Vale of Leven Rovers F.C. (Glasgow)
| Full name | Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club (Glasgow) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1874 |
| Dissolved | 1876 |
| Ground | Glasgow Green |
| Secretary | D. M'Allister[1] |
| Captain | James Cunningham[2] |
Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club was a short-lived Scottish association football club based in the city of Glasgow.
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1874. It entered the Scottish Cup in 1874–75 for the first time, and lost at Kilmarnock in the first round,[3] The XI which faced the Ayrshire side was:
The club entered again the following season, and was drawn to face Dumbreck in the first round, but scratched.[4] There is no further record of the club - a requirement for clubs to have their own grounds meant that the Rovers, who played on public grounds, could not retain membership of the Scottish Football Association.
There are references to a Glaswegian Vale of Leven Rovers in 1887[5] and 1892,[6] but these almost certainly relate to different clubs, as there is no record of the Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow) between 1876 and 1887.
Ground
[edit]The club played its home matches on Glasgow Green.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Rules of the Scottish Football Association. Glasgow: W. Weatherston & Son. 1875. p. 29.
- ^ "Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club (Glasgow)". Lennox Herald: 3. 24 April 1875.
- ^ "Kilmarnock v Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow)". North British Daily Mail: 6. 19 October 1874.
- ^ "Scottish Football Association". Dumbarton Herald: 4. 4 November 1875.
- ^ "Football". Hamilton Advertiser: 2. 20 August 1887.
- ^ "Saturday's Football". Glasgow Herald: 10. 15 August 1892.
- ^ "Local football fixtures". Glasgow Herald: 6. 27 March 1875.
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