wore green jerseys.

Ground

The club played on a public park in Blackford.

Annan F.C. (1896)

History

Annan F.C. was an association football club from Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, active in the late 19th century. It was the second club of that name, and was founded in the wake of the dissolving of the previous Annan, under the name Rose of Annan F.C., as a junior club. Its earliest recorded match is a 10–0 victory over the 34th Regiment of Carlisle in November 1896.

In 1898, the club changed its name to Annan and joined the Scottish Football Association, and also had the advantage of gaining some players from rival junior club Border Annan which had "gone to the wall". The club entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the first time that season, and beat Nithsdale of Dumfries in the first round, but lost at home to Wigtown in the second. The club also entered the Southern Counties Cup for the first time, losing 7–3 at home to Newton Stewart Athletic in the semi-final.

The club was further strengthened in 1899 by the collapse of Carlisle City AFC, and recruited Young, Burgess, Russell, and Graham from the defunct English side, and caused something of a shock in the Qualifying Cup, beating Dumfries Hibernians 3–0 in the first round, contrary to all expectations; the club lost at Dumfries in the second, putting up a strong fight before the home side's superior fitness told. Hibs gained revenge with a 5–0 win in the second round of the County competition.

With a second club in the town ( Annan United) having ambitions on seniority, Annan was humiliated 12–1 by Douglas Wanderers in the first round of the 1900–01 Qualifying Cup, albeit it did beat Thornhill in the Southern Counties, enough to put the club in the semi-final. In the last four Annan again conceded seven, but this time scoring four, in its tie against the 6th Galloway Volunteer side.

Annan's position in the local district was put into perspective by its appearances in the Dumfries & Galloway Cup – it lost every tie it played in its three entries from 1898 to 1900. The club did not play football in the 1901–02 season and was struck from the Scottish FA roll of members in August 1902.

Colours

The club originally wore light blue jerseys, changing in 1902 to crimson and primrose.

Ground

The club originally played at Caledonian Park. The club planned to move to Seaforth Park in 1899, but instead moved to Mill Park.

Annan United F.C.

History

The club, from Annan, Dumfriesshire, was founded in 1896 as a junior side, with matches reported from 1897.

United soon became one of the strongest junior sides in the area, winning its first 8 matches of the 1899–1900 season, The club successfully applied to join the Scottish Football Association in June 1901, which meant it could play in the three senior competitions open to it – the Scottish Qualifying Cup, Southern Counties Cup, and Dumfries & Galloway Cup – for the first time in 1901–02.

United played in each competition for three seasons, but only won four ties – two in the 1902–03 Dumfries & Galloway Cup, and one each in the other competitions. Its biggest win was 5–1 against Barholm Rovers in the first round of the 1901–02 Qualifying Cup.

The club's last appearance in senior football was in the Qualifying Cup draw for 1904–05; United "failed to get up a team" for its tie with Thornhill and, not having played all season, the club was struck from the Scottish FA roll in August 1905.

Colours

The club played in black and white.

Ground

United's ground was Caledonian Park, the former home of Annan F.C. (1896).

Benburb F.C. (Loanhead)

History

The club was founded in Loanhead, Midlothian, in 1896. Its first recorded match was a 3–1 defeat at home to Bonnyrigg Rose. The club's name and colours show that it was founded in the interests of Irish diaspora workers, but the club did not have an exclusionary policy of selection – many of its players had "Scots" names such as Torrance, Cunningham, Gordon, and Porteous.

Benburb joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1896. It entered four senior competitions that season, namely the Scottish Qualifying Cup, East of Scotland Shield, King Cup, and Midlothian League. The Bens lost in the first round in each knockout tournament; lost 7–0 to Cowdenbeath in the Qualifying, and 4–1 and 6–0 to Penicuik Athletic in the Shield and King Cup respectively.

Benburb was at least a little unfortunate that the Qualifying Cup tie clashed with a home game for the established Loanhead side Polton Vale, so the Benburb committee accepted an offer of half of the gate, plus 15 rail fares, to switch the match to Cowdenbeath. One early note of concern was that, even without the Vale playing in opposition, Benburb could only attract a meagre crowd for its Shield tie; Benburb's Edward Green received his marching orders in the tie, along with Athletic's Alexander White, for fighting.

Benburb however did win twice in the Shield's Consolation Cup, thereby reaching the semi-final, although again its tie with Trinity had a disappointing attendance; but lost again to Penicuik at that stage.

These two victories were the club's only wins in competitive football. It lost all of its four games in the Midlothian League, only scoring one goal.

Although Benburb renewed its memberships for 1897–98, it scratched from the Qualifying Cup and East of Scotland Shield, and did not enter the King Cup. After a season without playing it was struck from the relevant membership rolls.

Colours

The club wore green shirts and blue knickers.

Ground

The club's ground was the former Polton Vale ground at Ramsay Square; under Benburb's tenancy, it was simply known as the Benburb Football Park.

Berwick United F.C.

History

Similarly to Berwick Rangers, Berwick United was an association football team from Berwick-upon-Tweed, in England, but which played its football in Scotland. The club was founded in 1919, at a time when it was uncertain if Rangers would re-start after the First World War; A. A. Crisp, who was a player with the Thursday Rangers side, which in turn had lost players to the new Spittal Hearts side, proposed at a meeting of "those interested" that the Berwick Rangers assets (mostly cash in the bank) be handed over to the Hearts, with a view to amalgamating the Berwick sides as a new Berwick United club. It was eventually decided that the Berwick Comrades club should take over the assets and the Rangers name, so Crisp and the Spittal Hearts resolved to turn senior as Berwick United.

The club duly joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1919, and it warmed up for its first competitive tie (in the East of Scotland Shield qualifying cup) with a 3–0 win over the K.O.S.B. The club duly won 2–1 at Coldstream in the Shield tie, two goals from Fenby turning the tie around, but its debut in the Scottish Qualifying Cup at Vale of Leithen showed the gap to close, United missing a penalty when 1–0 down, and ultimately going down 5–0. Before September was out, the club was also eliminated from the Shield, thanks to missing two penalties in a 2–1 home defeat to Gala Fairydean.

Coldstream gained a revenge in the first round of the King Cup with a 2–1 home win, United twice hitting the woodwork, and the key goal scored after goalkeeper Weatherburn dropped a shot at the feet of Melrose.

The first meeting between United and Berwick Rangers took place at Shielfield Park just before Christmas, in the Border League, and United won 5–1. However, with Rangers bottom of the League and United with a mediocre record, the tide turned towards an amalgamation of the two sides. The clubs were drawn together in the first round of the Border Cup and drew 3–3 at Union Park; United won the replay 1–0. A win over Coldstream put United in the final, against Peebles Rovers at Innerleithen, in front of 1,100 spectators, and Purves gave United the lead with a volley from the right wing. However luck went against United in the second half, an injury to Abbot in the United goal – who was having a "great" game – interrupting the club's rhythm, Purves hitting the bar with a cross-shot, and Rovers equalised in the 76th minute, winning the game thanks to a penalty six minutes later after Johnston "fell on the ball with his arm".

The club was at least prominent enough to attract Newcastle United to a friendly towards the end of the season (albeit Berwick went down 9–1), but it suffered a blow when centre-forward Maxwell – awarded the Military Medal during the season, for escaping a prisoner of war camp in 1914 – was signed up by Hibernian.

However the club suffered a more serious blow in July, when Berwick Rangers announced it had secured Union Park for the following season, and the United players and committee therefore threw in their lot with Rangers, United being struck off the Scottish FA roll in August 1920.

Colours

The club played in blue, with a white change shirt.

Ground

United played at Union Park, let to the club by Jack Robertson of Mill Farm, Tweedmouth.

Bon Accord F.C. (1890)

History

The Aberdeen club was founded in September 1890 as Junior Bon-Accord. As the name suggests it was a Junior club, unrelated to the senior. Its greatest honour as a junior club was winning the Figaro Cup (for junior and senior reserve clubs) two years in succession (1893–94 and 1894–95).

In 1903, the club joined the Scottish Football Association, at the same time as the three existing senior clubs in Aberdeen ( Aberdeen (1881), Victoria United, and Orion), merged as Aberdeen F.C. Unlike Aberdeen, the Bon Accord senior side was mostly amateur. The club however had recruited six of the former Victoria United players and it had apparently won over the Victoria support, with fans shouting "Play up Vics!" at early matches.

The club was lucky with a bye in the first round of the Scottish Qualifying Cup, and its first senior match was a 2–1 win over Lochgelly United – who had also received a bye – on the date the other fixtures took place. The Bons lost 5–1 to Aberdeen in the second round, Aberdeen not getting out of second gear. After the match the club lost left-back William Brabner to Aberdeen via transfer, and another player, James Robertson, approached Aberdeen after the match seeking one for himself; Bon Accord complained that Aberdeen had set up an "A" side for the sole purpose of denuding the club of its players, but the Scottish FA ordered the transfer, as the Bons had promised him a free should another club be interested.

The Bons had the chance of revenge in the final of the Aberdeenshire Cup, which it had entered for the first time, and beat Aberdeen University and Peterhead in its two preceding ties. 2,000 people turned out at Pittodrie for the final, but Aberdeen dominated the first half, gaining a 2–0 lead; Ferries pulled a goal back, but M'Bean in goal rushed out to clear a long ball and missed his kick entirely, M'Aulay putting the Bons 3–1 down. Milne scored a consolation near the end.

The club only lasted a single season as a senior club, being struck from the Scottish FA roll (albeit to some surprise) in August 1904 as having "come to the conclusion that it is no use trying to fight the combine." It continued playing over the next couple of seasons, its last recorded match being a defeat at Aberdeen "A" in the first round of the Aberdeen & District Cup in 1905–06.

Colours

The club wore blue jerseys. For its final matches the club changed to black and white.

Ground

The club originally played at the Links, but as a senior club its ground was Central Park, also the ground of Aberdeen.

Broxburn St John's F.C.

History

The club had its origins in a Juvenile church side, founded in 1921, and affiliated to St John's Cantius Roman Catholic church in Broxburn. The club morphed into the Broxburn St John's C.Y.M.S. and won the first Scottish C.Y.M.S. Cup in 1932, beating Blantyre St Joseph's 1–0 on the ground of Parkhead Juniors thanks to a winner by Taylor in the 65th minute.

The club turned senior by joining the Scottish Football Association before the 1933–34 season, its first match as a senior club being an 8–4 defeat at Rosyth Recreation in the Edinburgh & District League. It entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup for the only time, getting a bye into the second round, and walked over Edinburgh University in the second; the club lost 7–1 at home to Vale of Leithen in the third after keeping the game tight in the first half but falling apart in the second, and the Vale gained entry to the Scottish Cup. In the first round, goals from Boyle, Armit, and Byrne getting the team from 2–0 down in the first round against Selkirk to win 3–2, and the club walked over Chirnside United which was unable to travel to a second replay at Selkirk; St John's lost 3–0 at eventual winners Clerwood Amateurs in the last four, Clerwood winning the toss being crucial, as St John's had to play into a strong wind in the first half and tired out too much to fight back in the second.

The club continued into 1934–35, but its only competitive football was a first round replay defeat in the East of Scotland Shield qualifying competition to Coldstream, the club having joined the association too late the previous year to play in the competition. Broxburn should have had home advantage for the original tie, but switched it to Coldstream, and came away with a 5–5 draw, but making the journey twice was too much for the side.

Colours

The club's first choice colours as a senior club were green, with a change strip of blue.

Ground

The club played at Broxburn's Sports Park; season tickets for 1933–34 cost 5 shillings, reduced to 1s for boys between 14 and 16, and 6d for those below.

Carron Amateurs F.C.

History

The Stenhousemuir club was founded out of a cricket club, the Pate brothers being prominent in both sides. The first references to it playing football are from the 1904–05 season.

The club joined the Scottish Amateur Football League for the 1905–06 season, and the Scottish Football Association in May 1906, which entitled the club to play in the Scottish Qualifying Cup and the Stirlingshire Cup in 1906–07.

The club's first season as a senior club saw heavy defeats in its first round fixtures; in 1906–07, it lost 6–0 to East Stirlingshire in the Qualifying and 5–0 to King's Park in the Stirlingshire, albeit the "swanky, go-ahead" Amateurs were handicapped by an injury to the goalkeeper after half-an-hour of the latter match, with the game still scoreless. In 1907–08, Carron only lost 2–1 to Clackmannan in the Qualifying, even taking the lead through a long shot from Shearer, and the Clacks needed an 88th-minute penalty to win the game. However the club scratched from the Stirlingshire.

Its Amateur League campaigns were not much more successful, its debut season being one of mid-table mediocrity, but finishing in the bottom three (of ten clubs) in 1907–08.

The Amateurs gave up on football after the 1907–08 season, resigning from the Amateur League and, not having a private ground, not seeking to retain its Scottish FA membership, although it continued to play cricket. The name was later used by the Carron Works Recreation Club company side.

Colours

The club wore maroon and gold.

Ground

The club played at Ochilview, relying on Stenhousemuir F.C. not having a home fixture in order to play home games.

Clydebank F.C. (1899)

History

The third senior club with the name Clydebank, but the second from Clydebank itself, was founded in 1899. The ambition of the club was demonstrated by it inviting Dumbarton and Rangers to be the club's first opponents in August that year; the Bankers surprisingly beat Dumbarton 3–1 in the club's first-ever match.

The club's promising start continued as it held neighbours Vale of Leven to a draw in the first round of the 1899–1900 Scottish Qualifying Cup, although it lost in the replay. Clydebank's protest that the Vale's colours were too similar to Clydebank's, which, combined with the "laziness" of the referee, led to a "grand fiasco", was dismissed, with the Scottish FA retaining the deposit; the referee explaining that the Vale had changed to light blue jerseys and white pants, which contrasted nicely with Clydebank's all dark blue.

It was also one of the four entrants to the Dumbartonshire Cup that season, played to a league format, and remarkably all four clubs finished with 6 points from 6 games, all from 2 wins, draws, and defeats each. Unfortunately for the club the biggest score in the competition was its 7–1 defeat at the Vale – the club's final fixture in the competition, when even a draw would have guaranteed it a place in the final – and the club's goal average meant it finished bottom.

Almost as soon as the club had started however it had run out of money. It lost the use of Hamilton Park to the Scottish Junior Football Association side Yoker Athletic at the end of the season, and scratched to Linthouse (also moribund) in the 1900–01 Qualifying Cup, the withdrawal being evidence of its "retiral from warfare". Someone had evidently paid the small subscription to the Scottish Football Association for the 1901–02 season however as it made one more entry to the Qualifying Cup, presumably in the hope of an attractive tie, but when matched with the Cameronians military side – a side guaranteed not to bring significant support – the club withdrew once more.

Colours

The club wore dark blue.

Ground

The club played at Hamilton Park, as the previous Clydebank had done.

Notable player

* Malcolm McVean, formerly of Liverpool and Burnley, who joined the club after its first two matches

Clydebank United F.C.

History

A Junior club called Clydebank United was founded in the 1886–87 season, but there is little record of the club before 1894. In August 1895, United, aiming to become a senior club, took over the remnants of Dalmuir Thistle; Dumbarton agreed to play in the new club's first fixture. The club joined the Scottish Football Association in October 1895, too late to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup that season, but the club did enter the Dumbartonshire Cup, losing 3–1 to Helensburgh Union in its only tie.

Ominously, for its first competitive match, United could not raise a full-strength side; the match proved to be the club's only competitive match. United did enter the Qualifying Cup in 1896–97, but scratched when drawn to face Vale of Leven in the first round, leaving the Vale to play a friendly with Arthurlie instead. The next news of United was its being struck off at the season's end for non-payment of subscription.

Colours

The club wore blue shirts and white knickers.

Ground

The club played at the Castle Grounds, notable for having a hedge and tree along its touchlines. It was previously the home of Dalmuir Thistle.

Comrie F.C.

History

The first reference to the club, from the village of Comrie, Perth and Kinross, in is in its entry to the Perthshire Cup in 1885–86; it entered the competition as a junior club intermittently until 1895, usually losing its first match each season heavily.

Despite this, in 1895 the club joined the Scottish Football Association, and entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup for 1895–96, bolstered by a number of new arrivals from Glasgow who nearly brought off a shock, holding Dunblane to a one-goal victory in the Perthshire Cup. Comrie only lasted one season as a senior club, scratching to Fair City Athletic in the first round of the Qualifying Cup, and not renewing its Scottish FA subscription in 1896. This may also have been influenced by a protest from Dunblane after a Perthshire Cup tie that Gowanlea was a public park, rather than a private ground, and therefore against Scottish FA regulations – Dunblane's particular complaint was that the "passing the hat around" resulted in no proper accounting for its share of the gate.

Indeed, Comrie also left the Perthshire FA at this time, only re-joining in 1898. The only success the club had was reaching the semi-final of the Perthshire Cup in 1912–13, and that was only after quarter-final opponent St Johnstone scratched, having been one goal up in the original tie when it was called off due to darkness. In the semi-final Comrie lost 3–1 at Breadalbane in a replay, after throwing away a 2–0 lead at home, albeit Breadalbane had to play the first half with 10 men after centre-forward Dakers' transport to Comrie broke down.

The club continued after the First World War, but never entered the Perthshire Cup again; in 1923 the club started a second XI on the basis that local players had been squeezed out by "imported" players. However within a couple of years the club seems to have petered out, with Comrie Rovers taking over as the town's representative club.

Colours

The club played in blue and white.

Ground

The club originally played at Gowanlea to the south of the village, in Dalginross. From 1898 it played at Station Park.

Nickname

The club's nickname of the Earthquakers derives from the village's distinction of being the most earthquake-affected habitation in Britain, with Earthquake House, a building for the study of earthquakes, being put up near the village in 1874.

Dunkeld & Birnam F.C. (1891)

History

The Dunkeld, Perthshire club was founded as Dunkeld & Birnam United in 1891 (dropping the United by 1893) and was admitted to the Perthshire Football Association that September. It entered the Perthshire Cup from 1891–92 to 1895–96, losing in the first round every time.

Despite this lack of success, the club turned senior and entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup qualifying stages in 1895–96, but scratched to Rob Roy before playing. By September 1896 the club had run out of money, unable to pay its liabilities, so it was wound up. Its last game was its Qualifying Cup debut – a 4–2 defeat to Huntingtower.

Colours

The club wore white shirts and blue knickers.

Ground

The club played at the Recreation Grounds in Dunkeld.

East Benhar Rangers F.C.

History

The club, from Fauldhouse in West Lothian, was formed in 1900 to provide senior football for the area, and signed up a number of former professional players for its first season. At the time the village was part of Lanarkshire.

The club was admitted to the Scottish Football Association in October 1900, too late to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup that season. However its entry to the Lanarkshire Association in November 1900 was in time to play in the Lanarkshire Cup in 1900–01.

The club's first match was a 3–0 home defeat to Carfin Emmett in October 1900, but it gained its first win in its third match, 2–0 against Bathgate. It was however unlucky with its Lanarkshire Cup draw, having to face Motherwell at Fir Park, and was beaten 11–2, the home side even having goals disallowed.

The Rangers' first, and only, Qualifying Cup tie was a home derby against Dykehead, spiced up by both sides recruiting from the same pool of talent, and the visitors won 4–2; Pat Slavin had moved from Benhar to Dykehead, proved the difference. Another heavy defeat in the first round of the Lanarkshire – 9–1 at Carfin Emmett – seems to have convinced the club committee that senior football in the village was not feasible, and it disbanded in August 1902.

Colours

The club played in light blue.

Ground

The club's first match was played at Braehead Park. For its third game it had secured a private ground known simply as the Sports Field.

Notable players

The club's initial recruitment included:

*Martin Hughes, goalkeeper, from Middlesbrough
* Thomas Cherry, wing-half, from Grimsby Town
*Robert Murray, centre-half, from Nottingham Forest

Glasgow Normal Athletic F.C.

History

A "Normal Athletic", playing at Keppochill, had been active from the 1880s until 1893 and was revived in 1900. The club was for those teaching and studying at the Normal School for the Training of Teachers, set up in 1837.

The club promptly joined the Glasgow Association, entitling it to take part in the Scottish Qualifying Cup and Glasgow Cup in 1900–01; the club is not listed as having joined the Scottish Football Association separately.

The Students were naturally outgunned; it lost its only ties in the Qualifying Cup and Glasgow Cup from 1900–01 to 1902–03 and scratched from its first round tie in the Qualifying Cup in 1903–04, not bothering to try in the Glasgow.

It had more relevant competition in the Scottish Amateur Football League, of which it was a founder member in 1901. In the League's first season, the Students were ranked second in the final table of six clubs, four points behind leaders Paisley Academical, although Ayr Parkhouse was one point behind with games in hand. However, as the title required a play-off, the league section was left unfinished, and Paisley Academical went on to take the title. The club however only played one more season in the League, resigning before the 1903–04 season.

Although the club ceased operations as a regular side in 1904, being struck from Scottish FA membership in August, it did play at least one match afterwards, a 2–1 win at Kilmacolm in 1908.

Colours

The club played in black and gold.

Ground

The club's ground, Nithsdale Park, was between Pollokshields and Maxwell Park stations.

Glenarnott Athletic F.C.

History

The first reference to the club is from 1897, losing 5–2 to Newton Stewart Athletic in the final of the Wigtownshire Cup; the club did not have to play a fixture before the final, Stranraer scratching to the club in the semi-final. Glenarnott had taken a two-goal lead in the final, but that was with the benefit of a considerable wind, and in the second half Newton Stewart overwhelmed it.

Glenarnott was also from the village of Newton Stewart, but despite that – and the club's second secretary S. C. Maxwell living in the same street as his Newton Stewart Athletic counterpart – the Scottish Football Association considered the club a Kirkcudbrightshire concern.

The club joined the Scottish FA in May 1897, and its first act under the SFA's auspices was to scratch from its first round tie in the Scottish Qualifying Cup against Tarff Rovers, which was one of the causative factors in the Scottish FA setting up a committee to find out why so many teams ceded ties before playing. The club in fact did not play at all in the 1897–98 season, with it being bruited that the club's membership was simply to secure a vote at the Scottish FA, and what entity there was had amalgamated with Newton Stewart Athletic. Despite this, the club still entered the 1898–99 Qualifying Cup, and was drawn at home to St Cuthbert Wanderers, but it was believed the entry had been falsified, and it was struck from the Scottish FA's roll in 1899.

Colours

The club wore myrtle green.

Ground

The club only ever seems to have played two matches in its existence, namely the Wigtownshire Cup final against Newton Stewart and an 8–2 defeat to Dalbeattie Star in August 1898, and there is no record of it having a home ground.

Hamilton Garrison F.C.

History

The club was made up of soldiers stationed at the garrison in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, and its first reported match took place in 1888 against the "Boy Jags" of Hamilton Thistle. It entered the Lanarkshire Cup in two separate runs, from 1901–02 to 1909–10, and from 1921–22 to 1927–28. The club also joined the Scottish Football Association in 1919 and entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup from 1919–20 to 1927–28. It lost every match it played in the two tournaments. It walked over in the first round of the 1922–23 Qualifying Cup after opponent Renton scratched but lost 3–0 at Galston in the second.

The club had a little more success in the Scottish Amateur Cup, reaching the third round in 1920–21 and 1921–22. The last recorded match for the club was a 6–1 home defeat to Greenhill Thistle in November 1930.

Colours

The club wore scarlet and black until 1925, and changed to a combination of blue, black, and green from then until its demise.

Ground

The club played its home matches in the Barracks, but it was unable to use it for Cup ties as it was not up to the proper Scottish FA standard, so had to play each of its senior ties away from home.

Jamestown F.C. (1898)

History

The club was the second senior club from the village of Jamestown, in the Vale of Leven area of West Dunbartonshire, after the previous club which had entered Scottish Cup club affiliated with it, called Jamestown Athletic, which shared colours and secretary with the senior.

This second attempt club was founded in 1898 and had not played a match before joining the Scottish Football Association in August. It recruited a number of veteran players, including Mills, M'Coll, Smith, Gillies, and Graham, and was fancied for its first competitive match, against Renton in the first round of the 1898–99 Scottish Qualifying Cup.

Jamestown warmed up with a 0–0 draw against Cartvale, and secured another goalless draw with Renton in their tie; Renton won the replay 3–0.

Jamestown was also drawn against Renton in the Dumbartonshire Cup, but this time lost more heavily, 7–0 in a two-legged tie.

The club scratched to Kilbarchan in the Qualifying Cup second round in 1899–1900, after getting through the first round on a bye, and was suspended from the Scottish FA in September 1899 for not paying a required gate share to Johnstone