Plains F.C.
| Full name | Plains F.C. | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1885 | |
| Dissolved | 1891 | |
| Ground | Mossfield Park | |
| Hon. Secretary | Thomas Hamilton[1] | |
| Match Secretary | A. Brown | |
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Plains Football Club was an association football club from the village of Plains, Lanarkshire.
History
[edit | edit source]Plains F.C. was the second senior club to come from the village, after Plains Blue Bell, which had become defunct by mid-1884. The club's first match was in March 1885, a 3–2 win at home to Armadale,[2] and its first competitive football came in the Lanarkshire Cup in 1885–86. Plains lost 4–0 at Dykehead in the second round; the match was marred by a broken leg to Dykehead's Williams,[3] although Plains were not so sympathetic, protesting in vain about the darkness and an offside decision - and that Williams (an ironmoulder from Glasgow) was ineligible to play.[4]
The club was struggling for finances in 1887, with a small membership and heavy ground rent,[5] and one solution was to join the Scottish Football Association and hope for lucrative Scottish Cup ties. The club duly joined in August 1887,[6] and did enjoy some luck in the draw in the 1887–88 Scottish Cup. The club's first round opponent, Tollcross, scratched, despite being expected to beat Plains,[7] and the club drew a bye in the second round.
In the third round, however, the club was drawn to visit Vale of Leven Wanderers, having its best-ever season after recruiting players from Vale of Leven.[8] A one-sided contest went the way of the Dumbartonshire side 9–0.[9]
Plains did not renew its Scottish FA subscription for 1888–89,[10] and indeed did not play again until re-joining the Lanarkshire Association for the 1890–91 season.[11] The club's last match of any note was a 6–0 defeat at Royal Albert in the Coatbridge Express club (for those eliminated from the Lanarkshire Cup) in March 1891,[12] and Plains finally gave up the ghost at the end of the season.[13]
Colours
[edit | edit source]The club played in a unique combination of navy, red, and brown.[14]
Ground
[edit | edit source]Plains' home ground was called Mossfield Park.[15]
References
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