Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
, active in the mid-1880s.
History
The club was formed in
Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow
Kelvinhaugh is a neighbourhood in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated directly north of the River Clyde in the West End of the city.
Its boundaries are not precisely defined, but roughly correspond to the River Clyde to the south, Yorkh ...
in 1885, under the name Partick Hibernians, its first recorded game being a 1–0 defeat to Woodbank.
In August 1885, the club changed its name to St Peter's (possibly named after St Peter's church in
Partick
Partick (, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and to the north Broo ...
), joined the
Scottish Football Association
The Scottish Football Association (; also known as the Scottish FA and the SFA) is the governing body of football in Scotland and has the ultimate responsibility for the control and development of football in Scotland. Members of the SFA incl ...
, and entered the
1885–86 Scottish Cup
The 1885–86 Scottish Cup was the 13th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the eighth time after they beat defending champions Renton 3–1 in the final.
Arbroath set a wor ...
. The club had the misfortune to be drawn at Queen's Park in the first round, and the tie was moved up a week so that it could be one of the entertainments at the Queen's Park athletic sports. Within ten minutes, Queen's Park was four goals to the good, by half-time the score was 8, and by the end 16, St Peter's only making Gillespie in the Queen's Park goal work once. The score remains the Spiders' record victory and, at the time, was the second-highest win in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Mearns Athletic. However the club lost both of its other competitive matches - 6–1 to Clyde in the first round of the
1886–87 Scottish Cup
The 1886–87 Scottish Cup was the 14th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Hibernian won the competition for the first time after they beat Dumbarton 2–1 in the final.
Calendar
*Two teams qualified for th ...
and 3–1 to Whitefield in the 1886–87 Govan Charity Cup, although a week after the defeat to Clyde, St Peter's scored a remarkable 5–0 victory over a scratch side from Hibernians. The game was however notable for taking place at Glengarry Park, the home of the Columba club started up by
Brother Walfrid
Andrew Kerins (; 18 May 1840 – 17 April 1915), known by his religious name Brother Walfrid, was an Irish people, Irish Marist Brothers, Marist Brother and is best remembered for being the founder of Scottish football club Celtic F.C., Celtic. ...
, and to raise funds for a charity run by him, proving to be a key influence in the foundation of
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
.
St Peter's did not renew its subscription for a third season of senior football and the last record of the club is of John Rae breaking his thigh bone during training in March 1887. By 1888 Copeland Park was no longer being used for football.
Colours
The club wore light blue jerseys, dark blue "pants", and scarlet hose.
Ground
St Peter's originally played at Eastvale Park, 10 minutes' walk from the Finnieston car stop, the club crossing the Clyde to Copeland Park in August 1886, replacing the Pilgrims as tenants of the Customs Cricket Club.