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Thistle F.C.

Coordinates: 55°50′30″N 4°14′14″W / 55.84167°N 4.23722°W / 55.84167; -4.23722
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For the present day senior football club playing in Glasgow, see Partick Thistle F.C.
Thistle
Full nameThistle Football Club
Founded1875
Dissolved1895
GroundBraehead Park, Glasgow

Thistle Football Club (also known as Glasgow Thistle Football Club)[1] was a football club based in the Oatlands area of Glasgow. The club was briefly a member of the Scottish Football League Division Two and has been described as the most insignificant and least successful to have entered the League.[1] They played at Braehead Park.

History

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 Division Two 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Twydell, Dave (1993). Rejected F.C. of Scotland Volume 2: Glasgow & District. pp. 230–239. ISBN 1-874427-30-5.
  2. ^ J. Rollin, The Guinness Football Factbook, Enfield: Guinness Publishing, 1993, p. 140

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