Whifflet Shamrock Football Club was a Scottish
football
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team located in the town of
Coatbridge,
Lanarkshire
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,
Scotland
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.
History
The first match recorded for the club is a defeat at home to Whifflet Britannia in October 1886. The club turned senior by joining the
Scottish Football Association
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in 1888 and it entered both the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Lanarkshire Cup
The Lanarkshire Cup was an annual competition open to football teams in the Lanarkshire area. The competition is now defunct.
List of winners
1879–80 - Stonelaw
1880–81 - Thistle
1881–82 - Hamilton Academical
1882–83 - West Benhar
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for the first time in 1888–89.
The club was however entirely unsuccessful, with
Albion Rovers
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already firmly established in Coatbridge. Its two Scottish Cup ties were both heavy defeats - 6–1 to
Carfin Shamrock in
1888–89 and 12–0 to
Royal Albert in
1889–90; the latter defeat on the heels of the club's biggest victory, an 8–1 win over a poorly-represented
Cambuslang St Bride's. Its three entries in the Lanarkshire also all ended in defeat and the club never played in the consolation tournament.
After the introduction of the
Scottish League in 1890–91, the club was moribund. Its last recorded fixture was a 5–0 home defeat to
Hamilton Harp in February 1891. It entered the Scottish Cup until 1893–94, but did not play a tie, scratching in every season, including in its last appearance in the first round proper in
1890–91 to
Summerton Athletic. The last entry in 1893–94 saw the club scratch to Carfin Shamrock. Its last Lanarkshire Cup tie was a defeat at
Airdriehill in the first round in 1890–91 and it withdrew from the consolation competition.
The club does not seem to have played in 1892–93, 1893–94, or 1894–95, although it kept its Scottish Football Association membership going until 1894 and hosted a junior football tournament until 1892, but by August 1895, the club had definitely dissolved, "showing the effect that professionalism has had in the provinces".
Colours
The club wore dark green shirts and black knickers.
Ground
The club played at School Street Park.
References
External links
Lanarkshire Cup results
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