Kilbirnie F.C.
Full name | Kilbirnie Football Club | |
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Founded | 1874 | |
Dissolved | 1896 | |
Ground | Milton Park | |
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Kilbirnie Football Club was a football club from the village of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The club was founded in 1874, although it claimed a foundation date of 1865,[1] probably referring to the foundation date a cricket club[2] which may have been the genesis of the football club. The earliest reported match for the club is from March 1875.[3]
The club entered the
Kilbirnie seems to have gone into abeyance after the
The years just before professionalism became legal in Scotland were the best for the club; as well as winning the Ayrshire Cup in 1888, the club also won the Ayrshire Charity Cup in 1889, beating
However the club missed out on league football at a crucial time. Kilbirnie did not join the
The club's last match in the Scottish Cup proper had been a 6–1 defeat at Ayr Parkhouse F.C. in the first round in 1890, and its final entry to the competition in 1896–97 saw the club scratch from the Cup rather than face Parkhouse in a proper tie; the clubs played out a friendly instead which Parkhouse won 9–4. That seems to have been the club's final match, as it "dropped out" of the Ayrshire association and there are no further matches for it.[11] The club was formally removed from the Scottish FA in 1897 for no longer having a private ground.[12]
Colours
The club's colours were orange and black hooped jerseys,[13] with white knickers.[14] The club's change jersey was white.[15]
Grounds
The club seems to have played at the same ground from 1874 to 1883, normally known as Stonyholm Park,[16][17][18] described as a private ground at Kirkstead, in the north of the village,[19] and also as Bridgend Park.[20]
On its revival the club played at Milton Park,[21] which had a cinder track and pavilion.[22]
Honours
Scottish Cup
- Best run: last 8, 1889–90
Ayrshire Cup
- Winners: 1887–88
- Runners-up: 1879–80, 1886–87, 1892–93
Ayr Charity Cup
- Winners: 1888–89
- Runners-up: 1886–87
Notable players
- Frank Watt, Scotland international
References
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. p. 117.
- ^ "Cricket". Glasgow Herald: 6. 21 July 1870.
- ^ "Matches played on Saturday". Glasgow Herald: 5. 15 March 1875.
- ^ "Football". Glasgow Herald: 5. 19 April 1880.
- ^ "Scottish National Football Association". Ayrshire Post: 4. 21 September 1883.
- ^ "Proposed extension to Kilbirnie". Irvine Herald: 4. 10 November 1883.
- ^ "Final for the Ayrshire Cup". Kilmarnock Standard: 4. 19 March 1887.
- ^ Horatio (25 February 1888). "The Ayrshire Final of '88". Kilmarnock Standard: 4.
- ^ "Athletic Jottings". Ayrshire Post: 3. 24 February 1888.
- ^ "Ayrshire's "Lowe" extinguished". Ayrshire Post: 2. 27 December 1889.
- ^ "Result of draw for the Ayrshire Cup". Daily Record: 7. 1 April 1896.
- ^ "Scottish Football Association". Edinburgh Evening News: 7. 4 August 1897.
- ^ "Kilbirnie". Irvine Herald: 8. 14 January 1888. The description of 'stripes' in this era referred to hoops, stripes in the modern sense being described as vertical/perpendicular stripes.
- ^ "Club Directory". Scottish Football Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Football on the ice". Glasgow Evening Post: 4. 4 February 1879.
- ^ "Matches played on Saturday". Glasgow Herald: 5. 15 March 1875.
- ^ "Kilbirnie v Mauchline (Ayrshire Cup tie)". Irvine Herald: 6. 15 March 1879.
- ^ "Kilbirnie Athletic Games". Glasgow Herald: 3. 28 June 1880.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1876). Football Annual. p. 117.
- ^ "Kilbirnie v 3d and 14th Ayr RV". Glasgow Herald: 7. 16 November 1875.
- ^ "Accident on the football field". Irvine Herald: 5. 20 February 1886.
- ^ "Ayrshire's "Lowe" extinguished". Ayrshire Post: 2. 27 December 1889.