| Full name | Ramblers Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Dissolved | 1877 | |
| Ground | Lorne Park | |
| Secretary | R. Macdougall Jr, Robert Telford | |
| Captain | Slimmon | |
Ramblers Football Club was a 19th-century football club based inGlasgow.
The club was founded in 1874.[1] Its first recorded match was a 0–0 draw with Burnbank,[2] and its first recorded goal and win came atHamilton Academical the following month.[3]
The Ramblers entered theScottish Cup for the first time in1875–76. The club was drawn away toNorthern and lost by 4 goals, plus one disputed goal, to nil.[4] The club entered the competition three times in total, losing in the first round on every occasion - its other appearances being a 6–0 (plus one disputed) loss at3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers in1876–77,[5] and a 1–0 defeat at home toStonefield in1877–78, in a "hard but pleasant game".[6]
The club recorded winning 10 of its 18 matches in the 1876–77 season, and boasted a membership of 50 that season;[7] however the club's last advertised match was againstBlythswood in December 1877,[8] but there is no report that the match took place. The final recorded match was a 2–0 defeat atStonelaw the previous month, against a scratch side rather than the regular Stonelaw XI.[9]
The club wore blue and black jerseys, white knickers, and blue and black hose.[10]
The club played originally atQueen's Park.[11] By 1876 the club had a private ground at Lorne Park, on Victoria Road,Crosshill, Glasgow,[12] shared withPollokshields Athletic.
