| Full name | Campbeltown Athletic Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1885 | |
| Dissolved | 1891 | |
| Ground | Castleacres | |
| Secretary | Charles A. Douglas | |
Campbeltown Athletic Football Club was anassociation football club fromCampbeltown,Argyllshire, and the only club from the area to have entered theScottish Cup.
The earliest recorded match for the club is a 2–0 win over the Campbeltown Rangers at Kinloch Park in May 1885.[1]
The club made an impact by winning the Campbeltown Charity Cup in 1887, and beatingMorton 6–4 in a home friendly,[2] although Morton won the return friendly 10–1.[3] It dipped its toe into senior football by joining theScottish Football Association in August 1888,[4] but scratched from its first round Scottish Cup tie withOban,[5] and left the Scottish FA the following season.[6]
It did however take part in the two editions of theArgyllshire Cup, losing to1st A.R.V. in both competitions. In 1889–90, the clubs met in the semi-final at the Showfield, the game ending 3–3;[7] Campbeltown protested about the "vacillation of an incompetent referee" who was "a round man in a square hole when acting as a referee", albeit in vain,[8] and the Volunteers won the replay 3–2, with a goal in the last three minutes.[9]
In 1890–91, the clubs met in the final. There were however very few entrants in the two tournaments; the Athletics' only other tie was a 5–0 win in 1890–91 over a Kintyre side reduced to 8 men by the end of the match.[10] The Athletics' problem in the final was getting a team together; while the Volunteers could rely on military orders, the Athletics' side was made up of fishermen and sailors who had more pressing duties. Goalkeeper Mathieson - a crew member on asmack - had to sail through a storm fromLamlash in order to get to the final, held atCappielow Park, so it was a distinctly second-choice Athletic which lost 5–0.[11] Perhaps because of the difficulties in raising a side, no more is heard of the team after the end of the season.
The club wore royal blue jerseys and dark blue knickers.[12]
The club's ground was the Showfield,[13] on Castleacres.[14]
