Woodland F.C.
{{short description|Former association football club in Scotland}}
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|manager = James Barr{{cite journal |title=Woodland Football Club |journal=Paisley Daily Express |date=21 October 1880 |page=3}}
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Woodland F.C. was an association football club from Paisley, Renfrewshire.
History
Woodland was formed in 1880, with matches recorded from March that year.{{cite journal |title=Football |journal=Glasgow Evening Post |date=1 March 1880 |page=4}} Caught up in the general explosion of the sport's popularity, it joined the Scottish Football Association in June 1882, at the same time as neighbours Woodside.{{cite book |title=Scottish FA Minutes 1881–84 |date=22 June 1882 |publisher=Scottish Football Association |location=Glasgow |page=73}} Never having entered the leading local competition, the Renfrewshire Cup, before turning senior, its first competitive football came in the 1882–83 Scottish Cup. Woodland drew 1–1 with Sir John Maxwell in the first round at home, but lost 5–3 in the replay, throwing away a 3–1 lead.{{cite journal |title=Sir John Maxwell v Woodland |journal=Paisley Express |date=18 September 1882 |page=3}}
The two clubs met again in the Renfrewshire Cup a month later, this time the Sir John winning 8–1.{{cite journal |title=Woodland (Paisley) v Sir John Maxwell (R.C.T.) |journal=Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette |date=21 October 1882 |page=7}} Woodland's second and last Scottish Cup attempt in 1883–84 was more successful, inasmuch as the club earned a win, 4–1 at Linwood.{{cite journal |title=Woodland (Paisley) v Linwood |journal=Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette |date=15 September 1883 |page=7}} In the second round the club was drawn to play St Mirren, one of the two biggest clubs in the town, and went down 7–0.{{cite journal |title=St Mirren v Woodland (S.C.T.) |journal=Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette |date=6 October 1883 |page=7}} In the first round of the Renfrewshire, the club was drawn at home to Morton, and again lost, although this time by a creditable 4–1 scoreline, and having a goal disallowed for offside when 3–1 down.{{cite journal |title=Woodland v Morton (Greenock) |journal=Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette |date=13 October 1883 |page=7}}
With only 40 members at its peak, the club was much smaller than the leading clubs in the town; the big three, Abercorn, Paisley Athletic, and St Mirren had 200, 160, and 200 respectively.{{cite book |last1=M'Dowall |first1=John |title=Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84 |date=1883 |publisher=W. Weatherston |location=Glasgow |page=57}} The club suffered heavy defeats from all of them in competitive matches. Apart from the Cup tie with St Mirren, Woodland lost 6–1 to Athletic in the first round of the 1882–83 Paisley Charity Cup, in a "most friendly" game "free from any rough play of any description", despite taking an early lead.{{cite journal |title=Paisley Athletic v Woodland (Paisley Charity Cup) |journal=Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette |date=31 March 1883 |page=7}} and 11–2 to Abercorn in the first round of the same competition the following year,{{cite journal |title=Abercorn v Woodland (Paisley Charity Cup tie) |journal=Renfrewshire Independent |date=22 March 1884 |page=1}} the club's final competitive match.
As the season went on, the club struggled at times to find an XI, failing to turn up to a friendly at Northern (Greenock) in March 1884.{{cite journal |title=Football gossip |journal=Greenock Advertiser |date=14 March 1884 |page=2}} Along with fellow Paisley side West End Athletic, the club left the Scottish FA before the 1884–85 season.{{cite book |title=Scottish FA Minutes 1884–87 |date=26 August 1884 |publisher=Scottish Football Association |location=Glasgow|page=38}}
Colours
The club wore blue jerseys and white knickers.{{cite book |last1=M'Dowall |first1=John |title=Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83 |date=1882 |publisher=W. Weatherston |location=Glasgow |page=150}}
Ground
The club's ground, Meiklerigg Park, was 20 minutes from Paisley railway station.{{cite book |last1=M'Dowall |first1=John |title=Scottish Football Association Annual 1882–83 |date=1882 |publisher=W. Weatherston |location=Glasgow |page=150}}
References
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Category:Defunct football clubs in Scotland
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1884
Category:Association football clubs established in 1880
Category:Sport in Paisley, Renfrewshire
Category:1880 establishments in Scotland