| Full name | Perseverance Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | the Persé[1] | |
| Founded | 1879 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | Angus Park | |
| Secretary | James Mitchell, Robert Low | |
| Captain | G. Donaldson,[2] Thomas Fraser[3] | |
ThePerseverance Football Club was anassociation football club fromDundee, Scotland.
The Perseverance club was founded on 5 July 1879 at a meeting in the Cricketers' Arms in Dundee,[4] with a reserve side called Perseverance Swifts in tow.[5] At the end of 1881 the club obtained financial backing from Dundonian coach proprietor David Stratton[6] and, after an unbeaten season, took the plunge into the senior game by joining theScottish Football Association for the 1882–83 season,[7] moving to a private ground to be eligible for SFA membership.
The club found the step-up to senior football a major change. In its first senior match, the first round of the1882–83 Scottish Cup, was a 7–2 defeat atDundee Harp.[8] In 1883–84, it lost in the first round of the firstForfarshire Cup toStrathmore (Arbroath),[9] but did win in the first round of the1883–84 Scottish Cup, beatingDundee Hibernian 4–3 in a replay, played atOur Boys' West Craigie,[10] after a 2–2 draw.[11] Hibernians protested to the Scottish FA in relation to some refereeing decisions; the Scottish FA dismissed the protest unanimously.[12]
The club withdrew from its second round tie withArbroath,[13] perhaps fearing an inevitable defeat, and the club seems to have ground to a halt before the 1884–85 season; its membership of 35 had not grown in three years and the club was much the smallest senior side in Dundee, the only other club with double-digit membership beingWest End, which had 60 members.[14] The two clubs were drawn together in the first round of the1884–85 Scottish Cup, but despite advertising up to the date of the match, Perseverance did not turn up.[15] A week later, in the county cup, Perseverance was humiliated 7–0 at West Craigie by the unknown Victoria club, which only played for one season.[16] By the end of the season the club was playing minor opposition[17] and it was struck from the Scottish FA roster in August 1885.[18]
The club played wore 1" black and white hooped jerseys and white knickers.[19]
Before turning senior, the club played on Magdalen Green.[20] From 1882 the club rented Angus Park on Den's [sic] Road from Mr Cooper of Clepington Farm.[21]
