Oxford F.C. Explained

Clubname:Oxford
Fullname:Oxford Football Club
Owntitle:President
Owner:James Caddell
Chrtitle:Secretary
Chairman:James J. Brown
Mgrtitle:Captain
Manager:Charles Gibson[1]
Founded:1873
Dissolved:1881
Ground:Bellevue Park
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Oxford Football Club was a Scottish association football club based in the Crosshill area of Glasgow.

History

The club claimed a foundation date of 1869,[2] but this probably refers to the cricket club from which the football club emerged.[3] The club's first recorded football matches did not take place until 1874,[4] the very first being a 0–0 draw against Rangers on Glasgow Green,[5] and 1873–74 was the club's first season of football,[6] with a record of 2 wins, 6 draws, and 3 defeats, scoring 9 and conceding 8.

The club competed in the Scottish Cup for seven seasons between 1874 and 1881. The first tie the club played was a 2–0 defeat at Rangers in 1874–75, the first goal coming when McNeil "sent both the Oxford goalkeeper [M'Kinley] and the ball underneath the tape".[7]

The club only made it to the second round twice. The first time, in 1878–79, was under the rule that both clubs advanced after two drawn matches; the club drew twice against Derby of Glasgow[8] before losing 2–1 at Govan F.C. in the second round.[9]

The second occasion was in 1880–81, when a 6–0 victory against the Maxwell club, thanks to goals from Kaye (2), Martin, Smith, M'Lean, and Dunlop, was the club's only win in the competition.[10] The club lost 4–3 at Cowlairs in the second round in a "fast and speedy" match,[11] and the club does not appear to have played again; although it entered the 1881–82 Scottish Cup, it scratched before the first round tie with Pilgrims of Glasgow.

Colours

The club played in blue and white jerseys with red stockings.[12]

Ground

The club originally played at Queen's Park.[13] From 1879 the club played at Bellevue Park.[14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. Oxford Club . North British Daily Mail . 21 August 1876 . 6.
  2. Book: Alcock . Charles . Football Annual . 1875 . 119.
  3. Queen's Park v Oxford . Glasgow Herald . 28 May 1872 . 7.
  4. Football fixtures for 1874 . North British Daily Mail . 16 January 1874 . 7.
  5. Rangers v Oxford . Glasgow Herald . 27 January 1874 . 7.
  6. Oxford v Second Blythswood . Glasgow Herald . 27 April 1874 . 5.
  7. Matches played on Saturday . North British Daily Mail . 12 October 1874 . 6.
  8. Oxford v Derby . North British Daily Mail . 7 October 1878 . 3.
  9. Govan v Oxford (Cup tie) . North British Daily Mail . 14 October 1878 . 3.
  10. Oxford v Maxwell, Pollokshields . Glasgow Herald . 13 September 1880 . 3.
  11. Cowlairs . Glasgow Herald . 11 October 1880 . 10.
  12. Book: Alcock . Charles . Football Annual . 1875 . 119.
  13. Football . North British Daily Mail . 27 April 1874 . 3.
  14. Matches played on Saturday . Glasgow Herald . 24 February 1879 . 9.
  15. 2d Oxford v 2d Uddingston . Rutherglen Reformer . 2 October 1880 . 3.