Ramblers F.C. (Scotland)

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Ramblers
Full nameRamblers Football Club
Founded1874
Dissolved1877
GroundLorne Park
SecretaryR. Macdougall Jr, Robert Telford
CaptainSlimmon

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

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History

The club was founded in 1874. [1] Its first recorded match was a 0–0 draw with Burnbank, [2] and its first recorded goal and win came at Hamilton Academnical the following month. [3]

The Ramblers entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1875–76. The club was drawn away to Northern and lost by 4 goals, plus one disputed goal, to nil. [4] The club entered the competition three times in total, losing in the first round on every occasion - its other appearances being a 6–0 (plus one disputed) loss at 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers in 1876–77, [5] and a 1–0 defeat at home to Stonefield in 1877–78, in a "hard but pleasant game". [6]

The club recorded winning 10 of its 18 matches in the 1876–77 season, and boasted a membership of 50 that season; [7] however the club's last advertised match was against Blythswood in December 1877, [8] but there is no report that the match took place. The final recorded match was a 2–0 defeat at Stonelaw the previous month, against a scratch side rather than the regular Stonelaw XI. [9]

Colours

The club wore blue and black jerseys, white knickers, and blue and black hose. [10]

Grounds

The club played originally at Queen's Park. [11] By 1876 the club had a private ground at Lorne Park, on Victoria Road, Crosshill, Glasgow, [12] shared with Pollokshields Athletic.

References

  1. Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. p. 118.
  2. "Burnbank v Ramblers". Glasgow Herald: 7. 23 November 1874.
  3. "Ramblers v Hamilton Academical". North British Daily Mail: 3. 7 December 1874.
  4. "Northern v Ramblers (Cup tie)". North British Daily Mail: 3. 18 October 1875.
  5. "3d L.R.V. v Ramblers (Cup tie)". Scotsman. 2 October 1876.
  6. "Ramblers v Stonefield". North British Daily Mail: 6. 1 October 1877.
  7. Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Annual. p. 130.
  8. "Local Football Fixtures". North British Daily Mail: 6. 27 November 1877.
  9. "Stonelaw (Scratch) v Ramblers". North British Daily Mail: 3. 26 November 1877.
  10. Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Annual. p. 130.
  11. "Local Football Fixtures". North British Daily Mail: 3. 15 January 1876.
  12. Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. p. 118.