Mount Vernon F.C.

Mount Vernon

Full name	Mount Vernon Football Club
Founded	1876
Dissolved	1879
Ground	Carmyle Park
Secretary	William Kyle, William Bowie
Home colours

Mount Vernon Football Club was a 19th-century football club based in Mount Vernon, Glasgow, Scotland.

History

The club was founded in 1874, with the club's first recorded match being a 0–0 draw against the Sandyford second XI, although the Sandyford side was more of an X as it was a player short.^[1]

The club had 30 members by 1877, when it joined the Scottish Football Association,^[2] after only 2 defeats in 16 matches in the 1876–77 season.^[3] The club also only lost 2 matches in its first senior season,^[4] but one of those was in the first round of the Scottish Cup, a 2–1 defeat at home to Glengowan.^[5] One notable win for Mount Vernon was a 1–0 victory over Shotts despite playing the game with only 9 men.^[6]

Mount Vernon met Glengowan again in the first round of the 1878–79 Scottish Cup, Glengowan again winning by the odd goal, this time 4–3.^[7]

Mount Vernon did enter the Cup in 1879–80, and was drawn at home to Upper Clydesdale,^[8] but had dissolved before the tie could take place.^[9]

Colours

The club played in navy blue.^[10]

Ground

The club's ground was Carmyle Park, a five-minute walk from Mount Vernon railway station.^[11]

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