Maybole F.C. (1880)
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Maybole Football Club was a football club which existed from 1880 to 1891, in the town of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The club was formed in 1880 and instantly entered the Scottish Cup. The club took over the ground of the previous senior club in the town, Maybole Carrick F.C., which had become a junior club.{{cite journal |title=Grand Football Match |journal=Irvine Herald |date=10 February 1883 |page=1}} Maybole entered the competition every year until 1891–92, twice reaching the third round.
Maybole was drawn to play Rankinston Mountaineers F.C. in the first round in its first three entries. In the 1880–81 Scottish Cup, Maybole apparently lost,{{cite journal |title=Rankinstone [sic] v Maybole |journal=Ayrshire Weekly News |date=18 September 1880 |page=5}} but protested successfully against the lack of ropes and the Mountaineers' rough play, and the Scottish FA ordered a replay with a neutral referee.{{cite journal |title=Scottish Football Association |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=22 September 1880 |page=7}} The replay took place at Springvale Park, the home of Ayr F.C., and Maybole scored a "decisive" 3–1 victory.{{cite journal |title=Maybole v Rankinstone (Protested Cup tie) |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=4 October 1880 |page=4}} In 1881–82 Maybole won 7–0, with goals scored by Houston (2), Crawford (2), Kinney, Macdonald, and Rodger;{{cite journal |title=Scottish Cup |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=25 October 1880 |page=7}} the score was the record win for the club. In 1882–83, Rankinston scratched.
The club's Ayrshire Cup defeat by Ayr F.C. in the first round in 1884–85 led to a curious sequel. The Ayrshire Post criticized the Maybole fans as being "a disgrace to the town" because of their "wild howlings".{{cite journal |title=Ayrshire Cup - First Round |journal=Ayrshire Post |date=30 September 1884 |page=3}} This led to a reply by one John Clydesdale, stating that the Ayr fans were "the most unruly in the county",{{cite journal |title=Ayr spectators at a football match |journal=Ayrshire Post |date=3 October 1884 |page=5}} but after a rejoinder from 'a native of Maybole' that the Maybole fans were an "unruly crowd of spectators" giving forth "an unearthly yell...which continued more or less to the end of the game. I forbear even to hint of the language they used to the Ayr players", and accusing him of being the "worse of drink" spectator who "took off his coat and hat and went over the ropes to help Maybole",{{cite journal |title=Football - Ayr Spectators v Maybole Spectators |journal=Ayrshire Post |date=10 October 1884 |page=8}} John Clydesdale wrote back to say that the letter purporting to be from him was a forgery.{{cite journal |title=Ayr v Maybole football match |journal=Ayrshire Post |date=14 October 1884 |page=5}}
The club's last entry to the Scottish Cup, in 1891–92, was after the introduction of qualifying rounds. In the first qualifying round, the club was drawn to play Mauchline F.C., but withdrew, and the last recorded match for the club was a 9–0 defeat to Kilbirnie F.C. in the Ayrshire Cup that season. The club did enter in 1892–93, but scratched from the competition before the first round. Senior football re-started in 1895 with the formation of a new Maybole club.
Colours
The club's colours were as follows:{{cite web |title=Club Directory |url=http://sfha.org.uk/club-directory.htm |website=Scottish Football Historical Results Archive |access-date=27 October 2022}}
- 1880–86: maroon shirts, white shorts
- 1886–88: black & white stripes
- 1888–91: blue shirt, white shorts
Grounds
The club originally played at Myremill Holm.{{cite journal |title=Maybole |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=30 August 1880 |page=7}} From the start of the 1884–85 season, the club moved to a new ground at Gardenrose Farm, immediately above the railway station.{{cite journal |title=Maybole Football Club |journal=Ayrshire Post |date=2 September 1884 |page=8}}
External links
- [https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/sc/maybole.html Scottish Cup results] (NB: results for 1899–1900 relate to the 1895 incarnation