List of minor Scottish Cup entrants (1873–1894)

{{infobox football club History The club was founded on 10 December 1881, out of the 1st Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers, a company in the Volunteer movement of the British Army. The Volunteers included sporting activities within their purview and newspapers often carried reports of such activities. The growth of football in Scotland, especially thanks to Queen's Park F.C., and the success of army teams in England such as the Royal Engineers A.F.C., encouraged regiments to form football clubs as part of the physical regimen. The 1st D.R.V. was re-organized under the Royal Scots Fusiliers in July 1881 and the football side seems to have emerged as a result of a larger pool of players, with 50 from which to choose. The club tried to join the Scottish Football Association in June 1882, but was turned down for not having a private ground. It was finally admitted two months later, in time to enter the 1882–83 Scottish Cup. It had a lucky draw in the first round, as scheduled opponents Dumfries Academicals scratched. In the second, it was drawn to play one of the two strongest sides in the region, Queen of the South Wanderers, at Nunholm, and was 3–2 up at half-time, but lost 5–3. The club did not enter the Churchill Cup for local sides, and seems to have given up the game, not renewing its Scottish FA membership at the end of the season. The Volunteer movement was already catered for by the 5th K.R.V. which had attracted a much greater membership – notably the 5th K.R.V.'s second XI had beaten the 1st D.R.V.'s first XI 5–1 in November 1882. Colours The club's colours were black and yellow. Ground The club played at Noblehill Park, near Dumfries. ==10th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The 10th L.R.V. was a volunteer regiment football club, based in south-west Glasgow. It was founded in 1884, after most of the volunteer sides in Glasgow had ceased playing senior football. The 10th was formed out of the Glasgow Highlanders, which had been founded in 1868. The regiment had briefly played football when called the 105th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers in the mid-1870s. The club optimistically joined the Scottish Football Association in 1885, but scratched from its Scottish Cup entry when drawn to face St Andrew's. Perhaps accepting it was out of its depth in a nearly-professional age, the club did not renew its Scottish FA membership; indeed there are no records that the club ever played senior football outside a military environment. Colours The club wore navy blue jerseys, 42nd tartan knickers, and red stockings. Ground The club played at Braehead Park on the Rutherglen Road, later the home of Thistle. ==Annfield F.C.==

{{infobox football club The Annfield club was drawn in the Glasgow section of the 1881–82 Scottish Cup against Eastern Athletic; the club had no prior history, and there is no record of it joining the Scottish Football Association, so its entry was surprising. The result of the tie is unclear, as the North British Daily Mail had two reports - one saying that Annfield had won 2–1 at home, the other that it had drawn 1–1 away - and the Glasgow Herald had that the tie was a draw, but at Annfield's ground. Whatever the score was, the tie was due to be replayed, but the club dissolved before it could take place. An Annfield Thistle is recorded as playing in Glasgow in 1880, and this may be the same club. ==Ardrossan F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The first match in the town was played in September 1870, and featured the Ardrossan Castle club demonstrating the sport at the head of Glasgow Street; on 24 September 1870, the Castle club beat the Ardrossan club 1–0, although it is not clear whether the match was under rugby or Association rules - the match featured touchdowns, which were part of the out-dated association set of laws which Queen's Park had been using. The match appears to have been a one-off, as the formal foundation of the club took place in September 1874, the first reported match being a defeat to Kilmarnock the following week. M'Auslane, who had played for the Castle in the 1870 match, was vice-captain for the Ardrossan, and Hughes, who had played for Ardrossan in the match, was also a member of the new club. The club's correspondence address was care of Barclay & Son Shipyards, suggesting its members were shipbuilders. It entered the Scottish Cup on two occasions, in 1875–76 and 1876–77, but withdrew from the competition both times before playing. Its final reported match was a win over the Kilbirnie in April 1876. Ground The club played at a ground between Glasgow Street and Paisley Street. External links • Ardrossan Football Clubs from 1870 onwards ==Blairadam F.C.==

History The club was founded in Kelty, in Fifeshire, 1882 as Blairadam Swifts, taking its name from Blairadam House, and it was one of the founder members of the Fifeshire Football Association. It played in the Fife Cup for most seasons from the competition's start in 1882–83 to 1890–91, but never won a tie. It did reach the last 4 in the competition's first iteration, but only after the team to which it lost in the first round, St Leonard's, fielded ineligible players, and, rather than re-playing the tie, ceded it to Blairadam; with 8 entrants the club was automatically advanced to the semi-final. The club dropped the Swifts epithet in 1883, and the club's official name became simply Blairadam, but it was sometimes stylized as Blair Adam. Blairadam was admitted to the Scottish Football Association in August 1890 and it entered the 1890–91 Scottish Cup. It was drawn away to Bo'ness F.C. but scratched. It also scratched from the Fife Cup that year, when drawn to face Cowdenbeath, and appears to have been one of the 18 clubs struck from the roll in 1891. Colours The club's colours were navy and light blue. Ground The club's ground was never given with any greater precision than "Kelty". All traces had gone by the 1892 Ordnance Survey. ==Blairgowrie F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The Blairgowrie Football Club from Blairgowrie and Rattray was formed in 1880. It suffered a blow almost straight after its formation, captain Christie breaking his collarbone in training. After playing five matches in its first season - with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 defeats, scoring 4 goals and conceding 9 - it joined the Scottish Football Association in 1881. The club played one tie in the Scottish Cup, a 4–0 defeat to Coupar Angus in the first round in 1881–82. The final recorded game for the club was a 5–0 defeat at neighbours Rattray in February 1882, considered more "a series of tripping and foul charging", and the club was removed from the Scottish FA membership roll in 1882. Colours The club wore navy and white 1" hooped jerseys and hose, with white knickers, and anachronistcally included a navy and white striped cap. Ground The club's ground was Games Park, adjoining Blairgowrie House, at the west end of Blairgowrie, about half a mile from Blairgowrie railway station, thanks to the generosity of Mr Macpherson of Blairgowrie. ==Blairvaddick F.C.==

{{infobox football club History Blairvaddick F.C. was a short-lived association football club from Govan, in Glasgow. It was admitted as a member of the Scottish Football Association in 1886. The club appears to have been the footballing section of a cricket club The club's first match was a 5–0 defeat to Rutherglen on 4 September 1886, four of the goals coming in the last 15 minutes, A week later the club played in the Scottish Cup at Thistle, and was hammered 13–0; the score was only 1–0 in the 43rd minute and 2–0 at half-time. The club's friendly matches included a home defeat to a 9-man Dykebar and a 9–2 loss to the Hamilton Academical second XI, shortly after which the club was the victim of a burglary after one Donald M'Millan, on two days, stole a football, three guernseys, a pair of boots, three hair-combs, and 48 pieces for a draughts board, for which he was sentenced to 3 months in prison. Blairvaddick finally picked up a win over Clydesdale in November, by 1 goal to 0. Blairvaddick at least finished the season on something of a high; although it lost to Govan Athletic in the Govan Charity Cup, it beat Yoker in the Govan Jubilee Cup, a trophy for which just those two clubs originally competed, The original match, at Summerton Athletic's Victoria Park, was a six-goal thriller which Yoker came from 2–0 down to 3–2 up, and Blairvaddick rescued the game with "a combined rush" just before time. The replay, at the same venue, was won for Blairvaddick thanks to a late winner from Hughes. However, the success was Blairvaddick's last match; it was struck from the Scottish FA membership in 1887, and it gave up on football, although continued with the cricket. Ground The club played at Ibrox. ==Bridgend Athletic F.C.==

History The earliest match recorded for the Perth club is in March 1885, against the Perth Swifts. At the end of the month, the club resolved to join the Perthshire Association for the following season; its first appearance in the Perthshire Cup, in 1885–86, ended in a 10–1 defeat in the first round to the Vale of Teith. The club entered the county cup until 1888–89, although the club never won a tie; its only "success" coming in its final entry, when Guildtown Wanderers scratched to it in the first round. The club joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1888, its name styled as Bridge-End Athletic (Perth). This entitled the club to enter the 1888–89 Scottish Cup, but it lost in the first round 6–1 at home to Coupar Angus, the Athletics scoring its goal in the first half, but conceding three in each. Its run as a senior club was brief - in 1889 the club was struck from the Scottish FA register and the club gave up football owing to "want of support". Colours The club originally registered alternate sets of colours with the Scottish FA - maroon or white. In 1889 it registered a combination of the two. Ground It played at the Bridgend Recreation Ground. ==Burnside (Partick) F.C.==

{{infobox football club leftarm1=FF2400|body1=FF2400|rightarm1=FF2400|shorts1=000080|socks1=000000| History Burnside (Partick) F.C. was formed in Partick, Glasgow, in 1878, out of a cricket club. It entered the 1878–79 Scottish Cup and was the lucky club in the Glasgow section to receive a bye into the second round, where it was drawn to visit Alexandra Athletic; the A.A.C. won 3–0, Burnside not even managing a shot. The club does not seem to have played another senior match; drawn to face Ailsa in the 1879–80 Scottish Cup, the Scottish FA recorded that the club had dissolved. There was one more recorded match for a Burnside (Partick) club, being a defeat at Moffat in January 1881, although this probably refers to a separate club. The club was not related to a club from Paisley of the same name which existed in the 1880s. Colours The club wore royal blue and scarlet jerseys, blue serge knickers, and stockings of any colour. Ground The club's home was Clarendon Park, opposite the Gas Works tram station. ==Caledonia F.C. (Greenock)==

{{infobox football club History The short-lived Renfrewshire club was founded in 1880. It joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1883 and entered the 1883–84 Scottish Cup; given the club had only played 10 matches in 1882–83, winning only four, this was an ambitious move. Caledonia had a friendly relationship with the Paisley side West-End, providing it with 5 of its players for a second XI fixture in November 1881. In the first round it lost 6–0 at St Mirren. The next month, Caledonia lost 4–0 at Northern (Greenock) in its only Renfrewshire Cup tie. Caledonia was plainly out of its depth, with only 35 members making it the smallest side in the county, and having St Mirren, Northern, and Southern as bigger sides in Greenock itself. After one season as a senior club, Caledonia did not renew its subscription to the Scottish FA, and did not play again. Colours The club played in all white. Ground The club played at Wellington Park, formerly the home ground of a club of the same name, and later the home of Greenock Rangers. ==Cambridge F.C.==

{{infobox football club Although there is no evidence as to when the club was admitted to the Scottish Football Association, or indeed that it played more than a couple of matches before the 1885–86 season, the club entered the 1885–86 Scottish Cup. It beat Southern Athletic 2–1 in the first round of the competition, having to play the tie twice after Athletics protested about the non-registration of several players. The club played St Andrew's in the second round, at Moray Park, but lost 6–0. There was only one other match for the club which gained any major attention, against Tollcross, and that was to announce the match had been called off. The club's final recorded match was a 12–0 defeat at the Thistle 2nd XI in the Glasgow North Eastern Cup in January 1886. The club was struck from the Scottish FA membership roll in August 1886. ==Cartha A.C.==

{{infobox football club History The Cartha club from the Pollok area of Glasgow was founded in 1890 out of a cricket club which was based in Pollok Park. The club's secretary, James Kirkland, had previously held the role at Southern Athletic, so may have been recruited for the role in order to ensure fixtures for the new club. The club was properly the Cartha Athletic Club, and was often referred to as Cartha Athletic, but the registered football name was Cartha. The club's flirtation with football was a short one. It ambitiously joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1890, but scratched from its 1890–91 Scottish Cup tie with Carfin Shamrock. Despite a startling 7–1 win at the United Abstainers in November 1890, the club does not appear to have played football at all in 1891. Colours The club wore white jerseys with a maroon sash, and "dark" knickers (probably navy serge, which was available at 2/6 per pair). Ground The club played at Pollok Park, which had previously been used by, among others, Pollokshields Athletic. ==Catrine Thistle F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The Thistle was from the town of Catrine, Ayrshire; an earlier club of the same name played in the 1880–81 season, but this particular club is first recorded in 1890. By May 1891 the club had won 28 of its 36 matches and in August 1891 it joined the Scottish Football Association. Catrine only played three competitive matches as a senior club. Its 1891–92 Scottish Cup first preliminary round tie at Dalry was abortive as the official referee did not turn up, so the clubs played out a friendly, which the Thistle won 4–3. Dalry had evidently learnt its lesson because when the tie was properly played off, it won 5–0. The other two matches were against Stewarton Cunninghame in the Ayrshire Cup; after a 4–4 draw, Stewarton won the replay 7–5. The club left the Scottish FA in August 1892. The club played out the 1891–92 season, finishing with an 8–0 win against Kilmarnock Strollers, but after being struck from the Scottish FA roll in August, never seems to have played again. Colours The club played in dark blue jerseys and knickers. Ground The club's ground was Alexandria Park. The largest recorded crowd was 1,500, for a friendly with a Celtic reserve side. ==Cathcart Volunteers F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The Renfrewshire club was formed in 1893, shortly after the demise of Cathcart F.C., and played its first match against a Helensburgh side at home that March. The Volunteers enjoyed an 8–1 victory, with 8 different scorers; M'Culloch, J. Campbell, Gardiner, Brass, Harley, Gairey, R. Campbell, and an own goal. The club joined the Scottish Football Association five months later and lost narrowly to Lanemark in the first preliminary round of the Scottish Cup, 4–3 in a replay; in the original tie, the Volunteers came from 3–1 down to draw 3–3 despite losing a man to injury. However in the Renfrewshire Cup the club lost 13–2 at Abercorn. The club entered the Scottish Cup in 1894–95, but scratched when paired with a strong Hurlford side in the first preliminary round, and the club's last reported match was a 4–3 home defeat to a touring Bohemians F.C. in October 1894. At the end of the season it was struck from the membership roll. Colours The club wore maroon jerseys. Ground The club's ground was Hazelwood Park. ==Chryston F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The club was from the village of Chryston in Lanarkshire. It was founded in 1881. In August 1884, having won 16 of 22 matches the previous season, and with the club in a "highly prosperous condition", it joined the Scottish Football Association. It entered the 1884–85 Scottish Cup, but lost 8–1 at home to West Benhar. The club's senior run only lasted one season, it not paying its subscription to the Scottish FA for 1885–86, although the club did play in the Lanarkshire Cup for the only time. In the first round, the club came close to pulling off a shock, holding Hamilton Academical to a 1–1 draw away from home, and tried unsuccessfully to claim the tie via protest. The replay - also held at South Street - saw the Acas re-assert their superiority, winning 11–1. The final scheduled game known for the club was at Union in Dumbarton on Boxing Day 1885, although the name was later revived for Junior sides. Colours The club wore navy and red hooped jerseys and hose, and navy knickers. Ground The club's ground was Millbrae Park, a 10 minute walk from Garnkirk railway station. ==Coatbridge F.C.==

{{infobox football club History Although an earlier Coatbridge F.C. had existed briefly in the mid-1870s, the earliest match recorded for this club is a win over the Waverley club by 2–0 in September 1885. Despite bearing the name of the Lanarkshire town, the club kept a low profile, and did not even enter the Lanarkshire Cup. However, the Drumpellier club stopped playing football at the end of the 1887–88 season, and Coatbridge accepted the chance to take over its place as the third senior club in Coatbridge, for the start of the 1888–89 season. The club therefore entered both the 1888–89 Scottish Cup and the Lanarkshire Cup for the first time. The club lost 5–0 at Cambuslang Hibs to such general indifference that even the Coatbridge Express did not mention the score, and the club did not turn up for its county cup first round tie at Carfin Shamrock. Unsurprisingly, given such apathy from and about the club, it ceased operations before the next season. Colours The club wore 1" black and white hoops. Ground The club played at Blair Lodge Park, replacing Drumpellier. After the club's end, the ground was taken over fully by Junior side Coatbridge Hibernians, who had been sharing the ground previously. ==Cyrus F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The short-lived Glaswegian club claimed to have been founded in 1882. In 1884, after playing one match in the 1883–84 season (a 3–3 draw), it joined the Scottish Football Association, and entered the 1884–85 Scottish Cup. After a 7–0 defeat at Possilpark, no more is heard of the club until its removal from the Scottish FA register the next season. Colours The club wore dark blue jerseys and knickers. Ground The club played on a private ground at Cyrus Park, on the Cumbernauld Road, 3 minutes' walk from Alexandra Park railway station. The ground was probably part of Alexandra Park itself, or one of the two open areas between the park and the Cumbernauld Road. ==Dumfries Academicals F.C.==

{{infobox football club History Although a one-off rugby union match is recorded for a Dumfries Academicals side in 1879, the first match for a properly formed Dumfries Academicals club - also to rugby rules - was against the former pupils of Grosvenor College, Carlisle in October 1881. The Academicals side was made up mostly (but not exclusively) of former pupils of the Dumfries Academy. The only goal of the game was scored by Tennant, who was the secretary of the association side. The Academicals hosted an association match at Nunholm between Queen's Park and a Dumfries select in February 1882, and, perhaps seeing the success of this (the crowd was estimated at 2,000), joined the Scottish Football Association in June 1882. Its only appearance of note was in the draw for the 1882–83 Scottish Cup, withdrawing when paired with fellow new members the 1st Dumfries Rifle Volunteers. The club did play a handful of matches in 1882–83, including a creditale 7–4 defeat to the 5th K.R.V. in March, but left the Scottish FA at the end of the season. Colours The club played in dark blue. Ground The club's ground, Nunholm, would be used by Queen of the South Wanderers from 1883. ==Dumfries Harp F.C.==

{{infobox football club History The first references to the club are from August 1889, when the new club took part in a five-a-side football contest at the Dumfries recreation grounds. The new club ambitiously joined the Scottish Football Association the same month and entered the 1889–90 Scottish Cup. The club drew a bye in the first round, but faced Queen of the South Wanderers in the second round at the latter's Cresswell Park. The match was considered a foregone conclusion, as the Wanderers' junior side had beaten the Harp 6–3 in September. However, the Harp, with the wind and sun behind them, took a surprise early lead, and the score was still 1–1 at half-time. The Wanderers' superior experience told, but only towards the end of the game, when it ran up late goals for a flattering 5–1 win. The only other competitive match the club played was in the Churchill Cup for southern counties sides in November, a 7–1 defeat against Dumfries, with left-wing M'Kinnon scoring the Harp goal when two down. The club was invited to take part in the Southern Counties Charity Cup, but its 12–1 defeat at the 5th K.R.V., to "very little interest", and two of the Harp only turning up 20 minutes into the game, seems to have been so crushing as to finish the club. It was duly struck from the SFA register in 1890. Colours The club wore green jerseys and white knickers. Ground The club played at Mildamhead, also the ground of Dumfries. ==Dunach F.C.==

History The club, from Oban in Argyllshire, took its name from a nearby clan estate. The first reference is of a home match with the Oban F.C. second XI in January 1889; despite Oban bolstering its side with three first-teamers, and F. Edmondson and C. N. MacDonald of the home side only being 14, the game ended 1–0 to Dunach. Dunach made the ambitious decision to join the Scottish Football Association in 1893, and won its first qualifying round match in the 1893–94 Scottish Cup 4–1 at Oban Rangers. In the second round, the club lost 3–1 to Inveraray, the match being played at the Rangers' Mossfield Park. The score was 1–1 at half-time, but Inveraray scored a freak crucial second goal, when a parry from goalkeeper Smith hit the shoulder of half-back MacDiarmid and ricocheted back through the goal. At the end of the season, the club was struck off the Scottish FA roll, along with neighbours Oban Rangers and the 1st Argyll Rifle Volunteers, the difficulties in keeping up senior football with few fixtures in a remote area proving too great. Colours The club wore red shirts and white knickers. Ground The club's first ground was at Glenfeochan. As a senior club, its ground was Kilmore, near Oban. ==Dunkeld F.C.==