Shawfield Amateurs Football Club were a Scottishfootball team located in the town ofRutherglen that competed in theScottish Amateur Football League, and also theScottish Cup in the 1940s and 1950s.
| Full name | Shawfield Amateurs F.C. | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1935 | |
| Dissolved | 1964 | |
| Ground | Quay Road, Rutherglen[1] | |
Shawfield Amateurs appears to have been aworks team associated with the large J & J White chemical processing plant in theShawfield district ofRutherglen.[2] They came to prominence in the 1930s and won the Third Division of theScottish Amateur Football League in 1935–36, followed by the Second Division in 1936–37.[3] For most of their history they played in blue.[2] Another local team,Clyde Paper – based at a paper mill in the Farme Cross district – were also fairly successful in the amateur league in the same period.[3]
The club participated in the 1st round proper of theScottish Cup on four occasions, in1947–48,1954–55,1955–56 and1956–57. The club was placed in the short-lived Midlands section of theScottish Qualifying Cup in 1947–48 and by reaching the last four the club qualified for the Scottish Cup proper, losing 8–0 atSt Mirren F.C. in the first round.[4] The club's 1950s appearances were at a time when theScottish Qualifying Cup was temporarily not held, thus making it easier to appear in the main cup.[5]
The club appears to have disbanded after the 1963–64 season, around the same time the works ceased operating.[5]
The address of the ground was given as Quay Road in Rutherglen. The pitch and other facilities formed part of the recreational provision provided by the works.[6][7][8][9] Incidentally, the 1955 Scottish Cup competition in which the Amateurs competed was won byClyde F.C., whose groundShawfield Stadium was just a few hundred yards away.
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The club played in red shirts.[10]
