Whitehill F.C. should not be confused with Whitehill Welfare F.C..
| Clubname: | Whitehill |
| Fullname: | Whitehill Football Club |
| Founded: | 1882 |
| Dissolved: | 1886 |
| Mgrtitle: | Match Secretary |
| Manager: | George Gilmour |
| Ground: | Haghill Park |
| Pattern Name1: | Whitehill |
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| Pattern Name2: | Dennistoun Athletic |
| Pattern La2: | _thin_blackhoops |
| Pattern B2: | _thin_blackhoops |
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Whitehill Football Club was a Scottish association football club based in Dennistoun, in Glasgow.
The club was founded in 1882 by the Stewart brothers, former pupils of Glasgow High School,[1] with its first reported match coming at the start of 1883 against a Partick reserve side.[2]
Whitehill entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1883–84. In the first round, the club beat neighbours Alexandra Athletic 3–1, Whitehill's two second-half goals coming against the wind. The Whitehill side lined up as:
J. Strathearn, R. Stewart, J. Clark, J. Goodall, A. Macrae, A. Stewart, J. M'Menemy, P. White, J. Rankin, R. Gill, J. Cummings[3]
In the second round, the club was drawn to play Rangers away. Rangers had the disadvantage of losing goalkeeper Chalmers after 15 minutes through a hand injury; however, and despite Whitehill's "young players show[ing] good play at times", the home side won by 14 goals to 2, with two further goals disputed.[4] This remains Rangers' (joint) highest score.
The following season the club had the misfortune to be drawn against Rangers again in the first round, losing this time 11–0.[5]
In 1885, the club changed its name to Dennistoun Athletic.[6] It entered the Scottish Cup one last time in 1885–86 but lost 3–1 at Whitefield.[7]
The club's lack of success on the national stage was mirrored in more local football. It entered the Glasgow North-Eastern Cup from 1882–83 to 1885–86 but lost in the first round each time,[8] the final match being an 8–0 defeat at Clyde in 1886.[9] The last recorded game for the club is a 5–4 defeat at Port Glasgow Athletic in May 1886[10] and the club was struck from the Scottish Football Association register before the 1886–87 season.[11]
The club originally wore all white, the inspiration possibly coming from the club name. With its change of name, the club changed its colours to black and white one-inch hoops and blue knickers.[12]
The club originally played at Onslow Park, two minutes' walk from the Dennistoun car stop, taken over from the recently-defunct Harmonic Good Templars.[13]
By the 1883–84 season the club had moved to Haghill Park[14] and as Dennistoun Athletic played at Kennyhill Park.