19th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers F.C.

Association football club in Glasgow City, Scotland July 2015 July 2015 19th L.R.V. 19th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers F.C. the WarriorsQueen's Park v 19th L.R.V. North British Daily Mail 13 October 1879 7 1877 1881 Onslow Park Hon. secretary Robert Nisbet Match secretary John J. Alexander Captain _hoops_blue FF2400 FF2400 FF2400 000080 FFFFFF The 19th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers Football Club was a 19th-century association football club based in Glasgow. History The club was formed out of the 19th Lanark R.V.C., incorporated in 1859,Grierson Maj-Gen J. M. Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1909 William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh 257 as a company in the Volunteer movement of the British Army. The Volunteers included sporting activities within their purview and newspapers often carried reports of such activities. The growth of football in Scotland, especially thanks to Queen's Park, and the success of army teams in England such as the Royal Engineers A.F.C., encouraged regiments to form football clubs as part of the physical regimen. The football side was founded in 1877,Dick William Scottish Football Annual 1878–79 1878 Mackay & Kirkwood Cranstonhill 53 and was comparatively late to the game for a Glaswegian Volunteer side, with the 1st and 3rd Lanarkshire, and the 4th Renfrewshire already having joined the Scottish Football Association before the 19th did so. The club's first season saw it only play two matches; nevertheless it entered the Scottish Cup in 1878–79. The club was drawn at Possil Bluebell and lost 8–0.Association Cup ties North British Daily Mail 23 September 1878 6 The club entered the competition again in 1879–80, and was given a walkover in the first round as scheduled opponents Wellpark had dissolved before the match.Scottish FA Minutes 1879–80 25 September 1879 Scottish Football Association Glasgow 41 In the second round the club was humiliated 14–1 at Queen's Park; even the Warriors' goal - a consolation when already 8–0 down - drew laughter as it was scored when a bored Graham in the Queen's Park goal had temporarily absented himself, and Volunteer forward McCracken was able to run the ball through.Queen's Park v 19th L.R.V. North British Daily Mail 13 October 1879 7 It was obvious that the game was already developed beyond the capabilities of the side, especially as even in its second season it only played 10 times,Dick William Scottish Football Annual 1879–80 1879 Dunlop & Foote Glasgow 68 and although it was drawn to play City in the 1880–81 Scottish Cup, it scratched from the competition.Livingstone Robert Scottish Football Association Annual 1881–82 1881 Gillespie Brothers 116 Colours The club wore scarlet jerseys, serge blue knickers, and blue and white hose,Dick William Scottish Football Annual 1878–79 1878 Mackay & Kirkwood Cranstonhill 53 similar to the regimental colours of scarlet tunics and blue trousers.Grierson Maj-Gen J. M. Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1909 William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh Plate XXVIII Grounds The club played at Onslow Park, the ground of Dennistoun, and also shared with Good Templars Harmonic.Dick William Scottish Football Annual 1878–79 1878 Mackay & Kirkwood Cranstonhill 53 References collapsed Category:Defunct football clubs in Scotland Category:Football clubs in Glasgow Category:Association football clubs established in 1877 Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1881 Category:1877 establishments in Scotland Category:1881 disestablishments in Scotland Category:Military football clubs in Scotland Category:Dennistoun