Shawlands Athletic Football Club was a Scottish football team, based in

Pollokshaws Pollokshaws ( sco, Powkshaws) is an area on the South side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is bordered by the residential neighbourhoods of Auldhouse to the east, Eastwood and Hillpark to the south and Shawlands to the north, with the Gl ...

, now part of

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(at the time a separate

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History

The club was founded in March 1880 and joined the

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five months later. It only played one season in senior football, 1880–81, but, thanks to the luck of the draw, went some way into the two major competitions it was entitled to enter - the

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. In the former, the club gained walkovers against both

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and Possil Bluebell to reach the third round, where the club was drawn to visit

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. As the Thursday before the third round tie was Glasgow fast-day, the club visited the Vale of Teith club in

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for a warm-up match, losing 1–0. Two days later the Athletic lost 4–0 at

in a "very pleasant" game, Sloan scoring a hat-trick. In the county competition, the club benefitted from an error from the Renfrewshire Association, which did not notify the Athletic before the first round draw was due to be made. The same error applied to

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, so both sides were allowed into the competition at the fourth round stage, to play each other. Shawlands won 4–1 away, to be put into a fifth round tie with

Pollok Pollok ( gd, Pollag, lit=a pool, sco, Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,0 ...

. The clubs drew 2–2, and, as the only other clubs left in the competition after the fifth round of fixtures was played were

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and St Mirren, both Shawlands and Pollok were moved into the semi-final, to play one the other clubs each. The Athletic was drawn to play St Mirren and lost 2–0 at the Saints' Thistle Park, in front of 2,000 spectators, the Saints scoring both in the first and last knockings of the game. Despite this promising start to the club's existence, and an entry to the

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, the club had dissolved before it could play its first round tie.

Colours

The club played in 1" black and ½" white hooped jerseys, white knickers, and black and white hose.

Ground

The club played at Blythswood Park.

Notable players

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, the "Demon Dodger", who left the club for Queen's Park.

References

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