| Full name | Whitehill Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1882 | ||
| Dissolved | 1886 | ||
| Ground | Haghill Park | ||
| Match Secretary | George Gilmour | ||
| |||
Whitehill Football Club was aScottishassociation football club based inDennistoun, inGlasgow.
The club was founded in 1882 by the Stewart brothers, former pupils ofGlasgow High School,[1] with its first reported match coming at the start of 1883 against aPartick reserve side.[2]
Whitehill entered theScottish Cup for the first time in1883–84. In the first round, the club beat neighboursAlexandra Athletic 3–1, Whitehill's two second-half goals coming against the wind. The Whitehill side lined up as:
J. Strathearn, R. Stewart, J. Clark, J. Goodall, A. Macrae, A. Stewart, J. M'Menemy, P. White, J. Rankin, R. Gill, J. Cummings[3]
In the second round, the club was drawn to playRangers away. Rangers had the disadvantage of losing goalkeeper Chalmers after 15 minutes through a hand injury; however, and despite Whitehill's "young players show[ing] good play at times", the home side won by 14 goals to 2, with two further goals disputed.[4] This remains Rangers' (joint) highest score.
Thefollowing season the club had the misfortune to be drawn against Rangers again in the first round, losing this time 11–0.[5]
In 1885, the club changed its name toDennistoun Athletic.[6] It entered the Scottish Cup one last time in1885–86 but lost 3–1 atWhitefield.[7]
The club's lack of success on the national stage was mirrored in more local football. It entered the Glasgow North-Eastern Cup from 1882–83 to 1885–86 but lost in the first round each time,[8] the final match being an 8–0 defeat atClyde in 1886.[9] The last recorded game for the club is a 5–4 defeat atPort Glasgow Athletic in May 1886[10] and the club was struck from theScottish Football Association register before the 1886–87 season.[11]
The club originally wore all white, the inspiration possibly coming from the club name. With its change of name, the club changed its colours to black and white one-inch hoops and blue knickers.[12]
The club originally played at Onslow Park, two minutes' walk from the Dennistoun car stop, taken over from the recently-defunctHarmonic Good Templars.[13]
By the 1883–84 season the club had moved toCraigpark's former ground at Haghill Park[14] and, as Dennistoun Athletic, played at Kennyhill Park, 10 minutes' from the tram terminus,[15] and the former home ofAlexandra Athletic.
