| Full name | Cambuslang St Bride's Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | the Saints | |
| Founded | 1889 | |
| Dissolved | 1893 | |
| Ground | Westburn Park | |
| Hon. Secretary | R. Morgan | |
| Match Secretary | Hugh Gallacher | |
Cambuslang St Bride's Football Club was anassociation football club fromCambuslang,Lanarkshire.
The club was founded in 1889 by Glaswegian workers fromDouglas, Lanarkshire,[1] after predecessor Irish diaspora clubCambuslang Hibernian had been expelled from theScottish Football Association for financial shenanigans.[2] It played at the same Westburn Park ground as the Hibernians and took its name from the localRoman Catholic parish which had been founded in 1878.[3]
The club was admitted to both the Scottish Football Association[4] and theGlasgow Football Association[5] in August 1889. The difficulties it had in the shadow of the much biggerCambuslang F.C. were shown by the club losing its first match 8–1 atWhifflet Shamrock.[6] Facing an inevitable defeat at home toAirdrieonians in the first round of the1889–90 Scottish Cup, St Bride's "scratched on the field" and played a friendly instead, which the visitors won 7–1.[7]
A week later the Saints scratched toNorthern in the 1889–90Glasgow Cup.[8] It was the sole entry to the competition, as it left the Glasgow FA in August 1890.[9] It kept its Scottish FA membership open to enter the1890–91 Scottish Cup, and was drawn to play comparative minnowsRutherglen. However, again, St Bride's scratched,[10] again played out a friendly, and again suffered a six-goal drubbing, this time 6–0.[11]
The club had more success playingJunior ťsides, such as beating Millburn Athletic 5–0[12] but by November 1890 was struggling to form an XI, only seven players turning up for consecutive games against Glasgow East End (albeit with four replacements St Bride's still won 2–0)[13] and against theClyde F.C. reserve side.[14]
The Saints somehow kept going to 1891–92, but scratched a third time in the Scottish Cup, this time toCarrington in the first qualifying round,[15] After three successive withdrawals, the Scottish FA could not let the Saints remain as members, and the club does not seem to have played after a 2–1 win against the short-lived Linfield side ofAnniesland in February 1892.[16] Cambuslang Hibernian reformed as a Junior level club at around the same time.
The club played in green.[17]
The club played at Westburn Park,[18] also known as Roslea Park.[19]
