| Full name | Kinning Park Athletic Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1881 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | Vermont Park | |
| Hon. Secretary | Donald M'Allister, Thomas Crawford | |
| Match Secretary | Christopher Steel, Francis Blake | |
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Kinning Park Athletic F.C. was a nineteenth-century Glasgow-based football club, from Kinning Park, Govan, now in Glasgow. The club was also referred to as Kinning Park Athletics.
History
[edit]The club was formed in March 1881, with 49 members on joining the Scottish Football Association three months later.[1] It entered the 1881–82 Scottish Cup, and gained a walkover in the first round, as opponents Kelvinbank scratched.[2] In the second round, Kinning Park was beaten 3–0 by Partick, despite Partick missing star forward M'Naughton; Partick also had two goals disallowed.[3]
The club left the Scottish FA in August 1882,[4] but was re-founded in 1884, with the same ground and colours.[5] This senior stint also only lasted one season as it left the Scottish FA again in August 1885.[6]
The obvious difficulty for the club was that Rangers played at the Kinning Park ground, and had already attracted the loyalties of local supporters. Its second and last season as a senior club saw the club lose 8–0 at Battlefield in the Cup,[7] and 9–0 at Dalry in a friendly.[8] The club's true level was shown by the only non-defeats recorded for it, which were both against junior sides - a 4–1 win against fellow Kinning Park side Violet in January 1885,[9] and a 2–2 draw with Western Athletics in March 1885,[10] which appears to be the club's final match.
Colours
[edit]The club originally wore dark blue jerseys and "pants", with a red stripe on the side,[11] and black and white hose.[12]
Ground
[edit]The club's home ground was Vermont Park, at the head of Lambhill Street.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Scottish FA minutes 1881–84. Scottish Football Association. 7 June 1881. p. 2.
- ^ Scottish FA minutes 1881–84. Scottish Football Association. 20 September 1881. p. 8.
- ^ "Scotch Football Notes". Athletic News: 5. 5 October 1881.
- ^ Scottish FA minutes 1881–84. Scottish Football Association. 27 August 1882. p. 76.
- ^ Scottish FA minutes 1884–87. Scottish Football Association. 26 August 1884. p. 38.
- ^ Scottish FA minutes 1884–87. Scottish Football Association. 25 August 1885. p. 108.
- ^ "Our Scotch Notes". Athletic News: 5. 17 September 1884.
- ^ "Football". Irvine Times: 5. 9 January 1885.
- ^ "Matches played on Saturday". Glasgow Herald: 10. 19 January 1885.
- ^ "To-day's football". Glasgow Evening Post: 3. 14 March 1885.
- ^ McDowall, John (1885). Scottish Association Annual 1885–86. Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 57.
- ^ Livingstone, Robert (1881). Scottish Football Association Annual 1881–82. Gillespie Brothers. p. 103.
- ^ Livingstone, Robert (1881). Scottish Football Association Annual 1881–82. Gillespie Brothers. p. 103.