Levendale F.C.
| Full name | Levendale Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1879 | |
| Dissolved | 1885 | |
| Ground | Balloch Road | |
| Hon. Secretary | James Brown | |
| Match Secretary | Peter Walker | |
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Levendale Football Club was a football club from Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, active in the 19th century.
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1879 in the wake of fellow Alexandria side Vale of Leven. It joined the Scottish Football Association in 1883,[1] after winning 5 of its 10 matches in 1882–83, although one of its players (James Buchanan) had suffered a serious leg break in a friendly against the 1st D.R.V. in February (which Levendale nevertheless won 7–1).[2][3]
Levendale was always a minnow on the Dumbartonshire scene, never claiming more than 30 members; in its final season it was the smallest club in Dumbartonshire.[4] Given the power of the county in the Scottish game - from 1875 to 1888, only one Scottish Cup final did not include a club from the shire - the chances of such a small club ever gaining success were non-existent.
This was borne out by Levendale's record in competitive football. The Scottish Cup was drawn on a regional basis in the era and the only tie the club played - against Vale of Leven in its first entry, in the 1883–84 Scottish Cup - was a 12–0 defeat, 9 of the goals coming in the first half.[5] Faced with the same sort of humiliation the following season against Dumbarton, the club scratched,[6] allowing Dumbarton to arrange a more lucrative friendly with Walsall Swifts - the speed of such arrangements suggesting Levendale had accepted a consideration to step down.[7]
Levendale also withdrew from its two entries in the Dumbartonshire Cup in 1884–85 and 1885–86,[8] and even scratched to the moribund Rock in the first round of the 1885–86 Scottish Cup.[9]
A new Levendale club was formed in 1889,[10] which turned senior in 1892.[11]
Colours
[edit]The club wore blue jerseys and hose, and white knickers.[12]
Ground
[edit]The club's home ground was on Balloch Road, 5 minutes' walk from the station,[13] which it shared with Jamestown.[14]
Notable players
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Scottish FA Minutes. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 21 August 1883. p. 143.
- ^ "Accident on the football field". Glasgow Evening Citizen: 3. 19 February 1883.
- ^ "Matches played on Saturday". Glasgow Herald: 10. 12 February 1883.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1884). Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85. Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 61.
- ^ "Vale of Leven v Levendale". Sporting Life: 4. 13 September 1883.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1884–87. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 23 September 1884. p. 45.
- ^ "To-morrow's football". Glasgow Evening Post: 3. 12 September 1884.
- ^ "Dumbartonshire Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Football". Dundee Evening Telegraph: 2. 23 September 1885.
- ^ "Ordinary matches". Glasgow Herald: 10. 14 October 1889.
- ^ "Football - Levendale club". Lennox Herald: 3. 25 June 1892.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 50.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 50.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 141.
- ^ "Scots Footballer-Cyclist Dead". Dundee Evening Telegraph: 2. 1 August 1934.