Oxford Football Club was a Scottish association football club based in the Crosshill area of Glasgow.
| Full name | Oxford Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1873 | |
| Dissolved | 1881 | |
| Ground | Bellevue Park | |
| President | James Caddell | |
| Secretary | James J. Brown | |
| Captain | Charles Gibson[1] | |
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History edit
The club claimed a foundation date of 1869,[2] but this probably refers to the cricket club from which the football club emerged.[3] The club's first recorded football matches did not take place until 1874,[4] the very first being a 0–0 draw against Rangers on Glasgow Green,[5] and 1873–74 was the club's first season of football,[6] with a record of 2 wins, 6 draws, and 3 defeats, scoring 9 and conceding 8.
The club competed in the Scottish Cup for seven seasons between 1874 and 1881. The first tie the club played was a 2–0 defeat at Rangers in 1874–75, the first goal coming when McNeil "sent both the Oxford goalkeeper [M'Kinley] and the ball underneath the tape".[7]
The club only made it to the second round twice. The first time, in 1878–79, was under the rule that both clubs advanced after two drawn matches; the club drew twice against Derby of Glasgow[8] before losing 2–1 at Govan F.C. in the second round.[9]
The second occasion was in 1880–81, when a 6–0 victory against the Maxwell club, thanks to goals from Kaye (2), Martin, Smith, M'Lean, and Dunlop, was the club's only win in the competition.[10] The club lost 4–3 at Cowlairs in the second round in a "fast and speedy" match,[11] and the club does not appear to have played again; although it entered the 1881–82 Scottish Cup, it scratched before the first round tie with Pilgrims of Glasgow.
Colours edit
The club played in blue and white jerseys with red stockings.[12]
Ground edit
The club originally played at Queen's Park.[13] From 1879 the club played at Bellevue Park.[14][15]
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "Oxford Club". North British Daily Mail: 6. 21 August 1876.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1875). Football Annual. p. 119.
- ^ "Queen's Park v Oxford". Glasgow Herald: 7. 28 May 1872.
- ^ "Football fixtures for 1874". North British Daily Mail: 7. 16 January 1874.
- ^ "Rangers v Oxford". Glasgow Herald: 7. 27 January 1874.
- ^ "Oxford v Second Blythswood". Glasgow Herald: 5. 27 April 1874.
- ^ "Matches played on Saturday". North British Daily Mail: 6. 12 October 1874.
- ^ "Oxford v Derby". North British Daily Mail: 3. 7 October 1878.
- ^ "Govan v Oxford (Cup tie)". North British Daily Mail: 3. 14 October 1878.
- ^ "Oxford v Maxwell, Pollokshields". Glasgow Herald: 3. 13 September 1880.
- ^ "Cowlairs". Glasgow Herald: 10. 11 October 1880.
- ^ Alcock, Charles (1875). Football Annual. p. 119.
- ^ "Football". North British Daily Mail: 3. 27 April 1874.
- ^ "Matches played on Saturday". Glasgow Herald: 9. 24 February 1879.
- ^ "2d Oxford v 2d Uddingston". Rutherglen Reformer: 3. 2 October 1880.