| Full name | Pollokshaws F.C. | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1876 | |
| Dissolved | 1878 | |
| Ground | Norwood Park | |
| Hon. Secretary | James Stewart | |
Pollokshaws Football Club was anassociation football club from the village ofPollokshaws, at the time outsideGlasgow, inRenfrewshire, which twice entered theScottish Cup.
The club was founded in 1876.[1] The earliest recorded match for the club was a 2–0 defeat toThornliebank in October that year.[2]
In its first season it won and lost 6 matches each, and drew 3 more,[3] and off the back of that record joined theScottish Football Association in August 1877.[4]
Its only senior match, in the first round of the1877–78 Scottish Cup, was not completed. At home toRenfrew, Pollokshaws had gone 2–0 down, when its players walked off in protest at a refereeing decision.[5] The match was never re-played and Renfrew was put into the second round.[6]
The club did enter the1878–79 Scottish Cup but, after it was drawn atPort Glasgow,[7] secretary James Stewart notified theScottish Football Association that it had been dissolved.[8]
The club wore blue jerseys, white knickers, and black and white hose.[9]
The club's home ground was Norwood Park, on the Pollok estate.[10] The ground was later used by theMaxwell[11] andGranton clubs.[12]
