St Andrew's F.C. (Kilmarnock) Explained

Clubname:St Andrew's
Fullname:St Andrew's Football Club
Founded:1873
Dissolved:1877
Ground:Holehouse Road
Mgrtitle:Captain
Manager:J. Lyle,[1] W. Millar[2]
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St Andrew's Football Club was an association football club from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire in Scotland.

History

The club was founded in 1873.[3]

St Andrew's first entered the Scottish Cup in 1876–77, and was drawn at home to Ayr Eglinton in the first round.[4] The game ended in a 1–1 draw.[5]

The replay was played on 7 October at the neutral Robbsland Park (the ground of Ayr Thistle F.C.) and lasted only an hour, St Andrew's winning 1–0.[6]

In the second round, the club was drawn to play at the Portland club, on the latter's ground at Nursery Park, on Holehouse Road. The home side won 2–0 in a "one-sided game".[7]

The club played matches regularly until the end of the season, the final one advertised being against Rosevale of Strathbungo on 14 April 1877,[8] but the club appears to have wound up before the start of the 1877–78 season, as it scratched from its first round Scottish Cup tie with Ayr Thistle,[9] and did not enter the new Ayrshire Cup.

Colours

The club's colours were black and red hoops.[10]

Ground

The club probably started out playing on public parks, but it had a new ground at Holehouse Road for the 1875–76 season, opening it with a match against a Kilmarnock F.C. scratch XI.[11] It moved to Grange Park in time for its Cup tie with Ayr Eglinton.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Portland v St Andrews . Kilmarnock Standard . 3 April 1875 . 3.
  2. Football - Cup ties . Kilmarnock Standard . 7 October 1876 . 3.
  3. Web site: Club Directory . Scottish Football Historical Results Archive . 27 October 2022.
  4. Grand Football Match . Kilmarnock Standard . 30 September 1876 . 2.
  5. Football - Cup ties . Kilmarnock Standard . 7 October 1876 . 3.
  6. Web site: Mathers . Stewart . Season 1876-77 . Beautiful Dribbling Game . 14 February 2023.
  7. Kilmarnock Portland v Kilmarnock St Andrew's . North British Daily Mail . 23 October 1876 . 3.
  8. Football match . Kilmarnock Standard . 14 April 1877 . 1.
  9. Scottish Football Association . North British Daily Mail . 12 September 1877 . 4.
  10. Web site: Club Directory . Scottish Football Historical Results Archive . 27 October 2022.
  11. St Andrew's (Kilmarnock) v Kilmarnock (scratch) . North British Daily Mail . 18 October 1875 . 3.
  12. Grand Football Match . Kilmarnock Standard . 30 September 1876 . 2.