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Whitehill F.C.
Whitehill Football Club was a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in Dennistoun, in Glasgow. History The club was founded in 1882 by the Stewart brothers, former pupils of High School of Glasgow, Glasgow High School, with its first reported match coming at the start of 1883 against a Partick F.C., Partick reserve side. Whitehill entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1883–84 Scottish Cup, 1883–84. In the first round, the club beat neighbours Alexandra Athletic F.C., Alexandra Athletic 3–1, Whitehill's two second-half goals coming against the wind. The Whitehill side lined up as: ''J. Strathearn, R. Stewart, J. Clark, J. Goodall, A. Macrae, A. Stewart, J. M'Menemy, P. White, J. Rankin, R. Gill, J. Cummings'' In the second round, the club was drawn to play Rangers F.C., Rangers away. Rangers had the disadvantage of losing goalkeeper Chalmers after 15 minutes through a hand injury; however, and despite Whitehill's "young players show[ing] go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
