association football
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club from the village of
Tulloch Tulloch may refer to:
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in
Perthshire
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.
History
The club was formed in 1884, William Pearson being elected as first club captain and James Paul as first club secretary. The club first played in the
Perthshire Cup
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Format
The competition was a knock-out tourname ...
in the 1885–86 season, but struggled in its early years, on occasion going into abeyance due to the recruitment of its better players to better clubs, most notably Fair City Athletic, which persuaded the McLaren brothers, Barclay, Kinnoch, and Condie to switch allegiance in the 1880s and 1890s. It joined the
Scottish Football Association
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in 1898, in time to play in the
Scottish Qualifying Cup
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in 1898–99. In the same year, it was one of the seven smaller Perthshire clubs which agreed to form the Perthshire League, the club's secretary John Traill taking the pen at the league as well.
The club entered the Perthshire Cup every season from 1891–92 to 1920–21 (apart from 1896 to 1897), but only won one tie before 1904; indeed the club's 13–0 defeat to
St Johnstone
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in the first round in 1887–88 remains the Saints' biggest win. It had a similar lack of success in the Qualifying Cup, never winning through to the first round of the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Breadalbane and Duncrub Park for its first wins in the competition, but lost to Auchterarder Thistle in the third round, going down to a penalty and a goal with three minutes remaining; Thistle was drawn to play
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in the first round proper. The second occasion was 1906–07, a 3–1 defeat to
Forfar Athletic
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ending the club's run in the third round; Tulloch was 2–0 down inside ten minutes and had Mailer in goal to thank for keeping the score reasonable. The final time (1913–14) was thanks to two byes before a heavy defeat to
Alloa Athletic
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. The club gained a notable result in 1910–11 by holding St Johnstone to a draw in the first round, even earning a half-time lead, but lost the replay after centre-half Robinson had to withdraw from the tie due to a clashing cricket commitment.
It did however have success in the Perthshire League, winning the title four times before World War 1. The first occasion (in 1903–04) was after the club finished up its fixtures before closest rivals Duncrub Park, leaving Auld Dinnin' the task of forcing a championship play-off by winning the final two matches; however Park drew its last fixture with
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and Tulloch took its first trophy. The club's final title was in the final season before World War 1. It missed out on a double by losing to Stanley in the final of the Atholl Cup, it being fourth time lucky for Stanley, as Tulloch had three wins over it during the season.
Tulloch also won the first Perthshire Consolation Cup in 1905–06, for clubs eliminated from the county competition before the final, with a 2–1 win over Vale of Atholl. It successfully retained the trophy in 1906–07, beating Allanvale 2–0 in a replay, after drawing the original final at
Crieff
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- a plan to play extra-time was scuppered by the Allanvale side needing to catch trains back to
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Its best runs in the main county cup came in 1906–07 and 1913–14, both times winning through to the semi-final, and both times suffering six goal defeats to St Johnstone. It was also a semi-finalist in 1920–21, but due to byes, as senior football in Perthshire was collapsing. Tulloch had scratched to Huntingtower in its Qualifying Cup tie that season and Tulloch's end was confirmed by it resigning its Scottish FA membership in August 1921.
Colours
The club wore black and white jerseys.
Ground
The club's ground was simply called Tulloch Park.
Notable players
* Donald and Lawrence McLaren, father and uncle respectively of
Sandy McLaren
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Born in Tibbermore, Perthshire, McLaren played club football for St Johnstone in the Scottish Football League and Leicester City in T ...
, both of whom played for the club in its first season; Sandy played for the Tulloch Juveniles side which outlived the senior side by a decade.
Honours
*Perthshire League
** Winner: 1903–04, 1905–06, 1911–12, 1913–14
** Runner-up: 1904–05
*Perthshire Consolation Cup
** Winner: 1905–06, 1906–07
*Atholl Cup
** Runner-up: 1907–08, 1910–11, 1913–14