Founded | 1880 | |
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Dissolved | 1884 | |
Ground | Meiklerigg Park | |
President | W. Craig | |
Secretary | Alex. Crombie, Archibald Campbell | |
Captain | James Barr[1] | |
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Woodland F.C. was an association football club from Paisley, Renfrewshire.
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History
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Woodland was formed in 1880, with matches recorded from March that year.[2] Caught up in the general explosion of the sport's popularity, it joined the Scottish Football Association in June 1882, at the same time as neighbours Woodside.[3] Never having entered the leading local competition, the Renfrewshire Cup, before turning senior, its first competitive football came in the 1882โ83 Scottish Cup. Woodland drew 1โ1 with Sir John Maxwell in the first round at home, but lost 5โ3 in the replay, throwing away a 3โ1 lead.[4]
The two clubs met again in the Renfrewshire Cup a month later, this time the Sir John winning 8โ1.[5] Woodland's second and last Scottish Cup attempt in 1883โ84 was more successful, inasmuch as the club earned a win, 4โ1 at Linwood.[6] In the second round the club was drawn to play St Mirren, one of the two biggest clubs in the town, and went down 7โ0.[7] In the first round of the Renfrewshire, the club was drawn at home to Morton, and again lost, although this time by a creditable 4โ1 scoreline, and having a goal disallowed for offside when 3โ1 down.[8]
With only 40 members at its peak, the club was much smaller than the leading clubs in the town; the big three, Abercorn, Paisley Athletic, and St Mirren had 200, 160, and 200 respectively.[9] The club suffered heavy defeats from all of them in competitive matches. Apart from the Cup tie with St Mirren, Woodland lost 6โ1 to Athletic in the first round of the 1882โ83 Paisley Charity Cup, in a "most friendly" game "free from any rough play of any description", despite taking an early lead.[10] and 11โ2 to Abercorn in the first round of the same competition the following year,[11] the club's final competitive match.
As the season went on, the club struggled at times to find an XI, failing to turn up to a friendly at Northern (Greenock) in March 1884.[12] Along with fellow Paisley side West End Athletic, the club left the Scottish FA before the 1884โ85 season.[13]
Colours
The club wore blue jerseys and white knickers.[14]
Ground
The club's ground, Meiklerigg Park, was 20 minutes from Paisley railway station.[15]
References
- ^ "Woodland Football Club". Paisley Daily Express: 3. 21 October 1880.
- ^ "Football". Glasgow Evening Post: 4. 1 March 1880.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1881โ84. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 22 June 1882. p.ย 73.
- ^ "Sir John Maxwell v Woodland". Paisley Express: 3. 18 September 1882.
- ^ "Woodland (Paisley) v Sir John Maxwell (R.C.T.)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 21 October 1882.
- ^ "Woodland (Paisley) v Linwood". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 15 September 1883.
- ^ "St Mirren v Woodland (S.C.T.)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 6 October 1883.
- ^ "Woodland v Morton (Greenock)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 13 October 1883.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p.ย 57.
- ^ "Paisley Athletic v Woodland (Paisley Charity Cup)". Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette: 7. 31 March 1883.
- ^ "Abercorn v Woodland (Paisley Charity Cup tie)". Renfrewshire Independent: 1. 22 March 1884.
- ^ "Football gossip". Greenock Advertiser: 2. 14 March 1884.
- ^ Scottish FA Minutes 1884โ87. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 26 August 1884. p.ย 38.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882โ83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p.ย 150.
- ^ M'Dowall, John (1882). Scottish Football Association Annual 1882โ83. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p.ย 150.
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