King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C. Explained

Clubname:King's Own Scottish Borderers
Nickname:the Borderers[1]
Ground:varied
Mgrtitle:Secretary
Manager:Capt. T. P. Wingate[2]
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The King's Own Scottish Borderers Football Club (also referred to as 2nd K.O.S.B.) was the association football team of the 2nd battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.[3]

History

The club was one of many army sides which played football in India when deployed there, and the club twice won the Durand Cup.[4]

While deployed at the Victoria Barracks, Belfast, the team played in the Irish Football League for the 1903–04 season.[5] [6] Previously, the battalion had been resident in Dublin, where it played in the Leinster Senior League.[7]

The unit was sent to Glasgow in 1907 and entered the Scottish Qualifying Cup in 1907–08, losing 5–1 at Renton in the first round, despite Wreford keeping "a brilliant goal" for the visitors.[8] The club entered again in 1908–09 but scratched to Lennox Amateurs.[9]

Colours

The club played in red jerseys.[10]

Ground

The club's ground depended on where the battalion was deployed. In its Scottish Qualifying Cup entries, the club was playing out of the Maryhill barracks.[11]

Honours

In Bharat

See also

Notes and References

  1. Borderers beaten . Scottish Referee . 31 August 1908 . 2.
  2. 2nd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C. . Scottish Referee . 14 August 1908 . 3.
  3. Graham Watson, 2nd Bn, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers: Deployment,
  4. Web site: The Durand Cup – About. durandcup.in. 2021-08-02. 2021-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305165925/https://durandcup.in/about/. live.
  5. Web site: Northern Ireland - Final League Tables 1890-1998 . 6 February 2023 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085024/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nilhist.html . live .
  6. Web site: Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) . 6 February 2023 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085024/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nilhist.html . live .
  7. Web site: The Bohemian Football Club: The Enduring Legacy of an Idle Youth. Ciarán. Priestley. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004021921/http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/story/bohemian-football-club-transcript. 4 October 2015.
  8. Renton's good start . Scottish Referee . 9 September 1907 . 3.
  9. Dumbartonshire . Scottish Referee . 4 September 1908 . 1.
  10. Answers to correspondents . Athletic News . 11 April 1904 . 4.
  11. 2nd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers F.C. . Scottish Referee . 14 August 1908 . 3.
  12. Web site: India - List of Durand Cup Finals. 2021-08-03. RSSSF. 2014-07-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html. live.
  13. Fourth oldest club cup, organized by the Indian Football Association (IFA) and played between Indian clubs and other invited ones.
  14. Web site: Sengupta . Somnath . The Glorious History Of IFA Shield . Thehardtackle.com . 8 March 2011 . 1 July 2021 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181925/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/the-glorious-history-of-ifa-shield/ . live .
  15. Web site: Arunava. Chaudhuri. List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:. indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. en. 20 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007084853/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/ifashield.html. 7 October 2021. dead.

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