Mount Vernon
Full nameMount Vernon Football Club
Founded1876
Dissolved1879
GroundCarmyle Park
SecretaryWilliam Kyle, William Bowie

Mount Vernon Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland.

History

The club was founded in 1874, with the club's first recorded match being a 0–0 draw against the Sandyford second XI, although the Sandyford side was more of an X as it was a player short.[1]

The club had 30 members by 1877, when it joined the Scottish Football Association,[2] after only 2 defeats in 16 matches in the 1876–77 season.[3] The club also only lost 2 matches in its first senior season,[4] but one of those was in the first round of the Scottish Cup, a 2–1 defeat at home to Glengowan.[5] One notable win for Mount Vernon was a 1–0 victory over Shotts despite playing the game with only 9 men.[6]

Mount Vernon met Glengowan again in the first round of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, Glengowan again winning by the odd goal, this time 4–3.[7]

Mount Vernon did enter the Cup in 1879–80, and was drawn at home to Upper Clydesdale,[8] but had dissolved before the tie could take place.[9]

Colours

The club played in navy blue.[10]

Ground

The club's ground was Carmyle Park, a five-minute walk from Mount Vernon railway station.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Vernon v 2d Sandyford". North British Daily Mail: 3. 7 December 1874.
  2. ↑ "Scottish Football Association". North British Daily Mail: 4. 12 September 1877.
  3. ↑ Dick, William (1877). Scottish Football Annual 1877–78. Cranstonhill: Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 95.
  4. ↑ Dick, William (1878). Scottish Football Annual 1878–79. Cranstonhill: Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 64.
  5. ↑ Dick, William (1878). Scottish Football Annual 1878–79. Cranstonhill: Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 42.
  6. ↑ "Mount Vernon v Shotts". North British Daily Mail: 3. 17 December 1877.
  7. ↑ Dick, William (1879). Scottish Football Annual 1879–80. Glasgow: Dunlop & Foote. p. 54.
  8. ↑ "Scottish Association Cup Ties". Daily Review (Edinburgh): 6. 28 August 1879.
  9. ↑ Scottish FA Minutes 1879–80. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 30 September 1879. p. 43.
  10. ↑ Dick, William (1877). Scottish Football Annual 1877–78. Cranstonhill: Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 95.
  11. ↑ Dick, William (1877). Scottish Football Annual 1877–78. Cranstonhill: Mackay & Kirkwood. p. 95.
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