Auchinleck Boswell Football Club was an association football club from Auchinleck,

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

, Scotland.

History

Auchinleck Boswell was formed in 1877. The club took its name from the Boswell family, which had held the

lairdship Laird () is the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate. In the traditional Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranked below a baron and above a gentleman. This rank was held only by those lairds holding official recognition in ...

of the village since 1504. Boswell entered the Scottish Cup from 1878–79 until 1881–82. It played four ties and lost them all, including a 7–1 home defeat to Cumnock in 1880–81, the latter side's first Scottish Cup win after five years of trying. The club did gain a walkover against Kilmarnock Dean in its last entry, so played in the second round for the only time. It suffered another 7–1 defeat, this time at

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

, although it startled the home fans by taking the lead inside five minutes, and holding onto it until almost half-time. The kicking of one of the backs (Devlin) was praised for "being sure - never once missing - and much admired". Boswell had a little more success in the

Ayrshire Cup The Ayrshire Cup was an annual association football regional competition in Scotland. The cup competition was a knockout tournament between football clubs in the historic county of Ayrshire. The Ayrshire Cup was first held in 1877–78, with t ...

, beating Cumnock Bute 3–0 in its first match in the competition in 1878–79, but losing at Kilbirnie in the second. Boswell entered the competition in the following three seasons, but lost twice and scratched once. Its 13–0 defeat at Kilmarnock Athletic in the first round in 1881–82 was the club's last competitive match and in August 1882 the club was removed from the

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membership roll for not paying its subscription.

Colours

The club wore one-inch black and white hooped jerseys, white knickers, and black and white hooped hose.

Ground

The club's first ground was Darson Park, 10 minutes' walk from Auchinleck railway station. In 1879 the club moved to Glenshamrock Holm.

External links

Scottish Cup results

References

{{Defunct Scottish football clubs, state=collapsed Defunct football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 1877 Association football clubs disestablished in 1882 1877 establishments in Scotland 1882 disestablishments in Scotland Football in South Ayrshire Auchinleck