Breadalbane F.C.
Full name | Breadalbane Football Club | |
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Founded | 1880 | |
Ground | Home Street | |
League | Perthshire Amateur Football League | |
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Breadalbane Football Club is an association football club from Aberfeldy in Scotland.
History
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Although a form of
The club entered the Scottish Cup from 1882 to 1883[4] to 1885–86 but only played one tie; a 7–0 defeat to Vale of Teith in 1884.[5]
The club started to enter again in 1903–04, by which time smaller clubs had to start with the
The club has the unenviable record of most appearances in the first round proper of the Cup without scoring a goal, with six. No other club has more than three.
Breadalbane was a member of the small Atholl League in the 1900s and the larger Perthshire League until the latter's end in 1957; the club won the championship on nine occasions, including the final two. Since then it has been in the Perthshire Amateur League, winning the title three times, most recently in 2005–06. The club has also won the Perthshire Cup on several occasions, first entering in 1884–85 but not winning the trophy until 1936–37, with a 4–1 win over Blairgowrie;[9] the team was met at the east end of the town after the win in the second (away) leg by the Aberfeldy Pipe Band.[10] The club won the competition every season from 1956–67 to 1962–63.
Colours
The club's traditional colours are blue shirts and white shorts,[11] which in 1884–85 was a dark blue,[12] although until 1884 the shirts were one-inch blue and white hoops, with navy knickers.[13]
Ground
The club has played at Home Street since 1961. Its previous grounds were at Castle Menzies Park (until 1885) and Castle Weem Park.[14]
External links
References
- ^ "Presentation". Dundee Courier: 8. 17 December 1880.
- ^ The club's centenary history was published in 1980.
- ^ Baxter, Peter (1898). Football in Perthshire Past & Present. T. Hunter.
- ^ "Football". Stirling Observer: 3. 23 September 1882.
- ^ "Aberfeldy v Vale of Teith (Doune)". Stirling Observer: 6. 18 September 1884.
- ^ Davidson, Stewart. Scottish Qualifying Cup 1895-1995. Scotland: Davidson.
- ^ "Falkirk 10, Breadalbane 0". Sunday Mercury: 11. 14 January 1923.
- ^ "Sport". Perthshire Advertiser: 18. 16 January 1926.
- ^ Dolzanski, Jurel. "Aberfeldy Museum". Facebook. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "County Cup goes to Aberfeldy". Perthshire Advertiser: 16. 31 March 1937.
- ^ McDowall, John (1886). Scottish FA Annual 1886–87. Hay Nisbet. p. 56.
- ^ "Erin Rovers (Perth) v Breadalbane (Aberfeldy)". Dundee Courier: 4. 14 December 1885.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 58.
- ^ "Club Directory". Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.