1st Scots Guards F.C.

Military association football club in England August 2019 1st Scots Guards F.C. 1st Battalion Scots Guards Football Club The Guards/Guardsmen 1891 Varies according to stationing 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 1st Scots Guards F.C. are an English football team which has existed from at least 1891. History The club's first successes came in the 1891–92 season, when it reached the final of both the Army Football Association Cup and the Middlesex Senior Cup, losing both to the 2nd Scots Guards.2nd Scots Guards v 1st Scots Guards Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette 16 April 1892 8 They played in the Southern League from 1895–96 and finished third of nine in Division Two. This made them eligible to play in a test match promotion decider against Clapton, which they lost 1–4. The following season they finished 8th of 13. They also participated briefly in the London League Division One for the 1896–97 season before withdrawing, and were the last club to play Thames Ironworks at their Hermit Road ground on 8 October 1896, when they lost 1–0.Blows Kirk Hogg Tony Essential History of West Ham United 2000 Headline London The Battalion was unable to join a league in 1899, as it was sent to the Transvaal in October.Scots Guards play football before leaving Sunday People 15 October 1899 9 The club has never won the Army Cup, but did win the Middlesex Senior Cup in 1908–09, beating West Hampstead 4–0 in the final on the Uxbridge F.C. ground, Cameron scoring a second-half hat-trick after a deflected shot from Donald gave the Guards a half-time lead.Middlesex Senior Cup Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette 17 April 1909 4 The Christmas truce football game of 1914 supposedly featured men from the 1st Scots Guards. Colours The club's traditional kit is all dark blue.Sports and pastimes Navy and Army Illustrated 14 March 1903 6681st Battalion Scots Guards Football Team https://www.facebook.com/groups/259258617531831/ Facebook 6 May 2025 Ground The club's home depended on where it was stationed. For much of the 1890s it was based in Southall. External links 1SCOTGUA 1st Scots Guards References Category:Men's football clubs in England Category:Association football clubs established in 1891 Category:Southern Football League clubs Category:London League (football) Category:Military football clubs in England Category:Great Western Suburban League Category:Association football in the British Army