Minerva F.C. (Scotland)
{{short description|Association football club in Glasgow City, Scotland}}
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Minerva Football Club was an association football club from Glasgow, which won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1892.
History
The club was formed on 3 March 1887 and quickly became one of Glasgow's leading Junior clubs; by 1891 the club was considered better than many senior XI.{{cite journal |title=Notes by Argus |journal=Bridge of Allan Gazette |date=21 March 1891 |page=3}} The club finished the 1890–91 season by winning the Glasgow Junior Cup for the only time, with a win over Elderslie.{{cite journal |title=Junior football |journal=The Referee |date=13 April 1891 |page=3}} The following season Minerva took the national competition, thanks to a 5–2 win over West Benhar Violet in the final at Cathkin Park, the visitors protesting that rough play saw them reduced to 10 men in the first five minutes.{{cite journal |title=Scottish Junior Cup Final |journal=Lothian Courier |date=21 May 1892 |page=6}}
The triumph however was the club's swansong. It had lost the right to play at Temple Park, and, unable to find a new ground, in March 1892 tried to merge (unsuccessfully) with Partick Thistle. At the end of the season, the club disbanded; 8 of its players promptly signed up with the Jags{{cite web |last1=Little |first1=Jack |title=What's in a name? Minerva |url=http://thethistlearchive.wikidot.com/minerva-whats-in-a-name |website=The Thistle Archive |access-date=23 November 2024}} and others joined Queen's Park.{{cite journal |title=The Referee's Note-book |journal=The Referee |date=5 August 1892 |page=1}}
Colours
Ground
The club originally played at Overnewton, moving to Temple Park in Anniesland during its first season.{{cite web |title=All time Scottish Club Directory |url=http://sfha.org.uk/clubdirectory.xlsx |website=Scottish Football Historical Archive |access-date=23 November 2024}}{{cite journal |title=Vale of Bannock v Minerva (Glasgow) |journal=Stirling Observer |date=25 October 1888 |page=8}}
References
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Category:Football clubs in Glasgow
Category:Association football clubs established in 1887
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1892
Category:1887 establishments in Scotland
Category:1892 disestablishments in Scotland
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