Tarbolton F.C.

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Tarbolton
Full nameTarbolton Football Club
Nickname(s)Burntonians
Founded1876
Dissolved1879
GroundLanglands
SecretaryJames Guthrie

Tarbolton Football Club was a football club from the village of Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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History

The club was founded in 1876. [1]

The club had a short existence, entering competitions between 1877 and 1879. The club's first competitive match was in the 1877–78 Scottish Cup and was a 1–1 draw at Maybole Carrick. [2] Carrick won the replay, and also the Ayrshire Cup match between the two sides in the same season.

In 1878–79, the club lost again in the first round of the Scottish Cup, this time at Ladywell, [3] but did win in the first round of the Ayrshire Cup, beating Vale of Irvine from Galston. The village club was overmatched in the second round against Kilmarnock Athletic and lost 7–1.

Although Tarbolton entered the national and county competitions for 1879–80, it scratched from both first round ties, [4] and seems to have disbanded. Its last recorded match is a 7–1 defeat at the Mauchline reserve side. [5]

Colours

The club's colours were scarlet and white hooped jerseys and stockings, with white knickers. [6]

Grounds

The club played at a field at Langlands Farm, owned by farmers J. and A. H. Drinnan, [7] and used the Crown Inn as a dressing room. [8]

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References

  1. Dick, William (1878). Scottish Football Annual 1878–79. Cranstonhill: Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 59.
  2. "Association Cup ties". North British Daily Mail: 6. 1 October 1877.
  3. "Association Cup Ties". North British Daily Mail: 3. 7 October 1878.
  4. "Scottish Football Association". Glasgow Herald: 7. 22 October 1879.
  5. "Football". Irvine Herald: 6. 1 November 1879.
  6. Dick, William (1879). Scottish Football Annual 1879–80. Glasgow: Dunlop & Foote. p. 73.
  7. "Tarbolton Athletic Games". Irvine Herald: 5. 23 August 1879.
  8. Dick, William (1879). Scottish Football Annual 1879–80. Glasgow: Dunlop & Foote. p. 73.