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Former association football club in Port Glasgow, Scotland, UK From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Port Glasgow Football Club was a football club based in Port Glasgow, Scotland.
Full name | Port Glasgow Football Club | |
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Founded | 1876 | |
Dissolved | 1879 | |
Ground | Dougliehill | |
Secretary | Alexander Bell, James Crawford | |
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The club was formed in 1876. It entered the Scottish Cup three times. In the 1877–78 Scottish Cup, the club lost 1–0 at home to Thornliebank in the first round.[1]
The club was lucky with the draw in the first round of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, as opponents Pollokshaws had disbanded before the season started.[2] The club was not so lucky in the second round, drawn to visit Barrhead at Parkhouse, and Barrhead had an "easy" 6–2 win.[3]
Port Glasgow did enter the Cup in 1879–80 and was drawn to face Johnstone Athletic, but was said to have been dissolved before the tie could take place[4] - the Scottish FA had turned down membership applications from clubs without private grounds from 1877,[5] and as the club had lost its ground before the 1878–79 season, it is likely that, despite a membership figure that was among the largest in Renfrewshire,[6] the lack of gate money made senior football impossible. The club did continue operating until the end of 1879.[7]
The club played in 2" black and white hooped jerseys, white knickers, and black and white hooped stockings.[8]
The club originally had a private ground at Dougliehill[9] within five minutes' walk from the Caledonian railway station, albeit no club house.[10] By 1878 the club had lost its ground and played on public parks.[11]
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