Vale of Leven Rovers F.C. (Alexandria)
| Full name | Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club (Alexandria) | |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Rovers | |
| Founded | 1873 | |
| Dissolved | 1877 | |
| Ground | Public Park, Alexandria[1] | |
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Vale of Leven Rovers Football Club was a Scottish association football club based in the town of Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
History[edit]
The club was founded in 1873. Owing to a club in Glasgow having an identical name, the media sometimes referred to the club as Rovers (Alexandria).
The club's first recorded matches took place in October 1875.[2] and it first entered the Scottish Cup that season, the only one in which both the Alexandria and Glasgow Vale of Leven Rovers clubs both entered. However neither played a tie; the Glaswegian club scratching to Dumbreck F.C., and the Alexandria club scratching to Vale of Leven F.C., which was the strongest club in Dunbartonshire.
The club's only matches in the competition came in 1876–77. The club drew twice against Renton Thistle in the first round, and, under the rules of the competition at the time, both clubs went through to the second round. Rovers then were drawn against Vale of Leven again; this time Rovers attended the tie, but lost 7–0, despite some "capital passing play".[3]
The club's final Scottish Cup entry was in 1877–78, but, faced with inevitable defeat in the first round against Renton, it withdrew.
Although the club was said to have disbanded in 1877, there are sporadic records of a Vale of Leven Rovers club from the area playing from 1887[4] to 1892,[5] albeit against second eleven sides or junior sides,[6] so the name may have been revived for the Vale of Leven reserves.
Colours[edit]
The club's home colours were light blue shirts with white shorts and black stockings.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Vale Juniors". The Vale of Leven. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Football". Glasgow Herald: 7. 26 October 1875.
- ^ "Vale of Leven v Rovers (Alexandria) (Cup tie)". North British Daily Mail: 3. 23 October 1876.
- ^ "St Mirren Football Club Fixtures". Paisley Daily Express: 4. 24 August 1887.
- ^ "Second Eleven Dunbartonshire Cup". Lennox Herald: 3. 26 November 1892.
- ^ "Football". Lennox Herald: 3. 27 October 1888.
- ^ "Vale Juniors". The Vale of Leven. Retrieved 4 December 2022.