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
editThe 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
editThe club played in blue and white jerseys with red stockings.[12]
Ground
editThe club originally played at Queen's Park.[13] From 1879 the club played at Bellevue Park.[14][15]
External links
editReferences
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.