| Nickname(s) | the Borderers [1] | |
|---|---|---|
| Ground | varied | |
| Secretary | Capt. T. P. Wingate [2] | |
| League | Irish Football League | |
The King's Own Scottish Borderers Football Club (also referred to as 2nd K.O.S.B.) was the association football team of the 2nd battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers. [3]
The club was one of many army sides which played football in India when deployed there, and the club twice won the Durand Cup. [4]
While deployed at the Victoria Barracks, Belfast, the team played in the Irish Football League for the 1903–04 season. [5] [6] Previously, the battalion had been resident in Dublin, where it played in the Leinster Senior League. [7]
The unit was sent to Glasgow in 1907 and entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1907–08, losing 5–1 at Renton in the first round, despite Wreford keeping "a brilliant goal" for the visitors. [8] The club entered again in 1908–09 but scratched to Lennox Amateurs. [9]
The club played in red jerseys. [10]
The club's ground depended on where the battalion was deployed. In its Scottish Qualifying Cup entries, the club was playing out of the Maryhill barracks. [11]
The Royal Scots, once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I. The regiment existed continuously until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, which merged with the Royal Highland Fusiliers, the Black Watch, the Highlanders and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers, the Black Watch, the Highlanders, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 52nd Lowland Regiment, and 51st Highland Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland. However, after just a few months the battalion merged with the Royal Scots Battalion to form the Royal Scots Borderers.
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
The Durand Cup, is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Shimla Himachal Pradesh. Hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the tournament is the oldest existing club football tournament in Asia and the fifth oldest national football competition in the world. The tournament currently serves as the opener for Indian football season. It is open for any national club, with guest invitee teams from different sections of the Indian Armed Forces, or abroad.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland is the senior and only Scottish line infantry regiment of the British Army Infantry. It consists of three regular and two reserve battalions, plus an incremental company, each formerly an individual regiment. However, three regular battalions maintain their former regimental pipes and drums to carry on the traditions of their antecedent regiments.
The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association, the football governing body in the Indian state of West Bengal. The IFA came into existence in 1893, and named after the association, the IFA Shield tournament was started in the same year. It is the third oldest football tournament in India, after Durand Cup and Trades Cup, and is among the oldest football competitions in the world.
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.
New Delhi Heroes FC is an Indian professional football club based in New Delhi, that competes in the B-Division League.
United Sports Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was founded as Eveready Association in 1927. Affiliated with the Indian Football Association (IFA), the club competes in Calcutta Premier Division A, the highest division of Asia's oldest league CFL and also in the I-League 2, the third division of the Indian football league system.
Jo Paul Ancheri is an Indian former professional football player who captained the Indian Football team. He was named the AIFF Player of the Year by the All India Football Federation in 1994 and 2001. He currently works as a Malayalam commentator and pundit on Star Sports Malayalam with the leading commentator Shaiju Damodaran.
93rd Highland Regiment F.C. was a British football club, formed from the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders Regiment of Foot. The club played at a senior level in England, Scotland, and India, depending on where it was stationed; it is the only club to have played in both the FA Cup and the Highland Football League, doing so 20 years apart.
Surchandra Singh Chandam is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Calcutta Football League club BSS Sporting.
Army Red is one of the football sections that represents Indian Army. The team regularly participates in the Durand Cup, Calcutta Premier Division and various regional tournaments.
Real Kashmir Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Incorporated in 2016, the club predominantly competes in I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. Real Kashmir also participates in Jammu & Kashmir Premier Football League regionally.
The Maxwelltown Volunteers Football Club was a football team based in Dumfries, Scotland.
The 5th King's Own Scottish Borderers Football Club was a football team based in Dumfries, Scotland.
The 2nd Highland Light Infantry F.C. was an association football club active up until the Second World War.
 | This article about an Association football club in Northern Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
