Ramblers
Full nameRamblers Football Club
Founded1874
Dissolved1877
GroundLorne Park
SecretaryR. Macdougall Jr, Robert Telford
CaptainSlimmon

Ramblers Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Glasgow.

History

The club was founded in 1874.[1] Its first recorded match was a 0–0 draw with Burnbank,[2] and its first recorded goal and win came at Hamilton Academical F.C. the following month.[3]

The Ramblers entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1875–76. The club was drawn away to Northern F.C. and lost by 4 goals, plus one disputed goal, to nil.[4] The club entered the competition three times in total, losing in the first round on every occasion; 6–0 (plus one disputed) at 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers in 1876–77,[5] and 1–0 at home to Stonefield F.C. in 1877–78, in a "hard but pleasant game".[6]

The last match advertised for the club was against Blythswood F.C. in December 1877,[7] but there is no report that the match took place. The final recorded match was a 2–0 defeat at Stonelaw F.C. the previous month, against a scratch side rather than the regular Stonelaw XI.[8]

Colours

The club wore blue and black jerseys, white knickers, and blue and black hose.[9]

Grounds

The club played originally at Queen's Park.[10] By 1876 the club had a private ground at Lorne Park, on Victoria Road, Crosshill, Glasgow.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. p. 118.
  2. ↑ "Burnbank v Ramblers". Glasgow Herald: 7. 23 November 1874.
  3. ↑ "Ramblers v Hamilton Academical". North British Daily Mail: 3. 7 December 1874.
  4. ↑ "Northern v Ramblers (Cup tie)". North British Daily Mail: 3. 18 October 1875.
  5. ↑ "3d L.R.V. v Ramblers (Cup tie)". Scotsman. 2 October 1876.
  6. ↑ "Ramblers v Stonefield". North British Daily Mail: 6. 1 October 1877.
  7. ↑ "Local Football Fixtures". North British Daily Mail: 6. 27 November 1877.
  8. ↑ "Stonelaw (Scratch) v Ramblers". North British Daily Mail: 3. 26 November 1877.
  9. ↑ Alcock, Charles (1877). Football Annual. p. 130.
  10. ↑ "Local Football Fixtures". North British Daily Mail: 3. 15 January 1876.
  11. ↑ Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. p. 118.


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