| Full name | Cambuslang Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | the Villagers [1] [2] | ||
| Founded | 1874 | ||
| Dissolved | 1897 | ||
| Ground | Whitefield Park Cambuslang South Lanarkshire | ||
Cambuslang Football Club was a Scottish football club, based in the Cambuslang area (Greater Glasgow). Cambuslang was one of the founding members of the Scottish Football League, but left the league after just two seasons. [3]
The club was founded in 1874. The new football club was named Excelsior with a pitch being laid out in Cambuslang Public Park, known locally as Bogshole Park.[ citation needed ]
The new club were challenged by the lads from the village of Halfway to play for the right to call themselves Cambuslang, so the Excelsior team went to Halfway and in their first match at Clyde Street Park won by the scoreline of 6–0; from then on the Excelsior name was scratched and Cambuslang Football and Athletic Club were formed.[ citation needed ]
In 1879 at a meeting at the Cross Hotel in Hamilton the secretary of Cambuslang was joined by those of Airdrie, Airdriehill, Drumpellier, Hamilton Academical, Glengowan, Clydebank, Uddingston, West Benhar, Benhar and Stonelaw where it was agreed that each club would pay 10 shillings (50p) towards a county cup and the new district would be known as the Lanarkshire County Football Association. Cambuslang won Lanarkshire Cup in 1883–84 and 1884–85, the latter by beating Benhar 5–3 in a replay in front of 2,500 at Hamilton. [4] The club was also runner -up four times before falling out with the Lanarkshire Football Association and joining the Glasgow Football Association for the 1887–88 season; the club officially left the Lanarkshire Association, while Mr Park a club board member, also stepped down as the association president, in March 1887, [5] and an attempt to bring the club back into the Lanarkshire fold before the new season foundered. [6] For the new season the club also moved to a new ground, Whitefield Park, opening with a match against Dumbarton Athletic in August. [7]
Cambuslang reached the Scottish Cup Final in 1888, having beaten Abercorn 10–1 in a semi-final replay after a 1–1 draw with a goal from Billy Mortimer, but lost the final 6–1 to Renton [8] [9] in what remains the joint-largest margin in the competition's history (matched in 1972). The two clubs also met in the final of the Glasgow Charity Cup three months later, Renton winning 4–0. [10] In between, however, Cambuslang had the consolation of winning the inaugural Glasgow Cup, beating Rangers 3–1 in the final in front of 12,000 at Hampden Park. [11]
Cambuslang joined the Scottish Football League at its inauguration in 1890 and finished fourth in the 1890–91 season. [3] The club finished last in the eleven team league in 1891–92, however, and did not seek re-election to the league. [3] They made no effort to re-join the league when it added a Second Division. [3]
Cambuslang's demise came at the end of the 1896–97 season, playing in the Scottish Alliance League.
The Junior team Cambuslang Rangers have nothing whatsoever to do with the former defunct club but they shared the ground for the first year in 1896–97 before moving on. They were called Cambuslang Rovers from 1896 to 1899 before changing to Rangers in 1899 (they were a merger of three local Junior teams), the other junior side was Cambuslang Hibernian who were formed in 1884 and used Bogshole, later renamed Mains Park.
The club played in dark blue, with varying amounts of white (knickers in 1874, knickers and socks from 1879 to 1886, and knickers again from 1893 to the club's end). [12] The club's change kit was white shirts. [13]
Renton Football Club was a football club based in Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Formed in 1872, it was a prominent team in the early history of Scottish football, and was one of the teams that featured in the first ever Scottish Cup fixture. It won the competition twice, in 1885 and 1888, and was also runners-up three times. Its 6–1 win against Cambuslang in 1888 is the joint record win in a Scottish Cup final.
Linthouse Football Club was a football club from the Linthouse district of Govan, Scotland. The club played in navy blue.
The 1888 Scottish Cup final played at the second Hampden Park in Crosshill on 4 February 1888 was won by Renton, who beat Cambuslang 6–1.
The 1883–84 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 11th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Queen's Park won the competition for the seventh time after Vale of Leven could not field a team on the date fixed for the final due to player illness.
The 1884–85 Scottish Cup – officially the Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup – was the 12th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Renton won the competition for the first tie after they defeated Vale of Leven in a replayed final.
The 1887–88 Scottish Cup was the 15th season of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. Renton won the competition for the second time after they beat Cambuslang 6–1 in the final. The result set a new record as the largest margin of victory in a Scottish Cup Final - a record that was equalled by Celtic in 1972 but has never been bettered.
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Cambuslang Hibernian F.C., also known as the Cambuslang Hibs, was a football club based in the town of Cambuslang, Scotland which was originally founded in 1884. They competed in regional competitions and the Scottish Cup during the 1880s before dissolving in 1889 after being expelled from the Scottish Football Association over a payments dispute. They reformed in 1892 as a Scottish Junior Football Association club, and won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1896. Overlooked for a place in some of the more lucrative competitions organised over the next decade, they became defunct in 1908.
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