Rock F.C.
| Full name | Rock Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1882 | |
| Dissolved | 1890 | |
| Ground | Netherbog Park | |
| Hon. Secretary | James Hastie | |
| Match Secretary | William Meikle | |
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Rock Football Club,usually referred to asDumbarton Rock,was anassociation footballclub based in the town ofDumbarton,inWest Dunbartonshire.
History
[edit]The club was formed in 1882, made up of abstemious Clyde shipyard workers[1]of Irish extraction,[2]and, after an 1883–84 season in which it won 12 of 22 matches,[3]it joined theScottish Football Association.[4]The club may have been influenced by having a match secretary, William Meikle, who had previously held the role atPollokshields Athletic.[5]
The club therefore entered theScottish CupandDumbartonshire Cupfor the first time in 1884–85. In theScottish,the club lost 2–0 toYoker,[6]a protest against Christie of Yoker not being properly registered being dismissed, although Rock did not lose the protest deposit.[7]Rock also lost in the first round of the Dumbartonshire, toVale of Leven Wanderers.
The club's Irish links helped it get an invitation toIrelandto play a friendly withLimavady,which Rock won 6–4,[8]and strong enough to draw with a strongDundee Our Boyson a trip to Tayside at the end of the season.[9]The club seemed to have finished the season on a high, as its reserve side reached the final of the Dumbartonshire Junior Cup by beating Renton Athletic,[10]but for some reason the Athletic was put into the final, which it duly won.[11]
Despite an active season, the club never seems to have played another match. In 1885–86, the club reached the second round of the Scottish Cup, because opponentsLevendalescratched;[12]but Rock in turn scratched toAlbionin the second. It seems to have had its talent raided by other local sides - in the 1885–86 season, centre-half Hartley[13]and forward Gourlay were playing forDumbarton,itself having lost players to the professional English game,[14]and left-forwards Kerr and Galbraith were atDumbarton Athletic.[15]
The club left the Scottish FA in August 1886,[16]so could not enter the Scottish Cup again, but had a remarkable afterlife, entering the Dumbartonshire Cup every season from 1885–86 to 1890–91 and scratching before the first tie every time.
Colours
[edit]The club's colours were blue jerseys, white knickers, and red hose.[17]
Ground
[edit]The club played at Netherbog Park on Cemetery Road.[18]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Rock Football Club in Ireland".Lennox Herald:3. 17 January 1885.
- ^"Irish football clubs in Scotland".Morning News (Belfast):8. 29 August 1884.
- ^M'Dowall, John (1884).Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 61.
- ^Scottish FA minutes 1884–87.Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 26 August 1884. p. 38.
- ^M'Dowall, John (1883).Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84.Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 46.
- ^"Football - Saturday".North British Daily Mail:38. 15 September 1884.
- ^"Football - Saturday".North British Daily Mail:45. 23 September 1884.
- ^"Rock Football Club in Ireland".Lennox Herald:3. 17 January 1885.
- ^"Rock v Our Boys (Dundee)".Dumbarton Herald:3. 8 April 1885.
- ^"Dumbartonshire Junior Cup (Semi-final)".Dumbarton Herald:6. 25 March 1885.
- ^"Renton".Lennox Herald:1. 27 June 1885.
- ^"Football".Dundee Evening Telegraph:2. 23 September 1885.
- ^"Dumbarton v Renton".Lennox Herald:3. 5 December 1885.
- ^"Dumbarton v Queen's Park".Dumbarton Herald:6. 21 October 1885.
- ^"Helensburgh v Dumbarton Athletic".Helensburgh News:2. 1 October 1885.
- ^Scottish FA minutes 1884–87.Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 24 August 1886.
- ^M'Dowall, John (1884).Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 61.
- ^M'Dowall, John (1884).Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85.Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 61.