Blythswood F.C.

Blythswood Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Glasgow.

Blythswood
Full nameBlythswood Football Club
Founded1873
Dissolved1882
GroundWestburn Park
SecretaryGeorge Armstrong

History

The club was founded on 14 August 1873 as an offshoot of the Blythswood Cricket Club,[1] which had changed its name from the Bellegrove club in 1866, and which played at Queen's Park until 1869.

Announcement of the foundation of the Blythswood Football Club, Glasgow Herald, 26 August 1873, page 7

Blythswood was one of the clubs taking part in the first Scottish Cup in 1873-74. Its first entry saw its best run, with two wins taking the club to the semi-final. In the second round, the club won 2-0 at Alexandra Athletic, although it caused a little controversy by appointing one of the club members as its umpire, who then proceeded to give tactical advice during the match; nevertheless the clubs enjoyed a convivial toast afterwards.[2]

In the semi-final, the club was 4-0 down to Clydesdale after 80 minutes, when the match was stopped because of bad light. However the score was allowed to stand.[3]

The club continued to enter until 1878–79; when drawn away to the Clyde club in that season, the club scratched from the competition, and it did not enter again. The last record of the club playing is a 9-0 defeat to the Hawthorne club in 1882;[4] a game against Glenburn scheduled for the next month does not seem to have taken place.[5]

Ground

The club played at Westburn Park (also known as Burnbank[6]), in Kelvinside.[7]

Colours

The club's colours were red and black 1 inch "stripes", which in the 1870s referred to hoops.[8]

References
  1. "Football". Glasgow Herald: 7. 26 August 1873.
  2. "Alexandra Athletc v Blythswood". Glasgow Herald: 6. 25 November 1873.
  3. Mathers, Stewart (2017). The Beautiful Dribbling Game. Mathers.
  4. "Football". Paisley Express: 3. 23 October 1882.
  5. "Football". Paisley Express: 2. 24 November 1882.
  6. "Clydesdale v Blythswood". North British Daily Mail: 6. 6 April 1874.
  7. Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Yearbook. p. 128.
  8. Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Yearbook. p. 128.


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