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Westbourne F.C.
Westbourne Football Club was a 19th-century football club originally from the Strathbungo area of Glasgow. History The club was founded in 1879. Its matches gained no attention until it started to play Senior opposition in 1884–85. Westbourne was admitted as a member of the Scottish Football Association in August 1885 and entered the Scottish Cup for the first time in 1885–86. The club lost 11–0 at Thistle in the first round, the first six goals coming in the 25 minutes before half-time, and Sloan in the Thistle goal only having one save to make. The club's second entry to the Cup, in 1886–87, saw the club's only win in the competition; 2–0 at Carrick. In the second round, the club was drawn away to Rangers. Having turned around at half-time 3–0 down, Westbourne pulled two goals back, but ultimately conceded two further goals. Westbourne was a founder member of the Glasgow Football Association in 1887–88 and entered the Glasgow Cup that season, beating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollokshields F
Pollokshields (, Scots: ''Powkshiels'') is an area in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Its modern boundaries are largely man-made, being formed by the M77 motorway to the west and northwest with the open land of Pollok Country Park and the Dumbreck neighbourhood beyond, by the Inverclyde Line railway and other branches which separate its territory from the largely industrial areas of Kinning Park, Kingston and Port Eglinton, and by the Glasgow South Western Line running from the east to south, bordering Govanhill, Strathbungo, Crossmyloof and Shawlands residential areas. There is also a suburban railway running through the area. Pollokshields is a conservation area which was developed in Victorian times according to a plan promoted by the original landowners, the Stirling-Maxwells of Pollok, whose association with the area goes as far back as 1270. The core of the area was constructed in two distinct and contrasting styles, with the western part consisting mainly of larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
