| Full name | 1st Battalion Scots Guards Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | the Guards/Guardsmen | |
| Founded | 1891 | |
| Ground | varies according to stationing | |
1st Scots Guards F.C. are an English football team which has existed from at least1891.
The club's first successes came in the 1891–92 season, when it reached the final of both theArmy Football Association Cup and theMiddlesex Senior Cup, losing both to the2nd Scots Guards.[1]
They played in theSouthern League from1895–96 and finished third of nine in Division Two. This made them eligible to play in a test match promotion decider againstClapton, which they lost 1–4. The following season they finished 8th of 13.
They also participated briefly in theLondon League Division One for the1896–97 season before withdrawing, and were the last club to playThames Ironworks at theirHermit Road ground on 8 October 1896, when they lost 1–0.[2] The Battalion was unable to join a league in 1899, as it was sent to theTransvaal in October.[3]
The club has never won the Army Cup, but did win the Middlesex Senior Cup in 1908–09, beatingWest Hampstead 4–0 in the final on theUxbridge F.C. ground, Cameron scoring a second-half hat-trick after a deflected shot from Donald gave the Guards a half-time lead.[4]
TheChristmas truce football game of 1914 supposedly featured men from the1st Scots Guards.
The club's traditional kit is all dark blue.[5][6]
The club's home depended on where it was stationed. For much of the 1890s it was based inSouthall.
