Strathclyde Football Club was a

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football club based in

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, who played in

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competitions from 1894 until they went out of business in 1965. They won the

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on three occasions.

History

The club was formed in 1894 by followers of defunct

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club

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, based in the

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district of Glasgow. Thistle had spent their early years (up to 1892) playing at Beechwood Park located off Strathclyde Street, hence the name choice for the new team (the ground is not to be confused with the stadium of that name which was home to Leith Athletic F.C. in the same era). In 1919, Strathclyde eventually moved to ''New Springfield Park'' situated towards

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, becoming near-neighbours of Celtic as well as fellow strong Junior clubs Bridgeton Waverley and

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, neither of which survived into the late 20th century. Strathclyde won the

for the first time in 1896–97 and went on to win twice more in 1906–07 and 1925–26. In the league, they were

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winners in 1896–97 and 1922–23 (plus runners-up seven times), and runners-up in the Central Junior League in 1932–33 and 1939–40. They lost the lease on Springfield Park in 1965 and prepared to spend a year in exile at

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, but did not participate in the 1965-66 season, before going out of business in 1966 following a fire at the original ground with no new home forthcoming. Springfield Park was later taken over by Celtic but never developed, and the site of the ground became part of the Athletes' Village for the

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Former players

Former players of the club include Archie Baird and Willie Waddell, who both went on to be capped at full international level for

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Honours

winners: 1896–97, 1906–07, 1925–26 *

Glasgow Junior League The Glasgow Junior Football League (GJL) was a football league competition operated under the Scottish Junior Football Association between 1895 and 1927.

winners: 1896–97, 1922–23 *Glasgow Junior League Cup winners: 1921–22, 1922–23 *

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winners: 1932–33 *Central League Cup winners: 1940–41

References

Sources

Scottish Football Historical Archive

External links

Strathclyde team from 'Portfolio of Photos', 1897
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Video clip of derelict ground from 2000
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