Shawfield Amateurs F.C.
Shawfield Amateurs Football Club were a Scottish football team located in the town of Rutherglen that competed in the Scottish Amateur Football League, and also the Scottish Cup in the 1940s and 1950s.
Scottish Cup[]
They came to prominence in the 1930s and won the Third Division of the Scottish Amateur Football League in 1935–36, followed by the Second Division in 1936–37.[1] For most of their history they played in blue.[2] Another local team, Clyde Paper – based at a paper mill in the Farme Cross district – were also fairly successful in the amateur league in the same period.[1]
They participated in the 1st round proper of the Scottish Cup on four occasions, in 1947–48, 1954–55, 1955–56 and 1956–57; their 1950s appearances were at a time when the Scottish Qualifying Cup was temporarily not held, thus making it easier to appear in the main cup.[3]
Works team[]
Shawfield Amateurs appears to have been a works team associated with the large J & J White chemical processing plant in the Shawfield district of Rutherglen.[2] The pitch and other facilities formed part of the recreational provision provided by the works.[4][5][6][7] Incidentally, the 1955 Scottish Cup competition in which the Amateurs competed was won by Clyde F.C., whose ground Shawfield Stadium was just a few hundred yards away.
They appear to have disbanded in 1964, around the same time the works ceased operating.[3]
Coordinates: 55°49′56″N 4°13′01″W / 55.832321°N 4.216933°W
References[]
- ^ a b Scottish Amateur Football League winners
- ^ a b "Scotland Football Club Directory 1829-2009". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ a b David Ross. "Shawfield Amateurs". scottishleague.net. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Index Of Glasgow Men 1909 - Baron Overtoun".
- ^ "Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd. Phoenix Tube Works, Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow, facing west, 1950 (ground is in upper centre)". RCAHMS - Britain from Above. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd. Phoenix Tube Works, Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow, facing south-west, 1950 (ground is in upper centre)". RCAHMS - Britain from Above. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "British Ropes Ltd. Rutherglen Works, Lloyd Street, Glasgow, facing west, 1936 (ground is in top left)". RCAHMS - Britain from Above. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
External links[]
- Defunct football clubs in Scotland
- Football in South Lanarkshire
- Rutherglen
- Association football clubs disestablished in 1964
- 1964 disestablishments in Scotland
- Works association football teams in Scotland
- Scottish football club stubs