Maybole Carrick F.C.

Maybole Carrick

Full name	Maybole Carrick Football Club
Founded	1874
Dissolved	1883
Ground	Myremill Holm
Secretary	William Watson
Home colours

Maybole Carrick Football Club was a football club which existed in the 1870s, from the town of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.

History

The club was formed in 1874 and took its name from the district of Carrick. The earliest known match reported by a major newspaper was a defeat at Ayr Academy in January 1876. ^[1]

The club was one of the smaller clubs in Ayrshire, but nevertheless did enter the Scottish Cup regularly from 1876–77 to 1879–80, and the Ayrshire Cup from its inauguration in 1877–78 for three seasons. ^[2] Its first competitive match was a 5–0 defeat at Kilbirnie in the 1875–76 Scottish Cup. ^[3]

The only substantial run the club had was in the 1877–78 Scottish Cup, when wins over Tarbolton and Queen of the South Wanderers (the latter game played at Cumnock ^[4] ) put the club into the third round, which was made up of 16 clubs, and 4 in the Ayrshire section. The club was drawn to visit Beith but lost 3–0, generally being outclassed by the home side, the third goal from M'Quire being a rare header. ^[5]

After the 1879–80 season, in which the club was eliminated in the first round of the Scottish Cup at Hurlford by 8–1, ^[6] the club gave up on senior football, becoming a junior club; the town's senior representation being continued by the new Maybole club. ^[7] The club was playing junior football until at least 1883. ^[8]

Colours

The club's colours were red and blue hoops, with white shorts and blue stockings. ^[9]

Grounds

The club originally played at Myremill Holm. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Ayr v Maybole Carrick". North British Daily Mail: 7. 10 January 1876.
2. "Ayrshire Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
3. "Kilbirnie v Maybole Carrick". North British Daily Mail: 6. 25 September 1876.
4. "Maybole Carrick v Queen of the South Wanderers (Dumfries)". North British Daily Mail: 3. 29 October 1877.
5. "Maybole Carrick v Beith". North British Daily Mail: 6. 12 November 1877.
6. "Saturday's matches". Irvine Herald: 6. 18 October 1879.
7. "Grand Football Match". Irvine Herald: 1. 10 February 1883.
8. "Maybole Carrick (Juniors) v Irvine Academicals". Irvine Herald: 1. 10 February 1883.
9. Dick, William (1877). Scottish Football Annual 1876–77. Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 103.
10. "Maybole". Glasgow Herald: 7. 30 August 1880.
11. "Revival of the Annual Sports". North British Daily Mail: 3. 15 August 1879.