Barrhead Rangers F.C.

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Barrhead Rangers
Full nameBarrhead Rangers F.C.
Founded1875
Dissolved1880
GroundSpringfield Park
Match SecretaryAlex Lindsay
CaptainJ. M'Aulay [1]

Barrhead Rangers Football Club was a Scottish football club from Barrhead, East Renfrewshire.

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History

The club's first recorded match was a 2–0 defeat in a friendly at Glasgow Rangers in February 1875. [2] The Rangers' first competitive football was in the first Renfrewshire Cup in 1877–78, reaching the second round. The same season the club entered the West of Scotland Cup set up by clubs refused membership to the Scottish Football Association for not having their own private grounds. The Rangers won through three rounds to the quarter-final, but lost 4–1 at home to eventual winners Marchtown, M'Lay scoring the Rangers goal. [3]

The club joined the SFA in September 1879, seemingly too late to be entered into the 1879–80 Scottish Cup, as the first round had already taken place; however the club, along with some other later entrants, was put into the second round. [4] Ironically its crosstown rivals Barrhead had already been eliminated, and Rangers took advantage, beating Renfrew Ramblers in the second round, [5] and the Rangers were only narrowly beaten at the eventual finalists Thornliebank in the third, the Model Villagers scoring the only goal of the game on a breakaway with five minutes to go. [6]

In the Renfrewshire Cup that season, the Rangers beat Abercorn 5–1, [7] before facing another Barrhead side, Arthurlie. The tie, before 500 spectators at Springfield, ended 1–1; [8] it is however not clear if a replay was ever held, as there is no further reference to the Barrhead Rangers club. The club appears to have merged into Arthurlie, as its key players - M'Nab, [9] new captain M'Cowat, [10] and Melville, [11] who had all played for the Renfrewshire representative side while registered with Rangers [12] [13] - are all recorded as playing for Arthurlie the following season.

The name was revived in 1887 for a Junior club. [14]

Colours

There is no available record of the club's colours; it joined the Scottish FA too late for inclusion in the yearbook, and was absorbed into Arthurlie before it could make a second entry.

Ground

The club's home ground was Springfield Park. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Barrhead Rangers". Glasgow Evening Post: 4. 1 September 1879.
  2. ↑ "On This Day - February 20th". Rangers Today. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Marchtown v Barrhead Rangers (W.S. Cup tie)". North British Daily Mail: 3. 25 March 1878.
  4. ↑ "Scottish Cup - Drawing for Second Ties". Glasgow Evening Post: 4. 1 October 1879.
  5. ↑ "Association Cup ties". North British Daily Mail: 7. 13 October 1879.
  6. ↑ "Thornliebank v Barrhead Rangers (Cup tie)". Glasgow Herald: 6. 3 November 1879.
  7. ↑ "Football". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 6 December 1879.
  8. ↑ "Arthurlie v Barrhead Rangers". Paisley Daily Express: 4. 16 February 1880.
  9. ↑ "Arthurlie v Jamestown". Paisley Daily Express: 3. 20 September 1880.
  10. ↑ "Vale of Leven v Arthurlie - Cup tie". Paisley Daily Express: 4. 27 December 1880.
  11. ↑ "Arthurlie v Pollok". Paisley Daily Express: 3. 25 October 1880.
  12. ↑ "Ayrshire v Renfrewshire". Renfrewshire Independent: 4. 1 March 1879.
  13. ↑ "Grand Inter-County Football Match - Renfrewshire v Ayrshire". Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald: 3. 14 February 1880.
  14. ↑ "2d Arthurlie v Barrhead Rangers". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 3. 4 February 1888.
  15. ↑ "Football". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 2. 16 November 1878.
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