Helensburgh Football Club was a Scottish
football club based in
Helensburgh
Helensburgh (; gd, Baile Eilidh) is an affluent coastal town on the north side of the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, situated at the mouth of the Gareloch. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it became part of Argyll and Bute following local gove ...
. They were members of the
Scottish Football League Third Division
The Scottish Football League Third Division was the fourth tier of the Scottish football league system between 1994 and 2013.
History
The Scottish football league system had operated with three divisions in the Scottish Football League (SFL) fr ...
between 1923 and 1926.
History
The
first club of the name first appeared in 1874 but it disappeared in 1882; Helensburgh Victoria, founded in 1880, were renamed Helensburgh FC on 31 July 1885 but had disbanded by the end of the season. A third incarnation was born in 1896 and eventually took up residence at the town's Ardencaple Park.
Helensburgh eventually joined the Western League, which was incorporated by the
Scottish Football League as its new Third Division for the
1923–24 season. Helensburgh competed in each of the Division's three seasons,
finishing fifteenth in 1923–24, seventh in
1924–25 and first in
1925–26, although no championship was awarded because Helensburgh were the only club to complete their fixtures.
In a normal year Helensburgh may have gained promotion to the Second Division, but the club's application for election to the League was unsuccessful. A brief stopover in the
Scottish Football Alliance The Scottish Football Alliance was a football league football structure set up in Scotland in competition with the Scottish Football League. Its success in the early years of professional football in both England and Scotland made Alliance the bas ...
preceded their demise in 1928.
Stadium
*1896–1928: Ardencaple Park
Colours
The club originally played in navy shirts and white shorts, changing in 1907 to red shirts with navy shorts and socks. Apart from a brief change to red and white stripes in 1910, these remained the club's colours for the rest of its existence.
References
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External links
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Defunct football clubs in Scotland
Association football clubs established in 1896
Association football clubs disestablished in 1928
Football in Argyll and Bute
Scottish Football League teams
1896 establishments in Scotland
1928 disestablishments in Scotland
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