Linside RFC
Full nameLinside RFC
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Founded1872
Disbanded1939
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Ground(s)Warriston Park

Linside RFC was a Scottish rugby union club in Paisley of the nineteenth century.[1]

Founded

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1874 v Paisley[2]

The Linside club had a rugby union side; and an association football side. It advertised its fixtures for the 1875-76 season in the Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser.[3]

Among the rugby union sides it was scheduled to play that season were:- Glasgow West End , Southern Glasgow, Craigielea and Osborne.

Other sports

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The Linside F.C. was still extant in 1903.[4]

The Linside cricket club was playing Osborne Cricket Club on 18 July 1874 at Smithfield.[5]

Notable former players

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Scotland internationalists

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The following former Warriston players have represented Edinburgh District at provincial level.

  •   G. Couper
  •   R. Johnston
  •   S. McDonald

References

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Category:rugby union teams in Scotland Category:Rugby union in Edinburgh Category:Sports clubs and teams in Edinburgh Category:Defunct rugby union clubs in Scotland