Maybole F.C. (1895)
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Maybole Football Club was a football club which existed from 1896 to 1922, from the town of Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
History
The club was formed in 1895,{{cite web |title=Maybole Football Club 1895-96 |url=https://www.maybole.org/community/organisations/amateurs/footballclub1895_96.htm |website=Maybole |access-date=19 February 2023}} four years after the demise of the previous senior club in the town. The club entered the Ayrshire Cup in 1895 and beat Lugar Boswell in a twice-played tie in the first round, losing to Galston in the second.
The club's first entry into a national competition was in the Scottish Qualifying Cup for 1896–97. Drawn at home to Ayr F.C., the new club took a surprise lead after ten minutes; Ayr equalized ten minutes later and scored five more without reply.{{cite journal |title=Maybole v Ayr |journal=Daily Record |date=31 August 1896 |page=7}}
Maybole only won through the Qualifying Cup into the main rounds of the Scottish Cup once, in 1899–1900. Maybole played just one match to reach the required stage, winning one tie by default and gaining another bye. The club's qualifying run ended in the fifth round against Galston; Maybole protested against Galston's use of metal shinpads but the protest was dismissed as having been made out of time.{{cite journal |title=Scottish Football Association |journal=Dundee Courier |date=22 November 1899 |page=4}}
In the first round proper, the club hosted Wishaw, and went behind early on; Maybole equalized with a goal that was "glaringly offside", and the game ended 4–2 to the home side, the final goal also being dubious.{{cite journal |last1=Camp-follower |title=How Wishaw lost at Maybole |journal=Wishaw Press |date=20 January 1900 |page=2}}
Maybole's reward was a second round tie at Ibrox Park against Rangers. The club conceded 4 in the first half and 8 in the second, but at least had the consolation of sharing in a gate of £65.{{cite journal |title=Rangers v Maybole |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=29 January 1900 |page=10}}
The 1900–01 season saw the club reach the Ayrshire Consolation Cup Final; the club's best run in the competition proper was to the semi-final in 1909–10.{{cite journal |title=Club summary |journal=Daily Record |date=14 March 1910 |page=6}} Maybole did win the Ayrshire League in 1901–02, albeit the League was a low-key competition, and the club's penultimate match, at home to Beith counted as both the home and away fixture for both sides, making it worth 4 points for a win - Maybole's 6–0 triumph over a Cabes side missing its four best forwards{{cite journal |title=Senior notes |journal=Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald |date=9 May 1902 |page=7}} put the Snobs joint top with Galston, which had already played its fixtures, and a win over Ayr Parkhouse secured the title.
The club briefly had rivalry in the town; in 1905 a new club, Vale of Carrick, was founded, but the Maybole players stayed loyal to the club, forcing the Vale to recruit from Glasgow.{{cite journal |title=Ayr Academicals v Vale of Carrick |journal=Scottish Referee |date=1 September 1905 |page=3}} The Vale lasted only half a season, Maybole beating Vale 7–1 in a league fixture at Ladywell Park.{{cite journal |title=Ayrshire Notes |journal=Scottish Referee |date=3 November 1905 |page=1}} In 1906–07, the club joined the Scottish Football Combination for clubs in the south-west of Scotland, but was a perennial struggler, never finishing the season above last or last-but-one.
The club's last Scottish Cup tie came in the 1914–15 season; the club scratched from successive entries in 1919–20 and 1920–21, so was barred from entering for 1921–22.{{cite journal |title=Sport of all sorts |journal=Daily Record |date=15 April 1921 |page=4}} The last record of a club activity is an Ayrshire Cup fixture with Ayr United in 1921.{{cite journal |title=Ayrshire Cup draw |journal=Daily Record |date=25 January 1921 |page=12}}
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}}
- 1896–97: chocolate & white vertical stripes
- 1897–99: maroon shirt, black shorts
- 1899–1901: red
- 1901–22: maroon shirts, white shorts
Grounds
The club originally played at Gardenrose Park.{{cite journal |title=Football |journal=Daily Record |date=12 September 1896 |page=7}} In 1898, it moved to Ladywell Park, raising funds for a pavilion via a national subscription.{{cite journal |title=Round the country |journal=Scottish Referee |date=17 June 1898 |page=1}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://sfha.org.uk/ayrshirecup.htm Ayrshire Cup results]
- [http://sfha.org.uk/ayrshireleague.htm Ayrshire League results]
- [http://sfha.org.uk/northayrshirecup.htm North Ayrshire Cup results]
- [http://sfha.org.uk/scottishcomb.htm Scottish Combination results]
{{Defunct Scottish football clubs}}
Category:Defunct football clubs in Scotland
Category:Association football clubs established in 1895
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1921