| Full name | Levendale Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1879 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | Balloch Road | |
| Hon. Secretary | James Brown | |
| Match Secretary | Peter Walker | |
Levendale Football Club was a football club fromAlexandria, Dumbartonshire, active in the 19th century.
The club was founded in 1879 in the wake of fellow Alexandria sideVale of Leven. It joined theScottish Football Association in 1883,[1] after winning 5 of its 10 matches in 1882–83, although one of its players (James Buchanan) had suffered a serious leg break in a friendly against the1st D.R.V. in February (which Levendale nevertheless won 7–1).[2][3]
Levendale was always a minnow on the Dumbartonshire scene, never claiming more than 30 members; in its final season it was the smallest club inDumbartonshire.[4] Given the power of the county in the Scottish game - from 1875 to 1888, only oneScottish Cup final did not include a club from the shire - the chances of such a small club ever gaining success were non-existent.
This was borne out by Levendale's record in competitive football. The Scottish Cup was drawn on a regional basis in the era and the only tie the club played - against Vale of Leven in its first entry, in the1883–84 Scottish Cup - was a 12–0 defeat, 9 of the goals coming in the first half.[5] Faced with the same sort of humiliationthe following season againstDumbarton, the club scratched,[6] allowing Dumbarton to arrange a more lucrative friendly withWalsall Swifts - the speed of such arrangements suggesting Levendale had accepted a consideration to step down.[7]
Levendale also withdrew from its two entries in theDumbartonshire Cup in 1884–85 and 1885–86,[8] and even scratched to the moribundRock in the first round of the1885–86 Scottish Cup.[9]
A newLevendale club was formed in 1889,[10] which turned senior in 1892.[11]
The club wore blue jerseys and hose, and white knickers.[12]
The club's home ground was on Balloch Road, 5 minutes' walk from the station,[13] which it shared withJamestown.[14]
