1st Argyll Rifle Volunteers F.C.

Association football club in Argyllshire, Scotland July 2015 July 2015 1st A.R.V. 1st Argyll Rifle Volunteers Football Club the Volunteers 1889 1894 Dunoon Secretary W. Cavers _thin_blackhoops _thin_blackhoops _thin_blackhoops _hoops_black ffffff ffffff ffffff 0000FF The 1st Argyll Rifle Volunteers F.C. was an association football club from Dunoon, Argyllshire, active in the 1890s. thumb|left|1889–90 Argyllshire Cup Final, 1st A.R.V. 3–1 Oban, Oban Times, 12 April 1890 History The club was formed out of the 1st Argyll and Bute Artillery Volunteers, a company in the Volunteer movement of the British Army. The 1st Argyll was formed in 1880, after a reforming of various companies within the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Richards Walter Her Majesty's Army: A Descriptive Account, Div. IV 1888 J. S. Virtue & Co London 343–344 The club was one of the founder members of the Argyllshire Football Association and won the local Cowal Association Cup in its first season.All sorts Scottish Referee 24 June 1889 2 It took part in the two editions of the Argyllshire Cup, the first of which was played in the 1889–90 season.Argyllshire Cup fixtures Glasgow Herald 23 November 1889 11 Despite four of the other entrants having been senior clubs which had entered the Scottish Cup, the Volunteers won the competition, beating Oban F.C. 3–1 in the first final at the original Ibrox Park in April 1890.Oban v 1st A.R.V. (Dunoon) Argyllshire Cup Final Glasgow Herald 5 April 1890 7 The club had survived a protest from Campbeltown Athletic in the semi-final, angry at supposedly poor refereeing which had cost it the semi-final.Football notes Campbeltown Courier 8 February 1890 3 In the second, at Cappielow Park in March 1891, the club had a walkover against Inveraray in the semi-final, who failed to turn up for the tie.Football Oban Telegraph 27 February 1891 4 In the final it beat a Campbeltown Athletic side, denuded of its best players by work commitments, 5–0.Athletic v 1st A.R.V. Dunoon Oban Telegraph 13 March 1891 5 The 1st A.R.V. withdrew from the Argyllshire association after the final, complaining about the travel expenses and the lack of reimbursement from the association, on the basis that "the whole thing is meant for Oban", and joined the Buteshire Association.A criticism of the Argyllshire Football Association Scottish Referee 15 June 1891 1 In doing so, the club also joined the Scottish Football Association, meaning the club could play in the Scottish Cup. However, the difference in standard between the local area and the national stage was far too big to bridge. The club entered three times, from 1891–92 to 1893–94, and lost heavily in the first qualifying tie each time - 10–0 at Kilbarchan in 1891,Kilbarchan Paisley Daily Express 7 September 1891 3 7–1 at Morton in 1892 (albeit only 2–1 down at half-time),1st A.R.V. v Morton Greenock Telegraph 5 September 1892 3 and 6–0 at Cartvale in 1893.Football Paisley Daily Express 4 September 1893 3 The club was struck off the Scottish Football Association roll in 1894Given up Scottish Referee 24 August 1894 2 and never played at a reportable level afterwards. Colours The club wore black and white hooped shirts and blue knickers.M'Dowall John Scottish Football Annual 1892–93 1892 Hay Nisbet Glasgow 92 Ground The club's ground was in Dunoon, possibly the Public Park off Sandbank Road, near the Drill Hall.Argyll and Bute Sheet CLXXXIV.NW 1900 Ordnance Survey London References collapsed Category:Defunct football clubs in Scotland Category:Association football clubs established in 1889 Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1894 Category:1889 establishments in Scotland Category:1894 disestablishments in Scotland Category:Football in Argyll and Bute Category:Dunoon