| Full name | Strathclyde Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Strathies | |
| Founded | 1894 | |
| Dissolved | 1965 | |
| Ground | Springfield Park Glasgow | |
| League | Glasgow Junior League 1895–1927 Scottish Intermediate League 1927–31 Central Junior League 1931–65 | |
Strathclyde Football Club was aScottish football club based inGlasgow, who played inScottish Junior Football Association competitions from 1894 until they went out of business in 1965. They won theScottish Junior Cup on three occasions.
The club was formed in 1894 by followers of defunctScottish Football League clubThistle, based in theDalmarnock district of Glasgow.[1] Thistle had spent their early years (up to 1892) playing at Beechwood Park[2] located off Strathclyde Street,[1] hence the name choice for the new team (the ground is not to be confused with thestadium of that name which was home toLeith Athletic F.C. in the same era). In 1919, Strathclyde eventually moved toNew Springfield Park[3] situated next toBelvidere Hospital towardsParkhead, becoming near-neighbours ofCeltic as well as fellow strong Junior clubsBridgeton Waverley andParkhead F.C., neither of which survived into the late 20th century.[1][4][5]
Strathclyde won theScottish Junior Cup for the first time in 1896–97 and went on to win twice more in 1906–07 and 1925–26. In the league, they wereGlasgow Junior Football League winners in 1896–97 and 1922–23 (plus runners-up seven times), and runners-up in theCentral Junior League in 1932–33 and 1939–40. They lost the lease on Springfield Park in 1965 and prepared to spend a year in exile atEast Kilbride, but did not participate in the 1965–66 season, before going out of business in 1966 following a fire at the original ground with no new home forthcoming.
Springfield Park was later taken over by Celtic but never developed, and the site of the ground became part of theAthletes' Village for the2014 Commonwealth Games.
The club wore light blue jerseys.[6]
Former players of the club includeArchie Baird andWillie Waddell, who both went on to be capped at full international level forScotland.[7]
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