History

The earliest record of the club is a 3–1 win over the Vale of Clyde in February 1890. The club joined the

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in August 1892, after a season in which the club had not been able to play a single match, as "the senior team in the neighbourhood" (the Vale of Leven) was "employing most of the young talent". The club hoped, by recruiting a number of former Vale players with the promise of senior football, that it could retain a more consistent XI. The club only played the 1892–93 season as a senior club, in which it lost 14 of its 24 matches. It played in the qualifying rounds of the

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, and was one match short of playing in the Scottish Cup proper, going down 4–1 at

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in the fourth and final preliminary round, Levendale handicapped when 1–0 down by an injury to Logan. The Motherwell press was not complimentary of Levendale, claiming the club behaved "very shabbily" after the game and "took their defeat...in a most ungentlemanly manner". However, the club had a remarkable run in its only

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entry, thanks in part to Renton not entering, and the Dumbartonshire FA keeping Vale of Leven and Dumbarton exempt until the semi-finals, due to their Scottish League commitments. Three wins put Levendale into the final, played at Renton's Tontine Park, but opponent Dumbarton was too strong, with a 7–1 victory, Levendale conceding three late goals. Levendale however could not capitalize on the fine run, with League football decimating clubs in smaller towns. It never entered the Dumbartonshire Cup again and scratched from its final entry to the Scottish Cup in 1893–94.

Colours

The club wore light blue shirts and white knickers.

Ground

The club's home ground was Institute Park.

References

{{Defunct Scottish football clubs, state=collapsed Defunct football clubs in Scotland Association football clubs established in 1889 Association football clubs disestablished in 1893 Football in West Dunbartonshire Dumbarton 1889 establishments in Scotland 1893 disestablishments in Scotland 19th-century establishments in Scotland