| Full name | Clydebank Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | the Clyde[1] | |
| Founded | 1874 | |
| Dissolved | 1886 | |
| Ground | Phoenix Park | |
| Chairman | Colin Gardner[2] | |
| Secretary | Thomas Millar | |
Clydebank Football Club was a 19th-centuryfootball club based inRutherglen, Scotland.
The club was formed in 1874,[3] as a winter activity for the Clydebank Cricket Club.[4] It was the first football club to use the Clydebank name and the only one not to come from the town ofClydebank located to the north-west ofGlasgow; instead their home was south-east of the city centre, on the left bank of theRiver Clyde.
The earliest matches recorded for the club are from the 1875–76 season.[5] Although the club was active in its early years, including fixtures against well-regarded clubs such asCambuslang[6] andCaledonian,[7] it did not join theScottish Football Association until the 1879–80 season.[8] This enabled it to enter theScottish Cup for the first time, although the club lost 2–1 atAirdrie Excelsior in the first round.
In the same season, it was one of the founder members of theLanarkshire Football Association.[9] It played in the firstLanarkshire Cup, losing 4–2 toShotts F.C. in the second round.[10]
Despite this increased activity and membership, the club never entered either competition again, instead playing junior football until 1886.[11]
The club originally played in blue shirts and white shorts.[12] By 1879 it had changed to red and blue two-inch[13] "stripes" (in the context of the time referring to hoops).[14]
The club's earliest recorded matches were played onGlasgow Green[15] before the first home matches recorded at Phoenix Park[16] in Rutherglen in 1876.[17] The ground was by theDalmarnock Bridge.[18]
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