| Full name | Cartvale Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1892 | |
| Dissolved | 1909 | |
| Ground | Cartsbridge Park | |
| Secretary | J. M'Ghie | |
| ||
Cartvale Football Club was a football club from the town ofBusby, East Renfrewshire.
The club was founded in 1892 under the nameBusby Victoria and changed its name toCartvale after one season. Although the club was a constant entrant to the Scottish Cup from 1892 to 1909, it only went through the qualifying rounds once, in1897–98. After beatingBathgate in the first round with three late goals,[1] Cartvale lost 12–0 toRangers in the second, in front of 2,000 spectators atIbrox Park,[2] seven of the goals coming in the first half.[3]
Cartvale was a little more successful in theRenfrewshire Cup, winning two ties to reach the semi-final in 1894–95, where the club lost 2–0 toArthurlie.[4]
The club was a founder member of the revivedMidland Football League in 1903–04, but the league was abandoned in an unfinished state, and Cartvale only completed 8 out of the scheduled 16 matches.[5]
The club originally wore light blue jerseys with white knickers.[6] In May 1896 the club voted to change to "play inQueen's Park colours" of black and white hoops.[7]
The 1892 Cartvale club played at the same Cartsbridge Park ground as theoriginal Cartvale club.[8]
