| Full name | Stenhousemuir Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | South Broomage | |
| Secretary | J. Morrison | |
Stenhousemuir Football Club was aScottishfootball club located inStenhousemuir,Falkirk.
The club was founded in 1881,[1] out of a cricket club.[2]
Stenhousemuir was a founder member of the Stirlingshire Football Association and played in the firstStirlingshire Cup in 1883–84.[3] The club lost toTayavalla 5–2 in the first round.
The same season the club entered theScottish Cup for the first time. Stenhousemuir beatStrathblane 3–2 in the first round, but lost 9–1 toFalkirk in the second.[4]
In the first round of the1884–85 Scottish Cup, the club lost again to Tayavalla, this time at home. Stenhousemuir did at least win a tie in the Stirlingshire Cup, 3–2 at the unheralded Falkirk Harp, but lost 4–1 atCamelon in the second round.[5] The club appears to have given up football after this defeat, and theScottish Football Association struck the club from membership before the 1885–86 season.[6]
The club played in black and white hooped jerseys and hose, with blue knickers.[7]
The club originally played at Burnhead, 5 minutes' walk from Larbert station.[8] From 1884 the club played at South Broomage.[9]
