| Full name | Kinning Park Athletic Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | Vermont Park | |
| Hon. Secretary | Donald M'Allister, Thomas Crawford | |
| Match Secretary | Christopher Steel, Francis Blake | |
Kinning Park Athletic F.C. was a nineteenth-centuryGlasgow-based football club, fromKinning Park,Govan, now inGlasgow. The club was also referred to asKinning Park Athletics.
The club was formed in March 1881, with 49 members on joining theScottish Football Association three months later.[1] It entered the1881–82 Scottish Cup, and gained a walkover in the first round, as opponentsKelvinbank scratched.[2] In the second round, Kinning Park was beaten 3–0 byPartick, despite Partick missing star forward M'Naughton; Partick also had two goals disallowed.[3]
The club leftthe Scottish FA in August 1882,[4] but was re-founded in 1884, with the same ground and colours.[5] This senior stint also only lasted one season as it left the Scottish FA again in August 1885.[6]
The obvious difficulty for the club was thatRangers played at the Kinning Park ground, and had already attracted the loyalties of local supporters. Its second and last season as a senior club saw the club lose 8–0 atBattlefield in the Cup,[7] and 9–0 atDalry in a friendly.[8] The club's true level was shown by the only non-defeats recorded for it, which were both against junior sides - a 4–1 win against fellow Kinning Park side Violet in January 1885,[9] and a 2–2 draw with Western Athletics in March 1885,[10] which appears to be the club's final match.
The club originally wore dark blue jerseys and "pants", with a red stripe on the side,[11] and black and white hose.[12]
The club's home ground was Vermont Park, at the head of Lambhill Street.[13]
