St Peter's F.C.
{{short description|Association football club in Glasgow City, Scotland}}
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St Peter's F.C. was a football club from Glasgow, active in the mid-1880s.
History
The club was formed in Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow in 1885, under the name Partick Hibernians,{{cite journal |title=Football in Scotland |journal=Sportsman |date=1 September 1885 |page=4}} its first recorded game being a 1–0 defeat to Woodbank.{{cite journal |title=Our Scotch Letter |journal=Athletic News |date=3 March 1885 |page=5}}
In August 1885, the club changed its name to St Peter's (possibly named after St Peter's church in Partick), joined the Scottish Football Association, and entered the 1885–86 Scottish Cup. The club had the misfortune to be drawn at Queen's Park in the first round, and the tie was moved up a week so that it could be one of the entertainments at the Queen's Park athletic sports.{{cite journal |title=To-morrow's football |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=28 August 1885 |page=2}} Within ten minutes, Queen's Park was four goals to the good, by half-time the score was 8, and by the end 16, St Peter's only making Gillespie in the Queen's Park goal work once.{{cite journal |title=Football in Scotland |journal=Sportsman |date=1 September 1885 |page=4}} The score remains the Spiders' record victory{{cite web |title=Queen's Park club records |url=https://www.fitbastats.com/queenspark/club_records_overall.php |website=fitbastats |access-date=22 August 2023}} and, at the time, was the second-highest win in the Scottish Cup.
The club survived its baptism of fire and even picked up a big win itself in October, 9–1 against Mearns Athletic.{{cite journal |title=results |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=10 October 1885 |page=3}} However the club lost both of its other competitive matches - 6–1 to Clyde in the first round of the 1886–87 Scottish Cup{{cite book |title=Scottish FA Minutes 1884–87 |date=14 September 1886 |publisher=Scottish Football Association |location=Glasgow}} The score was also recorded as 5–0 and 5–1. and 3–1 to Whitefield in the 1886–87 Govan Charity Cup,{{cite journal |title=Whitefield v St Peter's |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=21 March 1887 |page=10}} although a week after the defeat to Clyde, St Peter's scored a remarkable 5–0 victory over a scratch side from Hibernians.{{cite journal |title=Saturday's football |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=20 September 1886 |page=3}} The game was however notable for taking place at Glengarry Park, the home of the Columba club started up by Brother Walfrid, and to raise funds for a charity run by him, proving to be a key influence in the foundation of Celtic.{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Joe |title=Remember, remember, the sixth of November |url=https://www.celticfc.com/news/3303 |website=Celtic F.C. |access-date=22 August 2023}}
St Peter's did not renew its subscription for a third season of senior football{{cite book |title=Scottish FA Minutes 1884–87 |date=23 August 1887 |publisher=Scottish Football Association |location=Glasgow}} and the last record of the club is of John Rae breaking his thigh bone during training in March 1887.{{cite journal |title=Govan - Football Accident |journal=Glasgow Herald |date=24 March 1887 |page=6}} By 1888 Copeland Park was no longer being used for football.{{cite journal |title=Houses, Shops, Etc. to Let |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=1 September 1888 |page=3}}
Colours
The club wore light blue jerseys, dark blue "pants", and scarlet hose.{{cite book |last1=McDowall |first1=John |title=Scottish Association Annual 1885–86 |date=1885 |publisher=H. Nisbet |location=Glasgow |page=59}}
Ground
St Peter's originally played at Eastvale Park, 10 minutes' walk from the Finnieston car stop,{{cite book |last1=McDowall |first1=John |title=Scottish Association Annual 1885–86 |date=1885 |publisher=H. Nisbet |location=Glasgow |page=59}} the club crossing the Clyde to Copeland Park in August 1886, replacing the Pilgrims as tenants of the Customs Cricket Club.{{cite journal |title=Football Tournament at Govan To-Day |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=7 August 1886 |page=3}}
References
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{{Defunct Scottish football clubs|state=collapsed}}
Category:Defunct football clubs in Scotland
Category:Association football clubs established in 1885
Category:1885 establishments in Scotland
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1887
Category:1887 disestablishments in Scotland
Category:Football clubs in Glasgow