Standard F.C.
| Full name | Standard Football Club | |
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| Founded | 1873 | |
| Dissolved | 1876 | |
| Ground | Mossdale Park | |
| Secretary | David McNair | |
| Captain | J. Mellis,[1]J. Lennie[2] | |
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Standard Football Clubwas a 19th-century football club based inGlasgow.
History
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The club was formed in 1873, out of a cricket club (founded in 1863) based at Mossdale Park.[3]In its first season the club claimed not to have conceded a goal, with 4 wins and 3 draws, scoring six goals in the process.[4]One of the draws, on 28 February 1874, was againstRangers.[5]
Perhaps buoyed by this season, the club entered the second edition of theScottish Cupin1874–75,and was the recipient of the first-ever bye in the tournament in the first round. In the second, the club was drawn away to theThird Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers;after a 0–0 draw, in which the Standard goalkeeper "Mr Charleston executed his work in a very creditable manner",[6]Standard lost the replay at home 2–0.[7]Over the season, the club played 17 matches, with a record of 5 wins, 7 draws, and 5 defeats, scoring just 7 goals, but only conceding 11.[8]
By 1875–76 the club had been overtaken by the plethora of other clubs starting up; it did not win a match during the season, drawing twice and losing four times.[9]The club lost 2–1 in the first round of the Scottish Cup at fellow Glaswegian sideCaledonianin1876–77,despite having taken the lead,[10]and it does not leave any further record afterwards.
Colours
[edit]The club played in blue jerseys, white knickerbockers, and blue and white hooped stockings.[11]
Grounds
[edit]The club played its first two seasons at its cricket ground at Mossdale Park, and its final season at Shawlands Park.[12]
References
[edit]- ^"Standard v Alexandra Athletic".North British Daily Mail:3. 15 February 1875.
- ^"Caledonian v Standard".Glasgow Herald:5. 2 October 1876.
- ^"Standard v 2d Arthurlie (Barrhead)".Glasgow Herald:6. 2 June 1873.
- ^Alcock, Charles (1874).Football Annual.p. 128.
- ^"Standard and Ranger [sic] clubs".Glasgow Herald:7. 4 March 1874.
- ^"3d LRV v Standard".North British Daily Mail:3. 23 November 1874.
- ^"3d LRV v Standard".North British Daily Mail:3. 30 November 1874.
- ^Alcock, Charles (1875).Football Annual.p. 120.
- ^Alcock, Charles (1876).Football Annual.p. 119.
- ^"Caledonian v Standard".North British Daily Mail:6. 2 October 1876.
- ^Alcock, Charles (1874).Football Annual.p. 128.
- ^Alcock, Charles (1876).Football Annual.p. 119.