Thistle F.C.
| Full name | Thistle Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1875 | |
| Ground | Braehead Park | |
| League | Scottish League | |
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55°50′30″N 4°14′14″W / 55.84167°N 4.23722°W
Thistle Football Club (also known as Glasgow Thistle Football Club)[1] was a Scottish football club based at Braehead Park near central Glasgow. The club was briefly a member of the Scottish Football League Second Division and has been described as the most insignificant and least successful to have entered the League.[1]
The club was formed in 1875 and became founder member of the Scottish Football Alliance in 1891. Although they initially struggled in the competition they were one of the members invited to form the new Second Division of the Scottish League for the 1893–94 season. The club failed to make an impact, suffering some heavy defeats, including a 13–1 reverse at Partick Thistle on 10 March 1894,[2] the largest defeat in the Scottish League up to that point; it has only been exceeded by Dundee Wanderers' 15–1 loss to Airdrieonians the following season.[1] Finishing bottom of the league, the club folded before the re-election meeting, despite takings of £118 at a benefit match between Sunderland and a Scottish Football League XI.[1]