Oxford F.C.

Oxford

Full name	Oxford Football Club
Founded	1873
Dissolved	1881
Ground	Bellevue Park
President	James Caddell
Secretary	James J. Brown
Captain	Charles Gibson[1]
Home colours

Oxford Football Club was a Scottish association football club based in the Crosshill area of Glasgow.

History

The club claimed a foundation date of 1869,^[2] but this probably refers to the cricket club from which the football club emerged.^[3] The club's first recorded football matches did not take place until 1874,^[4] the very first being a 0–0 draw against Rangers on Glasgow Green,^[5] and 1873–74 was the club's first season of football,^[6] with a record of 2 wins, 6 draws, and 3 defeats, scoring 9 and conceding 8.

The club competed in the Scottish Cup for seven seasons between 1874 and 1881. The first tie the club played was a 2–0 defeat at Rangers in 1874–75, the first goal coming when McNeil "sent both the Oxford goalkeeper [M'Kinley] and the ball underneath the tape".^[7]

The club only made it to the second round twice. The first time, in 1878–79, was under the rule that both clubs advanced after two drawn matches; the club drew twice against Derby of Glasgow^[8] before losing 2–1 at Govan F.C. in the second round.^[9]

The second occasion was in 1880–81, when a 6–0 victory against the Maxwell club, thanks to goals from Kaye (2), Martin, Smith, M'Lean, and Dunlop, was the club's only win in the competition.^[10] The club lost 4–3 at Cowlairs in the second round in a "fast and speedy" match,^[11] and the club does not appear to have played again; although it entered the 1881–82 Scottish Cup, it scratched before the first round tie with Pilgrims of Glasgow.

Colours

The club played in blue and white jerseys with red stockings.^[12]

Ground

The club originally played at Queen's Park.^[13] From 1879 the club played at Bellevue Park.^[14][15]

External links

• Scottish Cup ties

References