Oxford F.C.
| 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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Oxford Football Clubwas aScottishassociation footballclub based in theCrosshillarea ofGlasgow.
History
[edit]The 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 againstRangersonGlasgow 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 theScottish Cupfor seven seasons between 1874 and 1881. The first tie the club played was a 2–0 defeat at Rangers in1874–75,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, in1878–79,was under the rule that both clubs advanced after two drawn matches; the club drew twice againstDerbyof Glasgow[8]before losing 2–1 atGovan F.C.in the second round.[9]
The second occasion was in1880–81,when a 6–0 victory against theMaxwellclub, 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 atCowlairsin the second round in a "fast and speedy" match,[11]and the club does not appear to have played again; although it entered the1881–82 Scottish Cup,it scratched before the first round tie withPilgrimsof Glasgow.
Colours
[edit]The club played in blue and white jerseys with red stockings.[12]
Ground
[edit]The club originally played atQueen's Park.[13]From 1879 the club played at Bellevue Park.[14][15]
External links
[edit]References
[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.