Dean Park F.C.

Association football club in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK

Football club

Dean Park

Full name

Dean Park Football Club

Nickname(s)

the Govaners^[1]

Founded

1879

Dissolved

1885

Ground

Osborne Park

Match Secretary

Duncan Duff, Daniel M'Intyre

Hon. Secretary

Alexander M'Eachan

Home colours

Dean Park Football Club was a Scottish football team, based in the Govan district of Glasgow (at the time a separate burgh).

History

The club was founded in 1879, and in August 1883, after a season in which the club won 17 out of 24 matches,^[2] was accepted as a member of the Scottish Football Association.^[3]

The club entered the 1883–84 Scottish Cup and lost to Mavisbank in the first round. Dean Park protested, on the basis that the referee was a member of the Mavisbank club; the protest was dismissed, but, unusually, "under the circumstances", the Scottish FA returned the deposit to Dean Park.^[4]

The club's second and last entry to the competition in 1884–85 was more successful - the club gained the benefit of a first round bye, playing a friendly against Central instead; right-winger Peter Morton scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win, but the match was bittersweet, as it was Morton's last for the club, having agreed to join Rangers.^[5] In the second round, Dean Park beat Springburn Hibernians 2–0 in a match held at Rangers' Kinning Park, Robertson scoring the first goal for Dean Park in the first minute.^[6] In the third, the club earned a replay against the strong Dumbarton Athletic side with a draw at the Pilgrims ground of Copeland Park, and a Dean Park protest against an ineligible player led to the replay also being held at Govan;^[7] however Athletic won 3–0 at the second time of asking.^[8]

The club's membership that season was just 40, one of the smallest in Glasgow, and at the season's close the club was taken over by Govan neighbours Whitefield.^[9] The name was revived for a Junior club in 1888.^[10]

Colours

The club wore dark blue jerseys, white knickers, and red stockings.^[11]

Grounds

The club first played at Osborne Park, Summerton Road, Govan.^[12] In 1884 the club moved to Woodville, on Copeland Road,^[13] which was also the ground of the Telegraphists, and susceptible to flooding.^[14]

References

^ "Dean Park (Govan) v East End (Dundee)". Dundee Courier: 4. 21 April 1884.
^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 45.
^ Scottish FA Minutes 1881–84. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 21 August 1883. p. 142.
^ Scottish FA Minutes 1881–84. Glasgow: Scottish Football Association. 18 September 1883. p. 151.
^ "Dean Park v Central (Lennoxtown)". Glasgow Herald: 11. 15 September 1884.
^ "Dean Park v Springburn Hibs". Glasgow Herald: 10. 6 October 1884.
^ "Athletic jottings". Glasgow Evening Post: 3. 31 October 1884.
^ "Dean Park v Dumbarton Athletic". Glasgow Herald: 11. 3 November 1884.
^ "To-morrow's football". Glasgow Evening Post: 3. 2 October 1885.
^ "Dean Park v Sandyford Swifts". Glasgow Herald: 10. 22 October 1888.
^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 45.
^ M'Dowall, John (1883). Scottish Football Association Annual 1883-84. Glasgow: W. Weatherston. p. 45.
^ M'Dowall, John (1884). Scottish Football Association Annual 1884-85. Glasgow: H. Nisbet. p. 55.
^ "Interesting to football players". Dundee Courier: 7. 6 April 1886.