Clydebank F.C. (1914)

Clydebank
Full name	Clydebank Football Club
Founded	1914
Dissolved	1931
Ground	Clydeholm, Clydebank
	Home colours
	Home colours

Clydebank Football Club was a football club based in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The first club to represent Clydebank — which was a rapidly developing industrial "boom town" at this time — in the Scottish Football League (SFL), the second senior Clydebank F.C. were newly formed when elected to Division Two in 1914. The lower division closed down a year later due to the impact of the First World War, but after two years playing in the Western League they were elevated directly to the top flight, three clubs from the north and east of the country having been forced to stand down for the duration of the war due to travel difficulties.[1] The economic boost the war had given to Clydebank's shipyards and factories was probably a contributory factor to the local team being chosen to fill the vacancy.[2]

The club lasted five seasons before being relegated in 1922. They were immediately promoted back to Division One but relegated again after one season. The economic downturn in the latter half of the 1920s affected the town and the club badly, to the extent that the club considered resigning from league football in 1929.[3] They chose to continue at that time but it proved to be only a stay of execution, with financial difficulties forcing the club to drop out of the League, and subsequently disband, in July 1931.[4]

Throughout their existence, they played at Clydeholm, which continued to exist after their demise as a venue for greyhound racing.[5] Clydeholm was demolished in the early 1960s and replaced with a shopping centre and housing.[5] The most famous player to appear for the club was Jimmy McGrory, the Scottish League's all-time record goalscorer, who spent the 1923–24 season on loan to Clydebank from Celtic, scoring 13 of his 397 career league goals while at Clydeholm.

Honours

Scottish League Division Two:
Runners-up (2): 1922–23, 1924–25

Sources

Crampsey, Bob (1990). The First 100 Years. Glasgow: Scottish Football League. ISBN 0-9516433-0-4.

References

Crampsey, p.293–294
Crampsey, p.63
Crampsey, p.83
Crampsey, p.88–90
"Clydebank Greyhound Stadium, 1963". The Clydebank Story. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

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[1] Crampsey, p.293–294

[2] Crampsey, p.63

[3] Crampsey, p.83

[4] Crampsey, p.88–90

[clydeholm-5] "Clydebank Greyhound Stadium, 1963". The Clydebank Story. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

Defunct Scottish football clubs
Former Scottish Football League members	Abercorn Airdrieonians (1878) Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Bathgate Beith Bo'ness Broxburn United Cambuslang Clackmannan Clydebank (1914) Clydebank (1965) Cowlairs Dumbarton Harp Dundee Wanderers Dykehead Edinburgh City (1928) Galston Gretna Helensburgh Johnstone King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Lochgelly United Mid-Annandale Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Port Glasgow Athletic Renton Solway Star St Bernard's Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven
Former Highland League members	Caledonian Elgin Caledonian Inverness Celtic Inverness Citadel Inverness Thistle Inverness Union
Former East of Scotland League members	Edinburgh Athletic Tollcross United
Former South of Scotland League members	5th Kirkcudbrightshire RV Cronberry Eglinton Lanemark Mauchline Springbank Stranraer Athletic Tarff Rovers Whithorn
Other senior clubs	23rd Renfrew RV Aberdeen (1881) Airdrie Alexandra Athletic Ayr Academicals Ayr Thistle Barholm Rovers Barrhead Bellstane Birds Blythswood Bon Accord Bridge of Allan Bute Rangers Callander Campsie Clifton & Strathfillan Clydesdale Coylton Coila Dumbreck Dundee East End Dundee Harp Dundee Our Boys Eastern Gairdoch Glasgow Hibernian Grahamston Grangemouth Granville Grasshoppers Hearts of Beath Inveraray Kilsyth Wanderers Kirkcaldy United Laurieston Lochgilphead Maxwell Mossend Swifts Orion Oxford Partick Parkgrove Pollokshields Athletic Redding Athletic Rovers Shawfield Amateurs Slamannan South Western Southern Strathmore (Arbroath) Strathmore (Dundee) Thornliebank Vale of Bannock Vale of Leven Rovers (Alexandria) Vale of Leven Rovers (Glasgow) Victoria United West End Western
Other junior clubs	Arbroath SC Baillieston Juniors Ballingry Rovers Bankfoot Athletic Blackburn Athletic Blantyre Celtic Bridgeton Waverley Burnbank Athletic Cambuslang Hibernian Duntocher Hibernian Falkirk Juniors Glenbuck Cherrypickers Inverkeithing United Inverness City Lewis United Lossiemouth United Maryhill Hibernians Parkhead Port Glasgow Athletic Juniors Shawfield Steelend Victoria Stonehouse Violet Strathclyde

Scottish Football League (1890–2013)
≫ Scottish Professional Football League (2013–present)
Divisions	Premier Division (1975–1998) First Division (1975–2013) Second Division (1975–2013) Third Division (1994–2013)
Cup competitions	League Cup Challenge Cup B Division Supplementary Cup Summer Cup Spring Cup
Clubs	Abercorn Aberdeen Airdrieonians (1878) Airdrieonians (2002) Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Armadale Arthurlie Ayr Ayr Parkhouse Ayr United Bathgate Beith Berwick Rangers Bo'ness Brechin City Broxburn United Cambuslang Celtic Clackmannan Clyde Clydebank (1914) Clydebank (1965) Cowdenbeath Cowlairs Dumbarton Dumbarton Harp Dundee Dundee United Dundee Wanderers Dunfermline Athletic Dykehead East Fife East Stirlingshire Edinburgh City (1928) Elgin City Falkirk Forfar Athletic Galston Greenock Morton Gretna Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Helensburgh Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Johnstone Kilmarnock King's Park Leith Athletic Linthouse Livingston Lochgelly United Meadowbank Thistle Mid-Annandale Montrose Motherwell Nithsdale Wanderers Northern Partick Thistle Peebles Rovers Peterhead Port Glasgow Athletic Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Rangers Renton Ross County Royal Albert Solway Star St Bernard's St Johnstone St Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer Third Lanark Thistle Vale of Leven
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Clydebank Football Club
Club	1914–31 club Players 1914–31 players Managers 1914–31 managers
Grounds	Clydeholm Kilbowie Park Boghead Park Cappielow
SFL Seasons	1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02